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Projection exposure method and apparatus therefor

US5917581A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 1996
Grant dateJun 29, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70291
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for exposure by projection, having the step of determining an error in magnification of a projection optical system in a position at each of plural image heights of an image, a projection optical system being for projecting an image of a pattern of a mask onto a photosensitizable substrate; and the step of correcting a magnification of projection of the image of the pattern of the mask onto said photosensitizable substrate on the basis of the error in magnification determined in the previous step. Further disclosed is a projection exposure apparatus so adapted as to implement of the method for exposure by projection.

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