摘要:
A camera having a holographic indicator in which a reconstructed image of hologram and an image of an object formed by an image forming optical system are formed on the same plane, so that the reconstructed image and the object's image can be observed at the same diopter through a common observation optical system.
摘要:
A position detecting apparatus usable for aligning mask and a semiconductor wafer, wherein a laser beam produced by a semiconductor laser is projected through a predetermined optical system to alignment marks formed on the mask and the wafer, and the light reflected by the marks are detected by an accumulation type sensor to produce an electrical signal, from which the relative positional relation between the mask and the wafer are detected on the basis of the electrical signal. To obtain proper mark signals, the quantity of light incident on the accumulation sensor is controlled. In this apparatus, the beam emitting strength of the semiconductor laser is made constant, and the control of thee amount of light incident on the accumulation sensor is effected by controlling the operation period of the semiconductor laser. In addition, the actuation timing of the semiconductor laser is advanced from the accumulation start of the accumulation type sensor by the time required for the semiconductor laser to be thermally stabilized after its actuation. The mark detection signal produced by the accumulation sensor is precise.
摘要:
A mask structure according to an aspect of the invention includes a base having a first zone for an alignment pattern and a second zone for a circuit pattern; an alignment pattern forming material with which the alignment pattern is formed in the first zone; and a circuit pattern forming material with which the circuit pattern is formed in the second zone; wherein the alignment pattern forming material and the circuit pattern forming material are different from each other.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus for printing a pattern of a mask to a wafer includes a mask moving mechanism for moving the mask; a wafer moving mechanism or moving the wafer along a predetermined movement coordinate; a measuring system for measuring an error with respect to the movement coordinate, resulting from the movement of the mask by the mask moving mechanism; and a memorizing device for memorizing a data table prepared on the basis of the error measured by the measuring system; wherein the wafer moving mechanism uses the data in the data table when it moves the wafer for positioning of the wafer with respect to the mask.
摘要:
A device for detecting a positional relationship between opposed first and second objects. The device includes a light source for projecting light to the first and second objects; a photodetecting system for detecting two lights from one of the first and second objects illuminated by the light from the light source, the photodetecting system detecting those two lights the position of incidence of each of which on a predetermined plane is changeable with the positional relationship between the first and second objects in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first and second objects are opposed; a position detecting system for detecting the positional relationship between the first and second objects in a direction perpendicular to the opposing direction of the first and second objects, on the basis of the relationship of the two lights, on the predetermined plane, as detected by the photodetecting system; and an interval detecting system for detecting the positional relationship between the first and second objects in the opposing direction, by using at least one of the two lights detected by the photodetecting system.
摘要:
A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus having a high performance and a reduced drive energy is disclosed. At least a portion of an in-focus state detection optical system having an internal light source is movable while maintaining a light path near an object lens of the optical system. A distance of movement of the movable portion which is moved with auto-focusing operation for an object is measured and the three-dimensional shape is measured precisely with a high stroke. An inclination angle measuring optical system which shares the light path near the object lens with the in-focus state detection optical system and has an internal light source is provided in a common casing. Thus, the distance of movement of the movable part of the in-focus state detection optical system and an inclination angle are simultaneously measured so that the three-dimensional shape can be more precisely measured.
摘要:
A variable-focus optical device comprises an elastomeric member having a gradient of shear modulus along its optical axis, and a deforming member having an aperture adapted for causing projection or sinking of the elastomeric member therethrough or thereat to deform the surface of the elastomeric member. The gradient of shear modulus is preferably one of continuously decreasing from the surface toward the inside of the elastomeric member. The gradient of shear modulus is provided by a concentration gradient of an inorganic substance such as silica dispersed in an elastomeric substance such as polysilioxane.
摘要:
A device for splitting an incident light on an image forming optical system by a relief type diffraction grating. The device is constructed of a transparent substrate and a transparent filling layer having substantially the same refractive index as that of the transparent substrate, and the relief type diffraction grating is formed on the interface between the substrate and the filling layer. With such an arrangement, the reflectively diffracted light is detected by the photodetector without any undue influence in the image-formation based on the transmissively diffracted light.
摘要:
An alignment method useable with an original having a pattern and a substrate having a surface area on which the pattern of the original is printed. The alignment method comprises detecting plural marks, calculating plural times, the amount of rotational deviation on the basis of different combinations of marks, calculating the quantity of rotational correction of the original and the substrate by using the computed rotational deviations, and aligning on the basis of the calculated quantity of the rotational deviation.
摘要:
An apparatus for detecting foreign matter on a substrate includes an optical system for projecting a light beam onto a pellicle and a pattern surface, a first detector for detecting scattered light from foreign matter on the pattern surface, a second detector for detecting information relating to the reflectivity or the transmittance of the pellicle by detecting a light beam reflected by the pellicle, and a correction unit for correcting an output signal from the first detector using an output signal from the second detector.