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Lithographic apparatus and method

US5209813A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1991
Grant dateMay 11, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/31796
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lithographic method and a lithographic apparatus ar disclosed in which the height of a silicon wafer making up an object of lithography is accurately measured. A lithographic apparatus such as an electron beam apparatus having a height-measuring instrument built therein is effectively used for forming a pattern on the order of submicrons.

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