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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1995
Nikon Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An exposure method for transferring a pattern on a mask onto a photosensitive substrate. The exposure method has steps of (1) preparing the mask with a first alignment mark and the substrate with a second alignment mark, a length of the first alignment mark in a scan direction being shorter than a length of the second alignment mark in the same direction; (2) scanning the first and second alignment marks; (3) detecting an intensity of the light which has been emitted from the light source optical system and irradiated the mask and the substrate; (4) calculating an amount of dislocation between the first and second alignment marks in the scan direction; (5) correcting the dislocation between the mask and the substrate; (6) effecting an exposure to transfer the pattern on the mask onto the substrate.