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Exposure method and system for photolithography

US4734746A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1987
Grant dateMar 29, 1988
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70458
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure method for photolithography comprises the steps of forming a pattern on a substrate by the use of a first exposure apparatus including a first imaging optical system having a reduction magnification 1/.beta.1 and an image circle of a diameter .phi.1, and forming a second pattern on the substrate on which the first pattern has been formed, by the use of a second exposure apparatus including a second imaging optical system having a reduction magnification 1/.beta.2 different from the reduction magnification 1/.beta.1 and an image circle of a diameter .phi.2, wherein when N is an integer, the conditions that .beta.1.times..phi.1=.beta.2.times..phi.2 and .phi.1=N.times..phi.2 are satisfied.

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