摘要:
An alignment apparatus includes a first off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification, and a second off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification higher than that of the first off-axis alignment optical system, wherein the apparatus is operable in a global alignment mode using the second off-axis alignment optical system. In another aspect, an alignment apparatus which includes a first off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification, a second off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification higher than that of the first off-axis alignment optical system, and a TTL alignment optical system, wherein the alignment apparatus is operable in a global alignment mode using the second off-axis alignment optical system and is operable in another global alignment mode using the TTL optical alignment system.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus for aligning an original, having at least one alignment mark thereon, and radiation sensitive member, having at least one alignment mark thereon and adapted to receive the image of the original, with each other includes a first detecting device including a sensor retractable from the optical path of a light for illuminating the original, the sensor being adapted to sense the original and radiation sensitive member to detect a relative displacement (degree of misalignment) between the original and radiation sensitive member when the sensor is in the optical path; a second detecting device including a sensor set out of the optical path and adapted to detect the position of one of the original and radiation sensitive member in the absolute coordinates of the apparatus; and a driving mechanism for moving one of the original and radiation sensitive member in response to the output of the second detecting device to correct the above mentioned displacement.
摘要:
In a divisional printing apparatus wherein the pattern of a mask is reduced and projected for printing onto a wafer and the mask and the wafer are moved relative to each other at each shot so that the exposed areas thereof do not overlap each other, and whereby the same pattern as that for collective printing is printed onto the effective area of the wafer by a plurality of shots, a shot arranging method in which, in the case of a so-called multichip shot in which a plurality of chips are exposed at a time at each shot, the special chip area of the wafer is not exposed, but the wafer is effectively exposed so that the creation of unusable chips is minimized.
摘要:
An alignment apparatus includes a first off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification, and a second off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification higher than that of the first off-axis alignment optical system, wherein the apparatus is operable in a global alignment mode using the second off-axis alignment optical system. In another aspect, an alignment apparatus includes a first off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification, a second off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification higher than that of the first off-axis alignment optical system, and a TTL alignment optical system, wherein the alignment apparatus is operable in a global alignment mode using the second off-axis alignment optical system and is operable in another global alignment mode using the TTL optical alignment system.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus usable in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, for transferring a pattern of a reticle onto each of discrete areas of a semiconductor wafer in a step-and-repeat manner. The apparatus has a laser interferometer for precisely measuring the amount of displacement of the wafer and a memory for storing positional errors of the shot areas, relative to respective target positions, established at the time of completion of the stepwise movements of the wafer. In accordance with the stored positional errors and with the result of measurement by the laser interferometer, the amount of stepwise movement of the wafer is corrected, whereby the accuracy of step-feed for the wafer is improved without decreasing the throughput. In another aspect, the exposure apparatus is provided with a TTL detection system for detecting the positional error of each of the shot areas relative to a target or reference shot area established at the time of completion of stepwise movement of the wafer. If a variation component of the positional error detected by way of the TTL detecting system is not less than a predetermined level, the positioning of the wafer is effected for each of the shot areas, by use of the TTL detecting system. If the variation component is less than the predetermined level, the positioning of the wafer or each shot area is effected on the basis of the measurement by the laser interferometer.
摘要:
An alignment apparatus including a first off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification, and a second off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification higher than that of the first off-axis alignment optical system, wherein the apparatus is operable in a global alignment mode using the second off-axis alignment optical system. In another aspect, there is provided an alignment apparatus which includes a first off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification, a second off-axis alignment optical system having a magnification higher than that of the first off-axis alignment optical system, and a TTL alignment optical system, wherein the alignment apparatus is operable in a global alignment mode using the second off-axis alignment optical system and is operable in another global alignment mode using the TTL optical alignment system.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus usable in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, for transferring a pattern of a reticle onto each of discrete areas of a semiconductor wafer in a step-and-repeat manner. The apparatus has a laser interferometer for precisely measuring the amount of displacement of the wafer and a memory for storing positional errors of the shot areas, relative to respective target positions, established at the time of completion of the stepwise movements of the wafer. In accordance with the stored positional errors and with the result of measurement by the laser interferometer, the amount of stepwise movement of the wafer is corrected, whereby the accuracy of step-feed for the wafer is improved without decreasing the throughput. In another aspect, the exposure apparatus is provided with a TTL detection system for detecting the positional error of each of the shot areas relative to a target or reference shot area established at the time of completion of stepwise movement of the wafer. If a variation component of the positional error detected by way of the TTL detecting system is not less than a predetermined level, the positioning of the wafer is effected for each of the shot areas, by use of the TTL detecting system. If the variation component is less than the predetermined level, the positioning of the wafer or each shot area is effected on the basis of the measurement by the laser interferometer.
摘要:
In a mask aligner, the actual element pattern of a mask is transferred onto a resist applied to the surface of a wafer, while the alignment pattern of the mask is not transferred onto said resist. That is, the line width of the alignment pattern of the mask is a line width which is not transferred to the wafer. If the pattern of the mask is formed so that the line width of the alignment pattern is thin as compared with that of the actual element pattern, the exposure amount in the alignment pattern portion on the resist applied to the surface of the wafer becomes excessive due to the diffraction phenomenon and thus, the alignment pattern of the mask is not transferred onto the wafer.
摘要:
The dual-shaft gas turbine power generation system includes: a high-pressure gas turbine; a first rotating shaft connecting a compressor and the high-pressure gas turbine; an electric motor connected to the first rotating shaft; a governor which adjusts the amount of air taken into the compressor; a low-pressure gas turbine; a second rotating shaft connected to the low-pressure gas turbine; a synchronous power generator connected to the second rotating shaft; a frequency converter which converts the frequency of power transmitted between the synchronous power generator and the electric motor; and a control device which controls a frequency converter control device for controlling the frequency converter, and the governor, on the basis of a power output command value indicating the power to be outputted to an external grid.
摘要:
An internal combustion engine fitted with a combustion pressure detection device includes: an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber, a pressure detection device having a housing, a diaphragm, and a detection member, and having a shoulder part. The diaphragm is provided on the front end side of the housing and the detection member arranged inside the housing and behind the diaphragm, allowing it to detect the pressure working via the diaphragm. Also provided is a second seal member in a ring shape that seals the opening in the combustion chamber and the housing in the shoulder part of the housing in the pressure detection device.