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Method of measuring exposure condition and/or aberration of projection optical system

US5814425A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1995
Grant dateSep 29, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/706
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of measuring an exposure condition for transfer of a pattern onto a photosensitive substrate or aberration of a projection optical system is disclosed, wherein the pattern is transferred onto the photosensitive substrate plural times in different exposure conditions, to form photosensitive patterns on the photosensitive substrate, and images of the photosensitive patterns are picked up. Frequency components of the photosensitive patterns are calculated from corresponding imagewise signals, and an optimum exposure condition for transfer of the pattern onto the photosensitive substrate is determined on the basis of the frequency components of the photosensitive patterns.

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