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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Ayata, Machida, JP;
Tadashi Konuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 53 ; 355 86 ; 355 95 ; 364184 ; 364490 ;
Abstract
A mask aligner for aligning a wafer with a mask and exposing the wafer to an image of the mask, includes an illumination source for illuminating the mask, plural devices for executing plural functions of the aligner, a controller for controlling operation of the apparatus in accordance with a predetermined routine, a detector for automatically detecting a malfunction, a memory of plural routines for disposing of one kind of malfunction; a selector for manually selecting one of the routines; and another controller for controlling the apparatus in accordance with the selected routine, when the detector detects a malfunction.