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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinroku Maejima, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257797 ; 257620 ; 438401 ; 438462 ; 438975 ;
Abstract
On a semiconductor substrate, a registration measurement mark and intended patterns monitored by the registration measurement mark are provided. Step or level difference between the surface of registration measurement mark and the surface of intended patterns is made to be within .+-.0.2 .mu.m. By such structure, it becomes possible to accurately monitor the intended patterns by utilizing the registration measurement mark.