Patents for G03F 9 - Registration or positioning of originals, masks, frames, photographic sheets or textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. automatically (10,803)
02/1998
02/10/1998US5717492 Position detecting apparatus and a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices using the apparatus
02/10/1998US5716889 Method of arranging alignment marks
02/10/1998US5716742 Real time alignment system for a projection electron beam lithographic system
02/04/1998EP0822455A2 Process for positioning a mask relative to a workpiece and device for executing the process
02/04/1998EP0821812A1 Method of determining the radiation dose in a lithographic apparatus, and test mask and apparatus for performing the method
02/03/1998US5715063 Projection exposure method
02/03/1998US5715037 Scanning exposure apparatus
01/1998
01/27/1998US5712708 Aligner for timing the alignment of a wafer and mask with a shutter to protect the wafer during alignment
01/20/1998US5710624 Aligner and contamination detecting method
01/20/1998US5710620 Projection exposure method and apparatus
01/20/1998US5709139 Punching apparatus for moving a punching unit in a circumferential direction of a cylindrical inner surface scanner
01/15/1998WO1998001792A1 Composite relief image printing plates and methods for preparing same
01/14/1998CN1170149A Light exposure installation of double-sided printed circuit plate through artworks
01/13/1998US5708505 Laser interferometer having a sheath for the laser beam
01/13/1998US5708276 Electron-beam exposure device and a method of detecting a mark position for the device
01/06/1998US5706091 Apparatus for detecting a mark pattern on a substrate
01/06/1998US5705320 Patterns for insulation layers on semiconductor wafers and integrated circuits, etching
12/1997
12/31/1997WO1997050111A1 Semiconducteur chip and reticle for manufacturing semiconductor
12/30/1997US5703685 For controlling an exposure position of a wafer
12/30/1997US5702848 Mask for optical lithography using phase shift masking and integrated circuit produced therefrom
12/30/1997US5702567 Plurality of photolithographic alignment marks with shape, size and spacing based on circuit pattern features
12/23/1997US5701170 System for automatically exposing and labeling a plurality of lithographic plates
12/23/1997US5700732 Semiconductor wafer, wafer alignment patterns and method of forming wafer alignment patterns
12/23/1997US5699621 Positioner with long travel in two dimensions
12/17/1997EP0813235A2 Method for manufacturing multilayer wiring board and wiring pattern forming apparatus
12/17/1997EP0813115A2 Scanning exposure apparatus with surface position detecting system
12/16/1997US5699146 Scanning exposure apparatus with velocity calculating means for stage elements
12/10/1997EP0811881A2 Exposure apparatus and method
12/10/1997EP0811487A2 Printing plate mounting system and method employing the same
12/10/1997EP0810914A1 A method and a device for applying perforations
12/09/1997US5696590 Position control method position control apparatus, and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
12/09/1997US5696374 Optical encoder using doubled diffraction angle based on first and second diffraction gratings
12/09/1997US5696373 Optical encoder with dual diffraction grating
12/09/1997US5695897 Alignment method and semiconductor exposure method
12/04/1997WO1997045773A1 Interferometric broadband imaging
12/02/1997US5693439 Exposure method and apparatus
11/1997
11/27/1997WO1997044816A1 Method and apparatus for positioning a substrate
11/27/1997DE19620234A1 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Positionieren eines Substrats Method and apparatus for positioning a substrate
11/26/1997CN2268944Y Strap clamping X ray etching alignment instrument
11/26/1997CN1165981A Device for supporting artwork for light exposure installation of flat piece
11/25/1997US5691115 Exposure method, aligner, and method of manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit devices
11/25/1997US5690785 Lithography control on uneven surface
11/19/1997EP0807856A1 Device for double-sided exposure of printed circuit boards using masks
11/19/1997EP0807855A1 Mask holder for a flat panel exposure device
11/19/1997EP0807854A1 Exposure method and apparatus
11/18/1997US5689339 For an exposure apparatus
11/11/1997US5686999 Punch apparatus for improved registration of image receiving material in an image forming device
11/11/1997US5686991 Positioning apparatus having the interferometer and accelerometer positioned such that there signals are in phase
11/11/1997US5686211 Removing photoresist layer from semiconductors
11/11/1997US5685232 Positioning stage device exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method utilizing the same
11/04/1997US5684856 Stage device and pattern transfer system using the same
11/04/1997US5684595 Alignment apparatus and exposure apparatus equipped therewith
11/04/1997US5684569 Position detecting apparatus and projection exposure apparatus
11/04/1997US5684565 Pattern detecting method, pattern detecting apparatus, projection exposing apparatus using the same and exposure system
11/04/1997US5684333 Wafer structure in a semiconductor device manufacturing process
10/1997
10/28/1997US5682243 Method of aligning a substrate
10/28/1997US5682239 Apparatus for detecting positional deviation of diffraction gratings on a substrate by utilizing optical heterodyne interference of light beams incident on the gratings from first and second light emitters
10/28/1997US5682228 Alignment method and apparatus in an exposing process
10/28/1997US5681638 Substrate, and method and apparatus for holding the substrate
10/21/1997US5680200 Image-forming optical system
10/14/1997US5677091 Lithographic print bias/overlay target and applied metrology
10/14/1997US5676058 Printing plate mounting system and method employing the same
10/09/1997WO1997037267A1 Lens focus shift sensor
10/08/1997EP0799439A1 Positioning device with a force actuator system for compensating centre-of-gravity displacements
10/08/1997EP0799132A1 Elongate, semi-tone printing process and substrates printed thereby
10/07/1997US5675418 Pattern alignment mark of semiconductor device
10/07/1997US5675140 Autofocus control device with a light source
10/07/1997US5674651 Alignment method for use in an exposure system
10/07/1997US5674650 Method of repetitively imaging a mask pattern on a substrate, and apparatus for performing the method
09/1997
09/30/1997US5673208 Computer-implemented method
09/30/1997US5673101 Method of repetitively imaging a mask pattern on a substrate, and apparatus for performing the method
09/30/1997US5672520 Method of checking alignment accuracy in photolithography
09/25/1997WO1997035234A1 Alignment device and lithographic apparatus provided with such a device
09/23/1997US5671165 Method of determining position offset of a pattern
09/23/1997US5671057 For use with an exposure apparatus
09/17/1997CN1159602A Automatic diaphragm device
09/17/1997CN1159593A Automatic focusing controller with light source
09/16/1997US5668042 Method for aligning micro patterns of a semiconductor device
09/16/1997US5667941 Photolithography, resolution
09/12/1997WO1997033276A1 Focusing apparatus and optical apparatus using the same
09/12/1997WO1997033204A1 Lithopraphic apparatus for step-and-scan imaging of a mask pattern
09/10/1997EP0794465A2 Photolithographic method of producing a semiconductor device, using an alignment correction method
09/09/1997US5665645 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using reticles
09/04/1997WO1997032241A1 Method of determining the radiation dose in a lithographic apparatus, and test mask and apparatus for performing the method
09/03/1997EP0793147A1 Overlay measuring method using correlation function
09/03/1997EP0793073A2 Surface position detecting method and scanning exposure method using the same
08/1997
08/28/1997WO1997030819A1 Positioner with long travel in two dimensions
08/27/1997EP0791189A1 Positioning device with a vibration-free object table
08/27/1997CN1158004A Composite silicon-on-insulator substrate and method of fabricating the same
08/26/1997US5661601 Projection method and projection system and mask therefor
08/26/1997US5661548 Projection exposure method and apparatus including a changing system for changing the reference image-formation position used to generate a focus signal
08/26/1997US5661388 Positioning method and positioning system
08/26/1997US5661295 Optical encoder with dual diffraction gratings
08/21/1997WO1997030378A1 Positional measurements
08/19/1997US5659384 Position detection apparatus and method
08/14/1997WO1997029404A1 Methods and apparatus for detecting and compensating for focus errors in a photolithography tool
08/12/1997US5657130 Exposure apparatus and method
08/12/1997US5657129 Method and apparatus for the alignment of a substrate
08/12/1997US5656402 Method for alignment of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus
08/12/1997US5656229 Method for removing a thin film layer
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