Patents for G03F 9 - Registration or positioning of originals, masks, frames, photographic sheets or textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. automatically (10,803)
10/2001
10/04/2001EP1137970A2 Method and device for aligning two photo masks with each other and optionally, an unexposed printed circuit board blank, and for subsequent simultaneous exposure in the production of double-sided printed circuit boards
10/02/2001US6297877 Methods for compensating for lens heating resulting from wafer reflectance in micro-photolithography equipment
10/02/2001US6297876 Lithographic projection apparatus with an alignment system for aligning substrate on mask
10/02/2001US6297124 Method of improving alignment signal strength by reducing refraction index at interface of materials in semiconductors
09/2001
09/27/2001US20010024278 Position detecting method and apparatus, exposure method, exposure apparatus and manufacturing method thereof, computer-readable recording medium, and device manufacturing method
09/27/2001US20010023927 Reaction force isolation system for a planar motor
09/27/2001US20010023918 Alignment apparatus, alignment method, exposure apparatus and exposure method
09/26/2001EP1135789A2 Microfabricated template for multiple charged particle beam calibrations and shielded charged particle beam lithography
09/25/2001US6295120 Position detection technique applied to proximity exposure
09/25/2001US6294296 Method and device for mutually aligning a mask pattern formed in a mask and a substrate
09/19/2001EP1134793A1 Exposure method and exposure apparatus
09/19/2001EP1134618A2 Alignment for lithography
09/18/2001US6292254 Projection exposure method and apparatus
09/13/2001WO2001067181A1 Wafer alignment
09/13/2001US20010021548 Alignment mark set and method of measuring alignment accuracy
09/13/2001US20010020687 Surface position detecting system and method
09/13/2001US20010020684 Reaction force isolation system
09/13/2001DE10011202A1 Verfahren zur Ausrichtung eines Elektronenstrahls auf eine Zielposition an einer Substratoberfläche A method for aligning an electron beam to a target position on a substrate surface
09/13/2001DE10011201A1 Photosensitive resist exposure method for electron beam lithography uses stepped displacement of substrate in coordinate directions with regulation of electron beam energy after each displacement
09/12/2001EP1132945A2 Method and device for producing curved lines on an irradiation sensitive resist
09/12/2001EP1132944A2 Method of aligning an electron beam with a target position on a substrate surface
09/11/2001USRE37361 Scanning type exposure apparatus and exposure method
09/11/2001USRE37359 Projection exposure method and apparatus capable of performing focus detection with high accuracy
09/11/2001US6288773 Method and apparatus for removing residual material from an alignment mark of a semiconductor wafer
09/11/2001US6288772 Scanning exposure method and scanning type exposure apparatus
09/11/2001US6288556 Method of electrical measurement of misregistration of patterns
09/11/2001US6288454 Semiconductor wafer having a layer-to-layer alignment mark and method for fabricating the same
09/11/2001US6287876 Reticle-substrate alignment methods for charged-particle-beam microlithography, and associated semiconductor-device manufacturing methods
09/11/2001US6287735 Drive the wafer towrd target; measuring position
09/11/2001US6287734 Transferring pattern formed on mask using projection optical system
09/07/2001WO2001065591A1 Position measuring apparatus and aligner
09/06/2001US20010019880 Method of producing alignment marks
09/06/2001US20010019412 Semiconductor wafer alignment methods and semiconductor wafer alignment tools
09/06/2001US20010019404 Projection exposure system for microlithography and method for generating microlithographic images
09/06/2001US20010019401 Exposure apparatus, microdevice, photomask, and exposure method
09/06/2001US20010019250 Exposure apparatus and method utilizing isolated reaction frame
09/06/2001US20010019111 Surface position detecting system and method
09/06/2001DE10010131A1 Microlithography projection exposure with tangential polarization involves using light with preferred direction of polarization oriented perpendicularly with respect to plane of incidence
09/05/2001EP1130473A2 A system, method and article of manufacture for direct image processing of printed circuit boards
09/05/2001EP1130470A2 Microlithographic projection illumination with tangential polarisation
09/05/2001CN1311626A Vertical correcting working table mechanism
09/04/2001US6285457 Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method including measuring position and/or displacement of each of a base and a stage with respect to a support
09/04/2001US6285455 Mark detection method, optical system and mark position detector
09/04/2001US6285439 Position detection technique applied to proximity exposure
09/04/2001US6285033 Positional deviation detecting method and device manufacturing method using the same
08/2001
08/30/2001US20010017939 Position detecting method, position detecting apparatus, exposure method, exposure apparatus and making method thereof, computer readable recording medium and device manufacturing method
08/29/2001EP1128219A2 Exposure method and apparatus
08/29/2001EP1128215A2 Alignment mark set and method of measuring alignment accuracy
08/28/2001US6281966 Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
08/28/2001US6281965 Exposure method and exposure system using the exposure method
08/28/2001US6281654 Method for making apparatus with dynamic support structure isolation and exposure method
08/28/2001US6280887 Complementary and exchange mask design methodology for optical proximity correction in microlithography
08/28/2001US6279881 Method and apparatus which exposes a second object with a pattern formed on a first object and which performs statistical calculation based on position information of marks on the first object
08/23/2001US20010016293 Method for positioning substrate
08/23/2001US20010015799 Stage apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device production method
08/22/2001EP1126323A2 Exposure method and exposure apparatus
08/22/2001EP1125166A1 Fabrication of sub-micron etch-resistant metal/semiconductor structures using resistless electron beam lithography
08/22/2001CN1309784A Surfaces with release agent
08/22/2001CN1309759A Method and apparatus for confocal interference microscopy using wavenumber domain reflectometry and background amplitude reduction and compensation
08/22/2001CN1309332A Exposure method and device, and method for mfg. device
08/21/2001US6278957 Alignment method and apparatus therefor
08/21/2001US6278515 Method and apparatus for adjusting a tilt of a lithography tool
08/21/2001US6277533 Projecting image of a pattern onto a mask
08/16/2001WO2001007885A3 Phase-shifting point diffraction interferometer focus-aid enhanced mask
08/16/2001US20010014170 Object positioning method for a lithographic projection apparatus
08/16/2001EP1124163A2 Alignment using polarised light
08/16/2001EP1124162A2 Method of positioning an object in a lithographic projection apparatus
08/15/2001CN1308837A Scanner system
08/14/2001US6272763 Staging apparatus and method, and method for manufacturing the staging apparatus, and exposing apparatus using the staging apparatus
08/09/2001US20010012593 Wafer alignment marks protected by photoresist
08/09/2001US20010012098 Scan type projection exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method using the same
08/09/2001US20010011712 Position detection system for use in lithographic apparatus
08/08/2001EP1122612A2 Position detection
08/07/2001US6271923 Interferometry system having a dynamic beam steering assembly for measuring angle and distance
08/07/2001US6271919 Semiconductor device and alignment apparatus and alignment method for same
08/07/2001US6271910 Projection exposure apparatus and method
08/07/2001US6271640 Exposure apparatus having reaction frame
07/2001
07/31/2001US6269322 System and method for wafer alignment which mitigates effects of reticle rotation and magnification on overlay
07/31/2001US6268920 Registration of sheet materials using statistical targets and method
07/31/2001US6268907 Elimination of standing waves in photoresist
07/26/2001US20010009281 Phase shift mask and fabrication method thereof
07/25/2001EP1118835A1 Clearance measuring device and method for exposure
07/24/2001US6266130 Position detecting method and position detecting system
07/24/2001US6265234 Alignment system for a spherical device
07/24/2001US6265119 Method for producing semiconductor devices
07/19/2001US20010008790 Semiconductor device and alignment method
07/19/2001US20010008442 Positioning mark and alignment method using the same
07/19/2001US20010008273 Abbe arm calibration system for use in lithographic apparatus
07/18/2001EP1117131A2 Method of forming alignment marks
07/18/2001EP1117010A2 Lithographic apparatus with system for determining the Abbe arm
07/18/2001EP1115545A1 Device and method for transferring microstructures
07/17/2001US6262792 Optical exposure apparatus of scanning exposure system and its exposing method
07/17/2001US6261938 Fabrication of sub-micron etch-resistant metal/semiconductor structures using resistless electron beam lithography
07/17/2001US6261918 Method for creating and preserving alignment marks for aligning mask layers in integrated circuit manufacture
07/12/2001WO2001050523A2 Method to measure alignment using latent image grating structures
07/12/2001US20010007786 Semiconductor wafer, wafer alignment patterns and method of forming wafer alignment patterns
07/12/2001US20010007734 Position detecting method, position detecting unit, exposure method, exposure apparatus, a computer readable recording medium, and device manufacturing method
07/11/2001EP1115032A2 Scanning exposure apparatus, exposure method using the same, and device manufacturing method
07/11/2001EP1114979A1 Uncoupled wafer inclination measurement with an ellipsometer with spectral photometer and measurement of focus by a reflecting objective
07/10/2001US6259525 Semiconductor wafer alignment tools
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