Lithography machine workpiece table and vertical position initialization method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US09760022B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US15122019

    申请日:2015-02-12

    IPC分类号: G03B27/58 G03F7/20

    摘要: A fine-motion module for use in a wafer stage of a photolithography tool includes: a base (201); a fine-motion plate (210); a plurality of vertical motors (203), fixed between the base and the fine-motion plate; a plurality of gravity compensators (202), each having one end fixed on the base and the other end configured to support the fine-motion plate; a plurality of absolute-position sensors (205, 211), configured to measure an absolute position of the fine-motion plate and to adjust pressures in the gravity compensators based on the obtained absolute-position measurements such that the absolute position of the fine-motion plate is changed to a predetermined initial vertical position; and a plurality of relative-position sensors (204, 207), configured to measure a relative position of the fine-motion plate to the base and to control the fine-motion plate based on the obtained relative-position measurements, thereby moving the fine-motion plate to a relative zero position.