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Step and repeat apparatus

US4694776A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 21, 1985
Grant dateSep 22, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70716
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Step and repeat apparatus used for performance operations upon a generally planar component such as a microprocessor wafer comprises a support for a workpiece, the support being attached by means of an arm to a mechanism adapted to move the support in two dimensions, the arm being pivotally secured to said mechanism at a location remote from the support and lifting means arranged to move the support about the pivot in a plane perpendicular to said two dimensions.

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