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Exposure process and system

US4475223A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 10, 1982
Grant dateOct 2, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/7034
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An X ray exposure process and system for transferring a mask pattern onto a wafer with use of X rays, wherein heights on the mask at many points are measured on a light interference band basis by a mask-height measuring device of non-contact measurement type at an X ray exposure position, the mask being mounted on a chamber which is filled with a He gas and or the like to prevent attenuation of an X ray source, heights on the wafer at many points are measured at a wafer-height measuring position different from said exposure position, and according to the measured results, the wafer is finely moved upwardly or downwardly (that is, deformed) individually independently by means of a chuck which sucks and holds the wafer at many points thereon so that, a gap between the mask and wafer is adjusted to a desired level.

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