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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Yoshinori Hagio, Mie, JP;
Yosuke Okamoto, Mie, JP;
Yoshinori Hagio, Mie, JP;
Yosuke Okamoto, Mie, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a positional deviation measuring method includes measuring a positional deviation of a device pattern formed in a lower layer portion using an alignment mark of the lower layer portion as a reference; measuring a positional deviation of a device pattern formed in an upper layer portion above the lower layer portion using an alignment mark of the upper layer portion as a reference; measuring a positional deviation between the alignment mark of the lower layer portion and the alignment mark of the upper layer portion; and calculating a positional deviation between the device patterns based on the positional deviation between the alignment marks.