177256 ⎘
Registration or positioning of originals, masks, frames, photographic sheets or textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. automatically for microlithography; Alignment type or strategy, e.g. leveling, global alignment Aligning or positioning in direction perpendicular to substrate surface
Sub-classes:EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS
#2COMBINATION OF INLINE METROLOGY AND ON TOOL METROLOGY FOR ADVANCED PACKAGING
#3COMBINATION OF INLINE METROLOGY AND ON TOOL METROLOGY FOR ADVANCED PACKAGING
#4LITHOGRAPHIC PRE-ALIGNMENT IMAGING SENSOR WITH BUILD-IN COAXIAL ILLUMINATION
#5MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD
#6Method of wafer alignment using at resolution metrology on product features
#7METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN ALIGNMENT OF A PHOTOMASK ON A SAMPLE STAGE WHICH IS DISPLACEABLE ALONG AT LEAST ONE AXIS AND ROTATABLE ABOUT AT LEAST ONE AXIS
#8EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS
#9IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE
#10Method for calibrating alignment of wafer and lithography system
#11Tag coordinate determination method and apparatus, computer-readable medium and electronic device
#12System and method for optimizing a lithography exposure process
#13Position measurement apparatus, overlay inspection apparatus, position measurement method, imprint apparatus, and article manufacturing method
#14Exposure method and exposure apparatus
#15Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article
#16Lithographic method
#17Method in which alignment control of a member and a substrate is effected with respect to an in-plane direction of the substrate and an uncured material in a state of bringing a member and the uncured material on a substrate into contact
#18System and method for optimizing a lithography exposure process
#19Lithographic method
#20Lens control for lithography tools
#21Method of determining a height profile, a measurement system and a computer readable medium
#22Position detection device, position detection method, imprint apparatus, and method for manufacturing article
#23Alignment system and method
#24Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing article
#25Exposure method and exposure apparatus
#26Metrology apparatus, method of measuring a structure, device manufacturing method
#27Light-spot distribution structure, surface shape measurement method, and method for calculating exposure field-of-view control value
#28PROCESS FOR REDUCING DEFECTS IN AN ORDERED FILM OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS
#29Imager for lithographic reproduction
#30Condensing point position detecting method
#31Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#32Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing article
#33Encoder head with birefringent elements for forming imperfect retroreflection and exposure system utilizing the same
#34Imprint method
#35Imprinting apparatus for producing a member in which a mold contacts a pattern forming layer using alignment control in an in-plane direction of a substrate
#36Device and method for aligning substrates
#37Method of aligning substrate-scale mask with substrate
#38Lithography apparatus, and article manufacturing method
#39Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article
#40Mask, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
#41Position measurement apparatus and exposure apparatus which measure position of object using reference mark, and method of manufacturing device
#42Lithography system for processing a target, such as a wafer, and a method for operating a lithography system for processing a target, such as a wafer
#43Lithography system for processing a target, such as a wafer, a method for operating a lithography system for processing a target, such as a wafer and a substrate for use in such a lithography system
#44Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#45Imprinting method and process for producing a member in which a mold contacts a pattern forming layer
#46Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#47Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method
#48Mask, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
#49EXPOSURE EQUIPMENT, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
#50Method and system for operating an air gauge at programmable or constant standoff
#51Systems and methods for determination of focus and telecentricity, amelioration of metrology induced effects and application to determination of precision bossung curves
#52Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#53Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#54Immersion lithography proximity sensor having a nozzle shroud with flow curtain
#55Method and system for operating an air gauge at programmable or constant standoff
#56Position detecting method, surface shape estimating method, and exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method using the same