摘要:
A device for supplying masks to be used in a chamber having a wall, comprises an opening formed in the wall of the chamber, and a rotatable shelf disposed in the opening and for carrying thereon the masks. The rotatable shelf is coupled, by way of a rotational shaft, to a portion of the wall adjacent to the opening and the rotational shelf has a mask carrying portion which is rotationally movable, about the rotational shaft, through the opening to and from the inside of the chamber and from and to the outside of the chamber.
摘要:
A container for a sheet-like article, comprising a tray member for substantially accommodating therein the article, the tray member having an opening, a cover member for substantially sealingly covering the opening of the tray member, supporting elements provided in the tray member for supporting the article when it is accommodated in the tray member, wherein a portion of the article is protruded out of the container and through the opening of the tray member, when the article is supported by the supporting elements and the cover member is opened.
摘要:
A mask aligner for stepping and exposing a wafer in accordance with a shot arrangement, including an input device to which wafer dimension, chip dimension and a chip pattern for one shot are inputted, a selector for selecting a shot arrangement mode from plural shot arrangement modes based on the above input signals, a controller for effecting the shots in accordance with the selected modes to minimize the time required for exposing the one entire wafer or to maximize the number of chips exposed per unit.
摘要:
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell containing an electricity-generating element with at least a cathode, a separator and an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte inside a cathode case, electrode units each consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each another via the separator laminated to form an electrode group, or an electrode unit in a sheet form consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each another via the separator wound to form an electrode group, or a sheet-shape cathode wrapped with the separator except for a part contacting at inner face of cathode case and a sheet-shaped anode set on the sheet-shaped cathode in a right angled position each other and bent alternately to form an electrode group, and the total sum of the areas of the opposing cathode and anode in the electrode group larger than the area of the opening of an insulating gasket in a sealed portion in the cathode case or than the area of an opening in a sealed plate in a sealed portion in the cathode case.
摘要:
The optical fiber fusion-splice device comprises a pair of electric discharge electrodes provided opposed to each other along a predetermined axis, a conductor electrode disposed on one side with respect to a plane with the predetermined axis contained therein, and section for generating electrostatic attraction in the direction tending from the above-described plane toward the one side, between the conductor electrode and the electric discharge path produced between the electric discharge electrodes. The means for generating electrostatic attraction is connected to the conductor electrode. This fusion splicer fusion-splices together the end portions of optical fibers disposed on the other side with respect to the above plane by electric discharge produced between the electric discharge electrodes.
摘要:
Herein disclosed are a method and an apparatus for supplying an electrical energy to a pair of discharge electrodes spaced apart from each other to cause an electric discharge in a gap between the discharge electrodes. There are firstly provided an alternating voltage generator for generating, as the electrical energy, an alternating voltage having a frequency, and a capacitor connected to the discharge electrodes in series. The alternating voltage generator has a series resonant frequency. The alternating voltage of the alternating voltage generator is applied to the discharge electrodes through the capacitor. The frequency of the alternating voltage is set approximately to the series resonant frequency of the alternating voltage generator to cause a dielectric breakdown in and allow an electric discharge current to flow through the gap between the discharge electrodes. Alternatively, the frequency of the alternating voltage may be approximated to the series resonant frequency of the alternating voltage generator, for example, from a frequency higher than the series resonant frequency.
摘要:
An insert rotary cutter for processing a metal workpiece includes a cutter body of a generally circular cross-section having an axis of rotation therethrough. The cutter includes one or more cutter inserts releasably mounted on a periphery of the cutter body. The insert includes a generally quadrilateral plate defined by a front face, a rear face disposed generally parallel to the front face and four side faces. The insert has a pair of main cutting edges defined by the front face and one pair of the opposite side faces. The pair of opposite side faces serve as respective rake surfaces for the main cutting edges. Each of the rake surfaces is convexly curved in such a manner that the width of the insert between the rake surfaces is larger at a central portion of each main cutting edge than at opposite ends of the main cutting edge.
摘要:
A projection exposure apparatus with a small size and low cost suitable for repeated pattern exposure. The apparatus includes an illumination system which irradiates light to a mask including plural columns of a mask pattern for repeated exposure to a member to form plural columns of an exposure pattern, a projection system which projects light from the mask onto the member, an exposure stage which moves the member, and a mask stage which moves the mask. The light irradiation and step driving of the exposure stage for moving the member by a movement amount equal to n times a pitch of the columns of the exposure pattern are alternately performed. The mask is moved by a movement amount equal to n times a pitch of the columns of the mask pattern with step driving of the exposure stage in early and later phases of the repeated exposure.
摘要:
A projection exposure apparatus includes a projection exposure mask. The projection exposure mask includes a first mask pattern for exposing a member to form a continuous pattern thereon and a second mask pattern for exposing the member to form a discontinuous pattern thereon, one of the first and second mask patterns being a reflecting type mask and the other mask pattern being a transmitting type mask pattern, a projection system which projects light from the reflecting type mask pattern and light from the transmitting type mask pattern onto the member, a first illumination system which irradiates light to the reflecting type mask pattern from one side of the projection exposure mask, a second illumination system which irradiates light to the transmitting type mask pattern from the opposite side of the one side of the projection exposure mask, and a substrate stage which moves the member in a direction substantially orthogonal to a projection light axis of the projection system.
摘要:
The invention provides a wafer polishing apparatus and a wafer manufacturing method which can improve uniformity in polishing wafer surfaces. A wafer holding head comprises a head body; a diaphragm stretched inside the head body; a carrier fixed to the diaphragm to be displaceable in the direction of a head axis while holding the wafer; a retainer ring disposed around the carrier in concentric relation and fixed to the diaphragm to be displaceable in the direction of the head axis; and a thin plate disposed so as to project from the head body along a surface of the diaphragm. With the provision of the thin plate, an excessive pressing force acting upon the retainer ring from the diaphragm is suppressed, and the wafer surface can be prevented from being excessively polished at an outer peripheral edge.