Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alignment method and apparatus
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Application No.: US17049597Application Date: 2019-04-02
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Publication No.: US11409206B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Sebastianus Adrianus Goorden , Simon Reinald Huisman
- Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Priority: EP18169523 20180426
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/058220 WO 20190402
- International Announcement: WO2019/206579 WO 20191031
- Main IPC: G03F9/00
- IPC: G03F9/00

Abstract:
A method of determining a position of a feature (for example an alignment mark) on an object (for example a silicon wafer) is disclosed. The method comprises determining an offset parameter, determining the second position; and determining a first position from the second position and the offset parameter, the position of the mark being the first position. The offset parameter is a measure of a difference in: a first position that is indicative of the position of the feature; and a second position that is indicative of the position of the feature. The offset parameter may be determined using a first measurement apparatus and the second position may be determined using a second, different measurement apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210240091A1 Alignment Method and Apparatus Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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