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Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

US8593000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2010
Grant dateNov 26, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/7088
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes an alignment mark formed over a semiconductor substrate and an inhibition pattern arranged over the alignment mark with a pattern edge of the inhibition pattern located in a mark functional region of the alignment mark in order to inhibit the alignment mark being recognized as such by an image detector of an exposure device.

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