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Patent No.:

US 6992751 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2003
Applicants:

Shinichi Okita, Kumagaya, JP;

Tsuneyuki Hagiwara, Nerima-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Shinichi Okita, Kumagaya, JP;

Tsuneyuki Hagiwara, Nerima-ku, JP;

Assignee:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A scanning exposure apparatus which promptly analyzes a cause for a variation in exposure line width. The scanning exposure apparatus includes a mask stage on which a mask is placed, a wafer stage on which a wafer is placed, a focusing mechanism which detects surface position information of the wafer and adjustment means which adjusts the surface position of the wafer. Control means acquires pose information of the wafer adjusted by the adjustment means at the time of exposure and stores the pose information in a memory in association with preacquired surface shape information of an exposure area. A state in which the exposed surface of the wafer has been exposed with respect to exposure light is known from the pose information and the surface shape information.


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Okita, Shinichi. (2006). Scanning exposure apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 6992751). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6992751

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