摘要:
A projection exposure apparatus has a pattern lighting optical system including an exposure light source for lighting a pattern on a photomask, a projection optical system for forming an image of the pattern lighted by the exposure light source on the surface of a wafer, an alignment lighting optical system including an alignment light source for lighting alignment marks on the photomask and the wafer, and an alignment optical system for detecting relative positional relationship between the mask pattern and the wafer through the projection optical system, and further the projection optical system includes an image-forming system which exhibits two extremums of axial aberration as a function of wavelength.
摘要:
A projection type exposure apparatus for projecting an image of a pattern formed on a reticle onto a wafer in which the exposure is carried out with first light and the alignment between reticle and wafer is carried out with a second light having a wavelength different from that of the first light. The apparatus includes an optical member disposed between alignment optical system and projection optical system for reflecting the first light and transmitting the second light.
摘要:
A projection optical apparatus comprises illuminating means providing for an illuminating light beam, a projection optical system including optical elements disposed across the illuminating light beam and having an imaging plane, and detecting mean including temperature sensor means provided on at least one of the optical elements and producing an output corresponding to the temperature of the one optical element.
摘要:
An optical apparatus comprising a laser light source, an optical system for focusing a beam of light from the laser light source onto an object surface through an objective lens and a spatial filter disposed at the entrance pupil of the objective lens or at a position conjugated with the entrance pupil, wherein the origin of the divergence of the laser beam having an angle of divergence emitted from the laser light source is projected on the entrance pupil of the objective lens by the optical system.
摘要:
An illumination optical system comprises a multi-beam generator which includes a plurality of each of two kinds of lens elements different in optical characteristics and which is interposed between a source for generating a collimated light beam and a light condenser. The multi-beam generator generates a large number of secondary light sources from the collimated light beam. The illumination optical system is capable of supplying illuminating light rays having an extremely uniform illumination distribution.
摘要:
A mirror converging-type illumination optical system for converging light rays from a light source into substantially parallel light rays using a concave reflecting mirror having a secondary curved surface comprises a conical refraction member having a convex conical refraction surface at an input or incident side thereof and another convex conical refraction surface at an output side thereof. The refraction member is arranged in a path of the parallel light rays with a vertex of the conical refraction member being substantially aligned with the optical axis of the illumination optical system. The refraction member inverts the inner and outer portions of the incident parallel light rays. The absence of incident parallel light around the optical axis thereof is corrected to achieve a uniform intensity of light rays.
摘要:
A double-conjugate maintaining optical system for maintaining the conjugate relation between an object and its image even if the distance between the object and the image varies and also maintaining another set of conjugate relation in a predetermined condition includes an afocal system comprising a plurality of lens units, a first positive lens unit disposed on the object side of the afocal system, and a second positive lens unit disposed on the image side of the afocal system. The first positive lens unit is movable relative to the second positive lens unit so that the object is positioned on the focal plane of the first positive lens unit opposite to the afocal system. The afocal system is movable along the optical axis thereof in a predetermined relation with the first positive lens unit.
摘要:
A projection type exposure apparatus has a projection objective lens, a projection negative having a predetermined shape pattern and an alignment mark, and a photosensitive plate having an alignment mark. The shape pattern of the projection negative is projected upon the photosensitive plate by the projection objective lens. Main illuminating optical means illuminates the projection negative with a first wavelength light to which the photosensitive plate is sensitive, and alignment optical means illuminates the projection negative with a second wavelength light to which the photosensitive plate is insensitive. The positional relation between the projection negative and the photosensitive plate is detected using the second wavelength light through the projection objective lens. One of the alignment mark on the projection negative and the alignment mark on the photosensitive plate has a zone pattern which forms a light-condensing point at a position spaced apart by a predetermined amount from the surface on which said one mark is formed, and said predetermined amount corresponds to the amount of chromatic aberration of the projection objective lens, at the side thereof adjacent to said zone pattern, for the second wavelength light relative to the first wavelength light.
摘要:
An ink composition is prepared in such a manner that a difference between a dynamic surface tension (mN/m) measured by a maximum bubble pressure method at a temperature of 24 to 26° C. and a static surface tension (mN/m) is within a range from 0 to 7 (mN/m). The ink composition is stored in an ink tank of an ink head, and is supplied from the ink tank to an ink chamber having a discharge port, and a voltage is applied to partitions formed by a piezoelectric material to apply a pressure by the partitions to the ink composition stored in the ink chamber, whereby a liquid droplet of the ink composition is discharged from the discharge port and the liquid droplet is deposited on a recording material to record an image.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including a developing unit for stocking a developing agent containing toner and forming a toner image on a photosensitive medium with the developing agent, a toner supply unit for supplying the toner to the developing unit, a toner specific concentration detecting unit for detecting the toner specific concentration of the developing agent stocked in the developing unit, a humidity detecting unit for detecting humidity in the neighborhood of the developing unit, a storage unit for storing the humidity information detected by the humidity detecting unit, and a toner specific concentration correcting unit for controlling the toner supply amount of the toner supply unit on the basis of the humidity information stored to correct the toner specific concentration, wherein the toner specific concentration correcting unit compares newly-detected humidity with reference humidity corresponding to the humidity which is detected at the time when the developing agent is stocked into the developing unit or exchanged by new developing agent and which is stored in the storage unit, and corrects the toner specific concentration in accordance with the comparison result.