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Exposure apparatus with light shielding portion for plotosensitive elements

US5760881A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 1995
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/70
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus, having an illumination optical system for radiating a light beam from a light source to a pattern area of a mask for transferring the image of the pattern area onto a photosensitive substrate by the light beam passing through the mask, is provided with plural sets of a first reference mark and a second reference mark arranged on the mask and the photosensitive substrate at positions corresponding to each other, and a light-shielding device for shielding the light beams radiated toward the second reference marks, whereby it is possible to re-use the second reference marks in a post-process by preventing the first reference marks on the mask from being superposed on the second reference marks on the photosensitive substrate or from being transferred onto a part near the second reference marks.

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