M/W INTERVAL MATCHING METHOD
    96.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPH03230513A

    公开(公告)日:1991-10-14

    申请号:JP2507190

    申请日:1990-02-06

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE:To obtain desired precision by measuring M/W interval matching error for each of integer times as many exposure regions as those of a first aligner at the time of exposure with a second aligner, and adjusting the equipment so as to minimize the error over the whole exposure region of the second aligner. CONSTITUTION:At the time of exposure with a second aligner, M/W interval matching error is measured for each of the same exposure regions as those of a first aligner or for each of integer times as many exposure regions as those thereof. The equipment is adjusted so as to minimize the error over the whole exposure region of the second aligner. Hence all of the semiconductor device M/W interval matching errors contained in the exposure region of the second aligner can be minimized, and the precision of M/W interval matching of each semiconductor device can be grasped. Thereby minimum line width, productivity, alignment precision, etc., can be optimized when the aligners whose exposure regions are different are used together.

    ALIGNING METHOD
    97.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPH0388318A

    公开(公告)日:1991-04-12

    申请号:JP22329289

    申请日:1989-08-31

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE:To make it possible to perform highly accurate position alignment and exposure without decreasing throughput by aligning the positions of a mask and a wafer, exposing and transferring a mask pattern on a wafer, increasing the distance between the mask and the wafer larger than the distance in said exposure and transfer, and exposing the vicinities, of position aligning marks. CONSTITUTION:Position aligning marks 3 and 7 of a mask 5 and a wafer 1 are used, and the positions of the mask 5 and the wafer 1 are aligned. A pattern 6 of the mask 5 is exposed and transferred on the wafer 1. Thereafter, the distance between the mask 5 and the wafer 1 is made larger than the distance at the time of exposure and transfer. Then the vicinities of the position aligning marks 3 and 7 of the mask 5 and the wafer 1 are exposed. Since resolution is decreased in this way, the transfer of the mask mark 7 is prevented, and resist 4 at the upper part of the wafer mark 3 is exposed. Thus, the wafer mark 3 can be exposed without the transfer of the mask mark 7 in the position aligning region. In this way, the highly accurate exposure and the position alignment can be performed.

    CONTROLLING METHOD FOR ALIGNER
    98.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPH0273616A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-13

    申请号:JP22471188

    申请日:1988-09-09

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE:To prevent an improper chip from occurring due to a vibration by inhibiting the operation of a driver which does not contribute to the operation of an alignment or exposure at the time of the alignment or the exposure. CONSTITUTION:When a wafer 1 is conveyed to a wafer stage 5 and a stage 5 is moved to a position where a first shot is opposed to a pattern on a mask, an operation inhibit flag for inhibiting the operation of a conveyor system is set. Then, it is waited until all the drivers of the system are finished to drive, and then exposed. Thereafter, when all the exposure are finished, the flag is reset. In the system, the flag is checked at the time points before or after the water wafer 1 is conveyed to be placed on an orientation flat detecting base 4 by a supply hand 3, after the orientation flat, after it is conveyed to the stage 5, before or after the hand 3 is turned to a home position. If it is set, it becomes a standby state until it is reset. Thus, it can prevent an improper chip due to a vibration and to improve its yield.

    EXPOSING DEVICE
    99.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPH0272611A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-12

    申请号:JP22348288

    申请日:1988-09-08

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE:To enable the positional relation of an optical axis to be adjusted highly accurately by detecting the radiated light which passed two fine pores of pin hole member which is installed in the specific positional relation to the main body. CONSTITUTION:Two plates 101 and 102 having pin holes are arranged with space between, and these are processed so that the straight line connecting each center and the chucking face 303 may be vertical. In this condition, the posture of the mask mounting face 503 to illumination flux 6 is adjusted by a posture adjusting device 11 so that the illumination flux 6 may pass the two pin holes of a pin hole 10 and enter a radiation detector 9. At this time, the radiation detector 9 detects the illumination flux 6, and it is confirmed that the illumination flux 6 enters the mask mounting face 503 vertically the specified accuracy, and the posture of an exposing device is monitored using a displacement sensor 12. Hereby, also after removing a pin hole member 10, the incident angle of the illumination flux 6 can be maintained in high accuracy at all times.

    X-RAY EXPOSING DEVICE
    100.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPH0271188A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-09

    申请号:JP22225188

    申请日:1988-09-07

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE:To measure X-ray intensity with high accuracy even if synchrorotron radiation light (SOR) is used by measuring X-ray intensity after electrons for generating SOR is injected into an SOR ring. CONSTITUTION:When a shutter 7 is closed, electrons are supplied to an SOR ring 1 from an injector 10 and accelerated. Then, with an instruction from a CPU 16, an X-ray detector driving device 12 brings out, via an X-ray detector controller 14, an X-ray detector 6 into an exposed area to measure X-ray intensity. The measured X-ray intensity is sent to the CPU 16 via a signal processor 11. From the measurement result and an attenuation curve of the injected electrons, the X-ray intensity being exposed is calculated. This enables estimation of X-ray intensity during shot exposure from one or more measurements of X-ray intensity after orbit electron injection and the attenuation curve of the orbit electrons.

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