Optics: measuring and testing – By alignment in lateral direction – With registration indicia
Patent
1994-04-07
1997-08-12
Hantis, K.
Optics: measuring and testing
By alignment in lateral direction
With registration indicia
G01B 1100
Patent
active
056571291
ABSTRACT:
Method comprises a process for obtaining a photoelectric signal with a waveform pair of extremal values at respective positions corresponding to a pair of edge portions of an alignment mark by photoelectrically detecting the reflected light from the alignment mark on a substrate; a first determination process for determining the position of the alignment mark on the basis of a pair of slope portions existing inside the pair of extremal values of the photoelectric signal waveform; a second determination process for determining the position of the alignment mark on the basis of the pair of slope portions existing outside a pair of extremal values of the photoelectric signal waveform; a third determination process for determining the position of the alignment mark on the basis of both a pair of slope portions existing inside said pair of extremal values of the photoelectric signal waveform and a pair of slope portions existing outside; and a process for selecting any one of the first determination process, second determination process, or third determination process in accordance with the objective alignment accuracy of the substrate.
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Hantis K.
Nikon Corporation
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