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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas John Aton, Dallas, TX (US);
Steven Lee Prins, Fairview, TX (US);
Scott William Jessen, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/283 (2006.01); G03F 1/42 (2012.01); G03F 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 23/544 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/32139 (2013.01); G03F 1/42 (2013.01); G03F 9/7084 (2013.01); H01L 21/283 (2013.01); H01L 21/28123 (2013.01); H01L 21/31144 (2013.01); H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 21/76877 (2013.01); H01L 21/76897 (2013.01); H01L 23/544 (2013.01); H01L 29/6659 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54426 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54453 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of aligning a new pattern to more than one previously defined pattern during the manufacture of an integrated circuit. A method of aligning a photolighography pattern reticle to a first previously defined pattern in a first direction and also aligning the photolithography pattern reticle to a second previously defined pattern in a second direction. A method of aligning a photolighography pattern reticle to two previously defined patterns in the same direction.