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Alignment device and lithographic apparatus comprising such a device

US6160622A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1998
Grant dateDec 12, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/7069
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An alignment device, for use in a lithographic apparatus, for aligning a first object, provided with a first alignment mark relative to a second object, provided with a second alignment mark, employs as a radiation source a laser which emits an alignment beam having a wavelength which is of the order of 1000 nm and to the order of 1100 nm.

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