Inventor · Zama, JP

Susumu Makinouchi

37Patents
16h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 24, 1988 → Nov 29, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4860374A Apparatus for detecting position of reference pattern Physics 89 Expired
US5446519A Stage device Physics 56 Expired
US5699145A Scanning type exposure apparatus Physics 49 Expired
US4801977A Projection optical apparatus Physics 46 Expired
US5969800A Scanning exposure apparatus and method Physics 44 Expired
US6260282A Stage control with reduced synchronization error and settling time Physics 33 Expired
US5343270A Projection exposure apparatus Physics 31 Expired
US5907392A Exposure apparatus Physics 27 Expired
US5978071A Projection exposure apparatus and method in which mask stage is moved to provide alignment with a moving wafer stage Physics 27 Expired
US5742376A Projection exposure apparatus and projection exposure method Physics 26 Expired
US5677754A Scanning exposure apparatus Physics 26 Expired
US5483311A Projection exposure apparatus Physics 25 Expired
US5877845A Scanning exposure apparatus and method Physics 25 Expired
US6259511A Scanning type exposure apparatus Physics 20 Expired
US4958082A Position measuring apparatus Physics 19 Expired
US6490025B1 Exposure apparatus Physics 18 Expired
US6188464A Exposure apparatus Physics 16 Expired
US8760622B2 Movable body apparatus, exposure apparatus and pattern formation apparatus, and device manufacturing method Physics 11 Active
US8208128B2 Position measuring system and position measuring method, Movable body apparatus, movable body drive method, exposure apparatus and exposure method, pattern forming apparatus, and device manufacturing method Physics 10 Active
US5777721A Exposure method and apparatus with control of a linear motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5714860A Stage device capable of applying a damping force to a movable member Physics 3 Expired
US6646715B1 Scanning exposure apparatus and method with run-up distance control Physics 3 Expired
US6633363B1 Scanning exposure apparatus and method Physics 3 Expired
US8064037B2 Immersion exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method with no liquid recovery during exposure Physics 2 Active
US7723671B2 Positional information detecting device Physics 1 Active

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