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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1997
Soichiro Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Miyazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yabara, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Yasuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A device exposing a wafer to charged-particle beams in an exposure process generates a plurality of micro beams and controls deflection of each of the micro beams, relative to whether or not the micro beams reach the wafer, in accordance with control data. A data processing unit inserts data-position-adjustment data into the control data for each exposure. A first data-storage unit stores the control data, inserted with the data-position-adjustment data, and outputs the control data at a time of the exposure process. Storage positions of the control data in the first data-storage unit are adjusted by the data-position-adjustment data so that the control data can be continuously read from the first data-storage unit for maintaining a continuous exposure process.