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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Wataru Yamaguchi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/7088 (2013.01); G03F 9/7026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A detection apparatus for detecting a plurality of marks arranged on a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a stage which supports the substrate, a plurality of detectors arranged apart from each other and configured to detect different marks of the plurality of marks arranged on the substrate, and a processor. For each of predetermined combinations of the detectors, the processor inclines a reference member supported by the stage at an inclination according to information on a position of a detection region and a focal position of each detector, and aligns a reference mark arranged on the reference member with each detector, and the processor obtains a measurement offset value of each of the plurality of detectors based on measurement values each acquired by the alignment performed for each of the plurality of predetermined combinations.


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