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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Tsutomu Horie, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsufumi Naoe, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Horie, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsufumi Naoe, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Yokohoma, JP;
Abstract
An inspection apparatus of a mask for exposure that has a light shielding regionand a half-tone regionon a transparent substrate, includes a storage unit stored with half-tone pattern area data specifying an existing area of the half-tone region, a pattern detection unitacquiring a binary image of an area in which to scan over the surface of the transparent substrate by a relative movement with respect to the transparent substrate, and a control unitmaking effective a detecting operation of the pattern detection unit in the area on the transparent substrate that is specified by the half-tone pattern area data, and making ineffective the detecting operation of the pattern detection unit outside the specified area.