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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2017
Applicants:

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Shanghai, CN;

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Qiang Wu, Shanghai, CN;

Xuan Liu, Shanghai, CN;

Shifeng He, Shanghai, CN;

Jianyao Liu, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 23/544 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67259 (2013.01); G03F 7/70633 (2013.01); H01L 23/544 (2013.01); H01L 2223/5442 (2013.01); H01L 2223/5446 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54413 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54426 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for detecting a mark having first and second stripe groups on a substrate includes a detection module moveable over a surface of the substrate. The detection module includes a detection unit and a positioning unit configured to align the detection unit with the mark. The detection unit is configured to obtain data of the mark and operative to perform repeated acquisition operations on the first and second stripe groups of the mark. Each of the acquisition operations acquires data associated with the first stripe group or the second stripe group. The apparatus also includes a processing module configured to determine a positional deviation between the first stripe group and the second stripe group in response to the obtained data of the mark and data associated with a motion of the detection module.


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