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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1987
Naoki Ayata, Machida, JP;
Yasuyoshi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mask aligner includes a TV image pick-up device having a wide field angle and picking up the image of a wafer detection pattern on an image pick-up station to generate TV signals at the output, a fine alignment device for detecting a positional deviation of the wafer relative to a mask in an exposure station with the detected result being used to align the wafer with the mask, a transport stage for carrying and transporting the wafer from the image pick-up station to the exposure station, a processing device for determining the positional deviation of the wafer relative to the reference position on the image pick-up stage in accordance with the TV signals, and a drive for moving the transport stage so as to remove the positional deviation of the wafer relative to the reference position of the exposure station.