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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Method for producing a marker on a substrate, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
Maurits Van Der Schaar, Veldhoven, NL;
Jacobus Burghoorn, Haelen, NL;
Richard Johannes Franciscus Van Haren, Waalre, NL;
Everhardus Cornelis Mos, Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Monshouwer, Leiden, NL;
Maurits Van Der Schaar, Veldhoven, NL;
Jacobus Burghoorn, Haelen, NL;
Richard Johannes Franciscus Van Haren, Waalre, NL;
Everhardus Cornelis Mos, Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Monshouwer, Leiden, NL;
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of producing a marker on a substrate includes projecting a patterned beam on a layer of resist disposed on a substrate in a lithographic apparatus to create a latent marker; and locally heating the substrate at the marker location in the lithographic apparatus to transform the latent marker into a detectable marker.