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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:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Daigo Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Yamauchi, Miyagi-Prefecture, JP;
Inventors:
Daigo Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Yamauchi, Miyagi-Prefecture, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a method of measuring defocusing when a semiconductor wafer is exposed to light. With the method, a resist is exposed to light by deviating a focus of the light by a given distance in relation to the semiconductor wafer with the resist applied thereto, and after development of the resist, resist patterns for measurement are formed. Based on respective lengths of the resist patterns for measurement, defocusing in relation to the resist is found.