Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithographic apparatus having excellent alignment reproducibility. SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing the device includes providing a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of exposure fields, each exposure field including one or more target portions and at least one mark structure, the mark structure being arranged as positional mark for the exposure field; scanning and measuring the mark of each exposure field to obtain alignment information for the respective corresponding exposure fields; determining an absolute position of each exposure field from the alignment information for the respective corresponding exposure fields; determining a relative position of each exposure field with respect to at least one other exposure field by use of additional information on the relative parameters of the exposure field and the at least one other exposure field relative to each other; and combining the absolute positions and the determined relative positions into improved absolute positions for each of the plurality of exposure fields. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve coarse alignment accuracy of a substrate. SOLUTION: In a method for alignment of a substrate, the substrate includes a mark in a scribe lane, and the scribe lane extends along a longitudinal direction as a first direction. The mark has a periodic structure in the first direction. The method includes: providing an illumination beam for scanning the mark in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the mark's periodic structure along a first scan path across the mark; and scanning the spot of the illumination beam along a second scan path across the mark, wherein the second scan path is parallel to the first scan path, and the second scan path is shifted relative to the first scan path over a first shift that corresponds to a fraction of the repeating distance of the periodic structure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mark structure on a substrate, including at least four lines. SOLUTION: The lines extend parallel to each other in a first direction and are arranged with a pitch between each pair of lines that is directed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The pitch between each pair of selected lines differs from the pitch between each other pair of selected lines. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alignment mark including a periodic structure formed by mark lines. SOLUTION: The alignment mark is formed in a scribe line on a substrate and the scribe line extends in the scribe line direction. The alignment mark has a first region including a first periodic structure formed by a first mark line extending in the first direction having a first angle α(0° COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alignment system employed in lithography equipment. SOLUTION: The lithographic equipment includes an alignment system for aligning a substrate or a reticle. The alignment system includes a radiation source configured to illuminate an alignment mark on the substrate or on the reticle, the alignment mark comprising a maximum length sequence or a multi periodic coarse alignment mark. An alignment signal produced from the alignment mark is detected by a detection system. A processor determines an alignment position of the substrate or the reticle based on the alignment signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
A method for generation a structure comprising a first grating at a first pitch in a first layer of a multi- layer stack structure; and a second grating at a second pitch in a second layer of the multi-layer stack structure, wherein, when illuminated by incident radiation, scattered radiation from the measurement structure forms an interference pattern at a detector, wherein the interference pattern comprises at 5 least a first Moire interference component and a second Moire interference component, is described. A method for measuring a parameter of interest in a manufacturing process based on the measurement structure is described, comprising obtaining an interference pattern for the measurement structure, identifying a first Moire interference component and identifying a second Moire interference component in the interference pattern; and determining the measurement of a parameter of interest 0 based on the first Moire interference component and the second Moire interference component.
Abstract:
A method for alignment of a substrate, in which the substrate includes a mark in a scribe lane, and the scribe lane extends along a longitudinal direction as a first direction. The mark has a periodic structure in the first direction. The method includes providing an illumination beam for scanning the mark in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the mark's periodic structure along a first scan path across the mark, scanning the spot of the illumination beam along a second scan path across the mark, the second scan path being parallel to the first scan path, wherein the second scan path is shifted relative to the first scan path over a first shift that corresponds to a fraction of the repeating distance of the periodic structure.