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Soft X-ray mask alignment system

US3984680A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 14, 1975
Grant dateOct 5, 1976
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Expiry dateOct 14, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/167
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An alignment system for aligning one or more soft X-ray lithographic masks with respect to a substrate to be exposed in a soft X-ray lithographic apparatus includes alignment marks on the masks and corresponding alignment marks on a substrate, and a means for detecting X-rays emitted from the alignment marks on the substrate.

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