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Projection exposure apparatus

US5309197A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 1992
Grant dateMay 3, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A projection exposure apparatus includes a projection lens system for projecting an image of a pattern of an original on a substrate having a photosensitive layer, by using a sensitizing beam; a first detection optical system for detecting a mark of the substrate through the projection lens system and with a first non-sensitizing beam, the first detection optical system producing first information related to the position of the mark; a second detection optical system for detecting the mark of the substrate without the projection lens system and with a second nonsensitizing beam having a bandwidth broader than that of the first non-sensitizing beam, the second detection optical system producing second information related to the position of the mark; and a detector for detecting an error included in the first information, by using the first and second information.

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