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Exposure mask device and method for orienting a plurality of substrates on an exposure mask

US7257890B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 2002
Grant dateAug 21, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53261
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for registering a plurality of substrates that are retained on a workpiece carrier onto an exposure mask for carrying out a photolithography process has the steps of registering and immobilizing the exposure mask onto an alignment panel having precisely fitting passthrough orifices for reception of one substrate for each passthrough orifice and inserting into the passthrough orifices of the alignment panel the substrates that are retained on the workpiece carrier.

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