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Measurement method and apparatus, exposure apparatus, exposure method, and adjusting method

US7499179B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2007
Grant dateMar 3, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70591
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measurement method for measuring a position of an aperture stop in an optical system includes the steps of measuring a light intensity distribution of light that passes the aperture stop, at a position that is optically conjugate with a pupil position in the optical system, and determining a position of the aperture stop in the optical system based on a diffraction fringe of the light intensity distribution measured by the measuring step.

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