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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1991
Kazuya Kamon, Itami, JP;
Yasuhito Myoi, Amagasaki, JP;
Teruo Miyamoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Yoshie Noguchi, Amagaski, JP;
Masaaki Tanaka, Amagasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projection aligner includes a light source, a condenser lens system for directing light from the light source onto a mask on which a circuit pattern is formed, a projecting lens system for collecting on the surface of a wafer the light transmitted through the mask, and an aperture member disposed between the light source and the condenser lens system. The aperture member includes a transmitting zone for transmitting light from the light source and a phase shift member for producing a predetermined phase difference between light transmitted through the transmitting zone and light transmitted through a region surrounding the transmitting zone.