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Laser processing apparatus

US4769523A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 1987
Grant dateSep 6, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A laser processing apparatus for projecting a spot of laser beam onto a portion of a microcircuit pattern on a semiconductor wafer, photographic mask or the like to cut the lead or anneal the limited area. The laser processing apparatus includes a mark detector for detecting the positions of first marks preliminarily provided on a work as the relative positions to the detection centers of the mark detector itself, a controller for controlling a processing energy beam generator so as to form on the work second marks detectable by the mark detector, and an error detector responsive to the results of the position detection of the second marks by the mark detector so as to detect relative positional errors between the focussing centers of the energy beam on the work and the detection centers of the mark detector.

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