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Alignment device and lithographic apparatus comprising such a device

US6417922B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1999
Grant dateJul 9, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/681
  • 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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