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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuaki Amemiya, Oomiya, JP;
Shunichi Uzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/130 ;
Abstract
An exposure method for posing a workpiece in a proximity exposure system, includes a first exposure step for printing, by exposure, an image of a first mask pattern on a predetermined portion of the workpiece, and a second exposure step for printing, by exposure, an image of a second mask pattern, different from the first mask pattern, on the predetermined portion of the workpiece, wherein exposures in the first and second exposure steps are performed superposedly, prior to a development process.