Patents for G03F 9 - Registration or positioning of originals, masks, frames, photographic sheets or textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. automatically (10,803)
07/2008
07/01/2008US7393617 Opaque material replaces defects/pinholes on radiation transparent/patterned substrate; semiconductors; integrated circuits; photolithography
07/01/2008US7393616 Line end spacing measurement
06/2008
06/26/2008WO2008074998A1 Phase constrast encoding
06/26/2008US20080153301 Set of masks, method of generating mask data and method for forming a pattern
06/26/2008US20080153012 Method of measuring the overlay accuracy of a multi-exposure process
06/26/2008US20080153009 Exposure mask, optical proximity correction device, optical proximity correction method, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and optical proximity correction program
06/26/2008US20080151246 Alignment routine for optically based tools
06/26/2008US20080151208 Real-Time Configurable Masking
06/25/2008CN101208635A Method for measuring mark position in minitype flat-bed printing derivation equipment system
06/25/2008CN100397964C Positioning device for use in process for manufacturing multi-layer printed circuit board and its using method
06/24/2008US7391023 Lithography tool image quality evaluating and correcting
06/24/2008US7390614 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
06/19/2008WO2008071296A1 Method and apparatus for determining the position of a structure on a carrier relative to a reference point of the carrier
06/19/2008WO2008071269A1 Apparatus and method for mask metrology
06/19/2008WO2008071268A1 Device and method for measuring lithography masks
06/19/2008WO2008048595A3 Lithography alignment system and method using feedback control based on nanoscale displacemnt sensing and estimation
06/19/2008WO2008047818A8 Near-field exposure apparatus and near-field exposure method
06/19/2008US20080145774 Imprint lithography
06/19/2008US20080145773 Substrate chuck located in template service station; motion stage moves imprint head from position adjacent to substrate chuck to position adjacent template service station; head seal mates with service station; analysis station, optical system identifies curable liquid residue; cleaning station
06/19/2008DE102006059432A1 Device for measuring lithography masks, has adjustment module by which reticle carrier is moved in order to bring it into pre-determined position in relation to measuring objective
06/18/2008EP1931947A2 System for detecting motion of a body
06/18/2008CN101203810A Image position measuring apparatus and exposure apparatus
06/18/2008CN101201559A System and method for controlling horizontally and focusing automatically silicon slice platform of photo-etching machine
06/18/2008CN101201550A Focusing method for mask aligner
06/18/2008CN101201549A Device and method for focusing and leveling based on microlens array
06/18/2008CN101201548A Measuring system and method for focusing and leveling
06/18/2008CN101201546A Device for automatically focusing and leveling
06/18/2008CN101201538A Soft template with alignment mark
06/18/2008CN100395661C Sucker, photoetching projective apparatus, method for producing sucker and component producing method
06/17/2008US7388943 Method for adjusting gap between two objects and exposure method using the same, gap adjusting apparatus, and exposure apparatus
06/17/2008US7388648 Lithographic projection apparatus
06/17/2008US7388216 Pattern writing and forming method
06/17/2008US7387859 Method for measuring overlay shift
06/17/2008US7387739 Mask and method of manufacturing the same, electroluminescent device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic instrument
06/17/2008US7386934 Double layer patterning and technique for milling patterns for a servo recording head
06/11/2008EP1930777A2 Exposure apparatus
06/11/2008EP1930774A1 Scatterometer and focus analysis method
06/11/2008CN101198909A Masking of repeated overlay and alignment marks to allow reuse of photomasks in a vertical structure
06/11/2008CN100394573C Position measurement technique
06/10/2008US7386829 Method of fabricating a photomask
06/10/2008US7385700 Management system, apparatus, and method, exposure apparatus, and control method therefor
06/10/2008US7385699 Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry
06/10/2008US7385676 Mask set having separate masks to form different regions of integrated circuit chips, exposure system including the mask set with an aperture device, and method of using the mask set to expose a semiconductor wafer
06/10/2008US7385675 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
06/10/2008US7385671 High speed lithography machine and method
06/10/2008US7384713 Exposure mask blank manufacturing method and exposure mask manufacturing method
06/10/2008US7384711 Stencil mask having main and auxiliary strut and method of forming the same
06/10/2008US7384476 Method for crystallizing silicon
06/05/2008US20080128303 Selectively couples reticle to adjustable first device retainer; retainer lock, actuator, an exposure apparatus for transferring an image to an object, a method for manufacturing an object, a method for storage; semiconductor processing
06/04/2008CN101194214A Stage apparatus
06/04/2008CN101194210A Exposing method and device
06/03/2008US7382914 Method for aligning two objects, method for detecting superimposing state of two objects, and apparatus for aligning two objects
06/03/2008US7382912 Method and apparatus for performing target-image-based optical proximity correction
06/03/2008US7381508 Correcting errors using step difference between insulating pattern and adjoining trench
06/03/2008US7381503 Reference wafer calibration reticle
05/2008
05/29/2008WO2007069222A3 Analysis device with an array of focusing microstructures
05/29/2008US20080124658 Rotary apertured interferometric lithography (rail)
05/29/2008US20080121819 Substrate with Marker, Manufacturing Method Thereof, Laser Irradiation Apparatus, Laser Irradiation Method, Light Exposure Apparatus, and Manufacturing Method of Semiconductor Device
05/28/2008EP1924891A1 Device for determining the relative position of two substantially flat elements
05/28/2008CN101187783A Focusing and leveling measuring system and its measuring method
05/28/2008CN100390956C Alignment stage apparatus
05/27/2008US7379190 Stage alignment in lithography tools
05/27/2008US7379183 Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry
05/27/2008US7379159 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
05/27/2008US7379153 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
05/27/2008US7378202 Grid-based resist simulation
05/27/2008US7378201 Method for repairing a photomask, method for inspecting a photomask, method for manufacturing a photomask, and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
05/27/2008US7378197 Antireflective coating; making semiconductors at lower wavelengths using reflective masks that can be effectively inspected at multiple wavelengths; wide bandwidth inspection contrast for extreme ultra-violet reticles
05/27/2008US7378137 Display device
05/22/2008WO2007123249A3 Alignment method, imprint method, alignment apparatus, and position measurement method
05/22/2008US20080118851 Measuring plurality of first patterns formed over substrate positions of alignment marks to give first positional information; computing first disalignments of plurality of first patterns with respect to the first coordinate system; subtraction; semiconductors
05/21/2008EP1923744A2 Immersion exposure apparatus
05/21/2008EP1454190B1 Method of enhancing clear field phase shift masks with border regions around phase 0 and phase 180 regions
05/21/2008CN101185035A Work position information acquisition method and device
05/21/2008CN101183222A Measurement method of focusing levelling light spot horizontal position
05/20/2008US7376930 Method, program product and apparatus for generating assist features utilizing an image field map
05/20/2008US7376512 Method for determining an optimal absorber stack geometry of a lithographic reflection mask
05/20/2008US7375831 Line width measuring method, substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus and substrate cooling processing unit
05/20/2008US7375809 Alignment routine for optically based tools
05/20/2008US7375796 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
05/20/2008US7375479 Apparatus for processing an object with high position accurancy
05/20/2008US7374415 Apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface
05/15/2008WO2008056735A1 Holding unit, position detecting system and exposure system, moving method, position detecting method, exposure method, adjusting method of detection system, and device producing method
05/15/2008US20080113303 Multilayer Coatings For EUV Mask Substrates
05/15/2008US20080113283 Deposit siloxane epoxy prepolymer film on substrate; pattern forms an imprint template/prepolymer stack, expose film stack to radiation; to form a redistribution layer having an inverse pattern of patterned soft mold
05/14/2008EP1921506A2 Position Detecting Method and Device, Patterning Device, and Subject to be detected
05/14/2008CN101178545A Position detecting method and device, patterning device, and subject to be detected
05/14/2008CN101178544A Alignment unit and image recording apparatus using the same
05/14/2008CN100388286C Method and device for designing alternant phase-shifting mask
05/13/2008US7373213 Management system and apparatus, method therefor, and device manufacturing method
05/13/2008US7371489 Scanning the photomask which has sub-patterns formed inside rectangular region including all the main patterns; scan target range is regulated by inspecting apparatus; every scan target range in the rectangular region includes a main pattern and a sub-pattern; preventing alignment mixup in target range
05/13/2008US7371485 Multi-step process for etching photomasks
05/13/2008US7371484 Photomask blank and method of fabricating a photomask from the same
05/13/2008US7371483 Monitoring apertures in radiation transparent substrate; masking; halftone film; stacks of radiation transparent materials and opacque film ; etching
05/08/2008WO2008052600A1 Registration method and apparatus therefor
05/08/2008WO2008052405A1 Alignment system used in lithography apparatus and diffraction orders-combining system used in alignment system
05/08/2008US20080107998 Light blocking film with opening having width not greater than wavelength size of exposure light contacts object to be exposed where light from exposure light source is projected on light blocking film so that pattern based on opening is formed on object by use of near-field light produced at opening
05/08/2008US20080107976 Hardware and software for directing a beam through a mask onto a wafer surface to outline a circuit pattern; photolithography system including an exposure tool, a mask, array of micromechanical mirrors capable of real time configurable imaging, and addressing circuitry
05/07/2008EP1918777A1 Lithographic apparatus and method
05/07/2008EP1354358B1 Design of lithography alignment and overlay measurement marks on damascene surface
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