摘要:
An illumination apparatus and an exposure apparatus that achieves higher quality exposure to light and higher operating speed even where the ratio Hx/Hy between the transverse dimension Hx and the longitudinal dimension Hy of the plane of optical modulation of a two-dimensional optical space modulator is 1.5 or above, for instance, are to be provided. The focal distance fx in an x-direction and the focal distance fy in a y-direction of a second optical system that guides light emitted from an integrator to a two-dimensional optical space modulator are made different, in a ratio of fx/fy=1.6, for instance. In this way, the number of rod lenses in the integrator can be made equal between transverse and longitudinal directions and the value of Hx/Hy can be made 2.5 by bringing the aspect ratio dx:dy of rod lenses to 1.6:1, close to 1.
摘要:
A lighting system and an exposure apparatus in which even if the outgoing optical axes of outgoing beams emitted from a plurality of LDs disposed on a flat plane are shifted, the efficiency of use of the beams can be improved, and the directivity of lighting can be enhanced. Diffused beams output from a plurality of LDs arrayed two-dimensionally are converted into high-directivity beams with spread angles equalized circumferentially by two kinds of cylindrical lenses. In this event, the optical axis of the beam emitted from each LD may tilt due to misalignment of the center of the beam with the optical axes of the corresponding cylindrical lenses. This tilt is corrected by a wedged glass. Thus, the optical axis of the beam output from each LD meets the optical axis in the entrance plane of an integrator.
摘要:
An illumination apparatus and an exposure apparatus that achieves higher quality exposure to light and higher operating speed even where the ratio Hx/Hy between the transverse dimension Hx and the longitudinal dimension Hy of the plane of optical modulation of a two-dimensional optical space modulator is 1.5 or above, for instance, are to be provided. The focal distance fx in an x-direction and the focal distance fy in a y-direction of a second optical system that guides light emitted from an integrator to a two-dimensional optical space modulator are made different, in a ratio of fx/fy=1.6, for instance. In this way, the number of rod lenses in the integrator can be made equal between transverse and longitudinal directions and the value of Hx/Hy can be made 2.5 by bringing the aspect ratio dx:dy of rod lenses to 1.6:1, close to 1.
摘要:
The present invention provides a light exposure apparatus, and its method, comprising: an illumination optical system including: a light source array formed of a plural separate light sources arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally; condensing optical system for condensing light emitted from each light source of the light source array; a light integrator for spatially decomposing the light condensed by the condensing optics, and thus generating a multitude of pseudo-secondary light sources; and a condenser lens for overlapping the light rays emitted from the multitude of pseudo-secondary light sources generated by the light integrator, and thus illuminating an illumination target region having a pattern to be exposed; and a projection optical system for projecting transmitted or reflected light onto an exposure target region of an exposure target object in order to expose the pattern to be exposed that is illuminated by the illumination optical system.
摘要:
A method of inspecting a DNA chip and an apparatus therefor that allow a picture to be reconstructed in the following steps: A plurality of irradiation spots are formed on a DNA probe array mounted on a stage. Then, the stage is displaced in X, Y directions so as to execute a scanning, thereby irradiating substantially all the entire surface of the DNA probe array. Next, a plurality of emitted fluorescent lights, which are generated from the plurality of irradiation spot portions on the DNA probe array, are converged and are then detected simultaneously by multi detectors. Finally, a data processing apparatus processes the detected signals, thereby reconstructing the picture.
摘要:
It is possible to enhance the utilization efficiency of a light source and impart an orientation control performance and a pretilt angle to an orientation film in a short treatment time. Substrates to which orientation films are applied are mounted on stages which are sequentially transported to a main irradiation region and a sub-irradiation region. Light flux irradiated from a light source device having a single light source receives polarization treatment at a polarization unit, thus generating main polarized light and sub-polarized light. The main polarized light is irradiated to the orientation film formed on the substrate which is transported to a main irradiation region, thus imparting orientation control performance to the orientation film. Subsequently, the substrate is transported to a sub-irradiation region, and sub-polarized light is irradiated to the orientation film to which orientation control performance is already imparted, thus imparting a pretilt angle to the orientation film.
摘要:
A production method of a semiconductor device, includes the steps of emitting an excimer laser from a light source, forming the excimer laser in a particular shape, illuminating a pattern on a mask for a phase shifter method with the particular shaped excimer laser, and exposing a resist on a wafer with the excimer laser which passed through the mask. The resist on the wafer is developed and the wafer is etched to form a pattern.
摘要:
A projection exposure apparatus (1) comprises an incident light optical system for causing the light emitted from a light source 1 to enter an object of exposure (4) in diagonal direction, a detection apparatus (3) for causing an interference between the light reflected from the object of exposure (4) and a reference light and detecting the resultant interference fringe, a processing circuit for determining the inclination and height of the surface of the object of exposure (4) from the optical information on the interference fringe, and a stage (7) for supporting the object of exposure (4). The object of exposure (4) is subjected to projection exposure by driving the stage (7) according to the calculated inclination and height of the object of exposure (4).
摘要:
The present invention resides in method and apparatus for measuring a minute displacement, comprising applying a light of a first wavelength at a predetermined angle to a diffraction grating formed on an object whose position is to be detected, subjecting each of the resulting diffracted light and regular reflected light and a light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength to heterodyne interference with each other to generate a measurement signal and a reference signal, and measuring a phase difference between the measurement signal and the reference signal to thereby determine a minute displacement of the object.
摘要:
A reduction projection type aligner in a reduction projection exposing device for exposing a circuit pattern on a mask through a reduction projection lens onto a wafer by the step and repeat of the wafer, which comprises: a light source for irradiating coherent irradiation light, a reflection mirror for reflecting the coherent irradiation light irradiated from the light source, a detection optical system for detecting an interference pattern by optically causing interference between an alignment pattern reflection light obtained by entering the coherent irradiation light irradiated from the light source through the reduction projection lens to the alignment pattern portion of the wafer, which is then reflected at the alignment pattern portion and then passed through the reduction projection lens and a reflection light reflected at the reflection mirror, and means for aligning a mask and a wafer relatively by detecting the position of the wafer by the video image signals in the interference pattern detected by the detection optical system.