Patents for G03F 9 - Registration or positioning of originals, masks, frames, photographic sheets or textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. automatically (10,803)
08/1989
08/22/1989US4860374 Apparatus for detecting position of reference pattern
08/16/1989EP0328039A2 Device for removing inserted paper layers
08/15/1989US4857744 Optical projection printing apparatus wherein wafer mark has a grating pitch in the sagittal plane of the first optical system
08/15/1989US4856905 Projection exposure apparatus
08/09/1989EP0327093A2 Electron beam exposure method and apparatus
08/09/1989EP0327019A2 Apparatus for fabricating pre-press masking film
08/09/1989EP0174935B1 Dissimilar superimposed grating precision alignment and gap measurement systems
08/08/1989US4856037 Arrangement for exposing semiconductor wafers by means of a synchrotron radiation in lithographic equipment
08/08/1989US4855792 Optical alignment system for use in photolithography and having reduced reflectance errors
08/02/1989EP0325842A2 Film punch registration
08/01/1989US4853745 Exposure apparatus
07/1989
07/19/1989EP0324165A1 Alignment method for patterning
07/18/1989US4849914 Method and apparatus for registering color separation film
07/18/1989US4849313 Method for making a reticle mask
07/18/1989US4848911 Method for aligning first and second objects, relative to each other, and apparatus for practicing this method
07/13/1989WO1989006430A1 Gap sensing/adjustment apparatus and method for a lithography machine
07/05/1989EP0323242A2 Method and apparatus for aligning two objects, and method and apparatus for providing a desired gap between two objects
07/04/1989US4845530 Reduced projection type step- and repeat-exposure apparatus
06/1989
06/27/1989US4843563 Step-and-repeat alignment and exposure method and apparatus
06/21/1989EP0321029A1 Process for obtaining aligned patterns on opposite sides of an opaque support
06/13/1989US4838693 Method and apparatus for setting a gap between first and second objects to a predetermined distance
05/1989
05/30/1989US4835401 Apparatus for automatic positioning of printing film on base film
05/30/1989US4835078 Method for aligning photomasks
05/30/1989US4834540 Projection exposure apparatus
05/30/1989US4834499 Optical device for forming crossed linear image elements
05/30/1989US4833985 Apparatus for matching register marks and punching U-holes for press plate
05/24/1989EP0316396A1 Positioning apparatus particularly for use in a vacuum environment
05/23/1989US4833621 Method of and apparatus for aligning a substrate
05/23/1989US4833324 Nondestructive readout of a latent electrostatic image formed on an insulating material
05/16/1989US4831272 Apparatus for aligning a reticle mark and substrate mark
05/16/1989US4830500 Alignment device
05/16/1989US4830499 Optical device capable of maintaining pupil imaging
05/16/1989US4830498 Position detecting device
05/16/1989US4829866 Method of registering film positives or negatives/foils/masks or flats
05/09/1989US4829419 Microcomputer control of machines
05/09/1989US4829375 Method for punching in printed circuit board laminates and related apparatus and articles of manufacture
05/09/1989US4829193 Projection optical apparatus with focusing and alignment of reticle and wafer marks
05/09/1989US4828392 Exposure apparatus
05/03/1989EP0313681A1 Phase-sensitive interferometric mask-wafer alignment
05/02/1989US4827316 Printing frame
05/02/1989US4825555 Apparatus for automatic forming on a film material of both a mask film pattern and a positioning hole
04/1989
04/26/1989EP0313466A2 Wafer positioning apparatus
04/26/1989EP0313200A2 Apparatus and method for making large area electronic devices, such as flat panel displays and the like, using correlated, aligned dual optical systems
04/25/1989US4825364 Monolithic data processor with memory refresh
04/25/1989US4825086 Apparatus for the exact mutual alignment of a mask and semiconductor wafer in a lithographic apparatus
04/25/1989US4824254 Slit utilized as pattern for aligning
04/25/1989CA1253021A1 Alignment and focusing system for a scanning mask aligner
04/19/1989EP0312341A2 High resolution imagery systems
04/19/1989EP0311624A1 Improved registration method in photolithography and equipment for carrying out this method
04/18/1989US4823014 Position detecting device usable with an object having a surface
04/18/1989US4823012 Step and repeat exposure apparatus having improved system for aligning
04/18/1989US4823011 Ion-projection lithographic apparatus with means for aligning the mask image with the substrate
04/18/1989US4822718 Light absorbing coating
04/11/1989US4821078 Apparatus for composing a plurality of original films on a base sheet
04/11/1989US4820055 Apparatus for adjusting a mask with at least one adjustment mark relative to a semi-conductor wafer provided with at least one lattice structure
04/06/1989WO1989003051A1 Method and apparatus for registering color separation film
04/04/1989US4818879 Positioning and machining apparatus having a scanner for circularly scanning an object by a light beam
04/04/1989US4818724 Using template to align, support and mask substrate for metal deposition by photoresist
04/04/1989CA1252224A1 Reverse dark field alignment system for scanning lithographic aligner
03/1989
03/29/1989EP0309305A1 System for the precise positioning of an object along an axis
03/29/1989EP0309281A2 Apparatus for controlling relation in position between a photomask and a wafer
03/28/1989US4816903 Film checking apparatus
03/28/1989US4815854 Method of alignment between mask and semiconductor wafer
03/28/1989US4815850 Relative-displacement measurement method
03/21/1989US4814829 Projection exposure apparatus
03/21/1989US4814626 Method for high precision position measurement of two-dimensional structures
03/14/1989US4812880 Exposure apparatus
03/14/1989US4812662 Alignment system using an electron beam
03/14/1989US4812661 Method and apparatus for hybrid I.C. lithography
03/08/1989EP0306275A2 Photoelectron image projection apparatus
03/07/1989US4811062 Method for aligning first and second objects relative to each other and apparatus for practicing this method
03/07/1989US4811059 Alignment method
02/1989
02/28/1989US4808829 Mark position detection system for use in charged particle beam apparatus
02/28/1989US4808807 Optical focus sensor system
02/28/1989US4808002 Method and device for aligning first and second objects relative to each other
02/21/1989US4805316 Method of and apparatus for aligning printed circuit carriers preparatory to the application of printed circuits
02/21/1989CA1250139A2 Apparatus for calibrating a capacitance height gauge
02/08/1989EP0302178A2 Position sensor
02/08/1989EP0189435B1 Mask-to-wafer alignment utilizing zone plates
02/07/1989US4803524 Method of and apparatus for detecting the accuracy of superposition exposure in an exposure apparatus
01/1989
01/31/1989US4801808 Alignment and exposure apparatus having an objective lens system capable of observing a mark on an exposure optical holding member to permit alignment of a mask relative to the exposure optical system
01/31/1989US4801208 Projection type exposing apparatus
01/17/1989US4798962 Multi-wavelength projection exposure and alignment apparatus
01/17/1989US4798470 Pattern printing method and apparatus
01/11/1989EP0298642A2 Method for aligning photomasks
01/10/1989US4796999 Device for automatically determining the deviation between the structures of a pattern and those of an object compared therewith
01/03/1989US4795261 Reduction projection type aligner
01/03/1989US4795244 Projection type exposure apparatus
12/1988
12/28/1988CA1247533A Method and apparatus for registering color separation film
12/28/1988CA1247446A Multiple registration and imaging process to form a set of registered imaged elements
12/28/1988CA1247444A Automatic repetitive registration and imagewise exposure of sheet substrates
12/28/1988CA1247443A Registering and exposing sheet substrates using photosensitive liquid
12/28/1988CA1247442A Sequential automatic registration and imagewise exposure of a sheet substrate
12/27/1988US4794648 Mask aligner with a wafer position detecting device
12/27/1988US4794462 Method and system for patching an original at a desired angular orientation on a scanner input drum or an original patching sheet and extracting original trimming data
12/27/1988US4794426 Alignment apparatus
12/21/1988EP0295860A2 An exposure apparatus
12/20/1988US4792693 Step-and-repeat exposure method
12/15/1988WO1988009945A1 Positioning apparatus particularly for use in a vacuum environment
12/13/1988US4790642 Integrated metrology for microlithographic objective reducing lens