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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Noriyuki Hirayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noriyuki Hirayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to measure the height-direction position of a mask M in an exposure device having a function to irradiate the mask M with light emitted from a light source and transfer a pattern formed on the mask M onto a photosensitive substrate such as a wafer by a projection optical system, a mask surface height-direction position measurement method characterized by moving, before measuring the height-direction position of the mask M, an exposure area defining memberwhich is arranged between the mask M and the projection optical system and defines an exposure area at the time of exposure.