ClassID:

177268

G03F9/7069 - CPC Classification

Classification description:

Registration or positioning of originals, masks, frames, photographic sheets or textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. automatically for microlithography Alignment mark illumination, e.g. darkfield, dual focus

Recent Application in this class:
#1
20260151992
2026-06-04

SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PERSISTENT MARKING OF FLEXO PLATES WITH ISOLATED MICROSTRUCTURES AND PLATES MARKED THEREWITH

#2
20260072365
2026-03-12

LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY METHOD, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD

#3
20260050227
2026-02-19

ON TOOL METROLOGY SCHEME FOR ADVANCED PACKAGING

#4
20260016762
2026-01-15

DESIGN FOR MULTIPLE OFF-AXIS ILLUMINATION BEAMS FOR WAFER ALIGNMENT SENSOR

#5
20250370359
2025-12-04

TUNABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM

#6
20250271784
2025-08-28

COMBINATION OF INLINE METROLOGY AND ON TOOL METROLOGY FOR ADVANCED PACKAGING

#7
20250264817
2025-08-21

MEASURING METHOD, MEASURING APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD

#8
20250085646
2025-03-13

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE ILLUMINATION SPOTS FROM A SINGLE ILLUMINATION SOURCE

#9
20250060684
2025-02-20

AN OPTICAL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED IN A SYSTEM FOR FAST OPTICAL INSPECTION OF TARGETS

#10
20240263941
2024-08-08

INTENSITY IMBALANCE CALIBRATION ON AN OVERFILLED BIDIRECTIONAL MARK

#11
20240241456
2024-07-18

Metrology system for packaging applications

#12
20240201605
2024-06-20

COMBINATION OF INLINE METROLOGY AND ON TOOL METROLOGY FOR ADVANCED PACKAGING

#13
20240184222
2024-06-06

METROLOGY METHOD AND APPARATUS

#14
20240069455
2024-02-29

DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD

#15
20240061349
2024-02-22

ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE

#16
20240012338
2024-01-11

MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES METROLOGY SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF

#17
20230341788
2023-10-26

Offset alignment method and micro-lithographic printing device

#18
20230296994
2023-09-21

Back Side to Front Side Alignment on a Semiconductor Wafer with Special Structures

#19
20230236519
2023-07-27

LITHOGRAPHIC PRE-ALIGNMENT IMAGING SENSOR WITH BUILD-IN COAXIAL ILLUMINATION

#20
20230194980
2023-06-22

Detection apparatus, lithography apparatus, and article manufacturing method

#21
20230131615
2023-04-27

Illumination apparatus, measurement apparatus, substrate processing apparatus, and method for manufacturing article

#22
20230116318
2023-04-13

Apparatus for and method of sensing alignment marks

#23
20230081143
2023-03-16

Measurement method, measurement apparatus, and mark

#24
20220397833
2022-12-15

Phase modulators in alignment to decrease mark size

#25
20220299892
2022-09-22

Alignment sensor based on wavelength-scanning

#26
20220268574
2022-08-25

ON CHIP WAFER ALIGNMENT SENSOR

#27
20220100109
2022-03-31

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUSLY ACQUIRING PARALLEL ALIGNMENT MARKS

#28
20210397103
2021-12-23

Adaptive alignment

#29
20210103227
2021-04-08

Recipe selection based on inter-recipe consistency

#30
20200409277
2020-12-31

Measurement apparatus, lithography apparatus, and method of manufacturing article

#31
20200319547
2020-10-08

Imprint apparatus

#32
20200272061
2020-08-27

Lithographic method

#33
20200249589
2020-08-06

Measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing article

#34
20200241433
2020-07-30

Alignment measurement system

#35
20200201198
2020-06-25

Method of leveling wafer in exposure process and exposure system thereof

#36
20200174384
2020-06-04

Lithography apparatus, determination method, and method of manufacturing an article

#37
20200081356
2020-03-12

Lithographic method

#38
20200019066
2020-01-16

Exposure apparatus and article manufacturing method

#39
20190377259
2019-12-12

Molding apparatus for molding composition on substrate with mold, and article manufacturing method

#40
20190346774
2019-11-14

Measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing article

#41
20190271921
2019-09-05

Recipe selection based on inter-recipe consistency

#42
20190243254
2019-08-08

Polarization independent metrology system

#43
20190227446
2019-07-25

Alignment method

#44
20190094721
2019-03-28

Lithographic method

#45
20190086824
2019-03-21

Mark position determination method

#46
20180299790
2018-10-18

Polarization independent metrology system

#47
20180224753
2018-08-09

Methods and apparatus for predicting performance of a measurement method, measurement method and apparatus

#48
20180196363
2018-07-12

Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method

#49
20180164699
2018-06-14

Measurement system, lithographic system, and method of measuring a target

#50
20180095371
2018-04-05

Overlay alignment detection apparatus for display device and exposure process system

#51
20180059557
2018-03-01

Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article

#52
20170329217
2017-11-16

Position detector, position detection method, imprint apparatus, and product manufacturing method

#53
20170255104
2017-09-07

Metrology apparatus, method of measuring a structure and lithographic apparatus

#54
20170212434
2017-07-27

Alignment sensor and lithographic apparatus

#55
20170192363
2017-07-06

Lithography stepper alignment and control method

#56
20170160075
2017-06-08

Position measurement with illumination profile having two diametrically opposed off-axis radiation

#57
20170151694
2017-06-01

Imprint apparatus and method for producing article

#58
20160370717
2016-12-22

Recipe selection based on inter-recipe consistency

#59
20160291479
2016-10-06

Inspection apparatus for measuring properties of a target structure, methods of operating an optical system, method of manufacturing devices

#60
20160223920
2016-08-04

Polarization independent interferometer

#61
20160077445
2016-03-17

Alignment sensor, lithographic apparatus and alignment method

#62
20150380321
2015-12-31

System and method for dark field inspection

#63
20150261098
2015-09-17

Off-axis alignment system and alignment method

#64
20150227061
2015-08-13

Method and apparatus for measuring asymmetry of a microstructure, position measuring method, position measuring apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method

#65
20150227038
2015-08-13

Mask overlay control

#66
20150179532
2015-06-25

System and method for dark field inspection

#67
20150176979
2015-06-25

Method and apparatus for measuring asymmetry of a microstructure, position measuring method, position measuring apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method

#68
20150109624
2015-04-23

Position measurement with illumination profile having regions confined to peripheral portion of pupil

#69
20150097126
2015-04-09

Alignment sensor and height sensor

#70
20150014892
2015-01-15

Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article

#71
20140346694
2014-11-27

Position detection apparatus, imprint apparatus, and position detection method

#72
20140289605
2014-09-25

System and method for interactive annotation of an image using marker placement command with algorithm determining match degrees

#73
20140168648
2014-06-19

Alignment device for exposure device, and alignment mark

#74
20140055768
2014-02-27

Position detector, lithography apparatus, and device manufacturing method

#75
20130271742
2013-10-17

Apparatus and method for alignment processing

#76
20130107279
2013-05-02

OPTICAL APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, MICROSCOPE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS

#77
20130100427
2013-04-25

Metrology method and apparatus, and device manufacturing method

#78
20130077075
2013-03-28

Method of aligning an exposure apparatus, method of exposing a photoresist film using the same and exposure apparatus for performing the method of exposing a photoresist film

#79
20130021588
2013-01-24

MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE

#80
20120328725
2012-12-27

Position detection apparatus, imprint apparatus, and position detection method

#81
20120307226
2012-12-06

Detection apparatus, exposure apparatus, device fabrication method and filter to reduce a difference between detected intensity values of lights having different wavelength ranges

#82
20120287412
2012-11-15

Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method

#83
20120242967
2012-09-27

Lithographic apparatus and method

#84
20120127452
2012-05-24

METHOD FOR COARSE WAFER ALIGNMENT IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS

#85
20120113247
2012-05-10

Lighting Device For Alignment And Exposure Device Having The Same

#86
20110149062
2011-06-23

Apparatus and method for aligning a wafer's backside to a wafer's frontside

#87
20100302414
2010-12-02

Apparatus and method of processing substrate containing mark and method of manufacturing device

#88
20100130010
2010-05-27

METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE UNCONSTRAINED BY OPTICAL LIMIT AND APPARATUS OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

#89
20100055584
2010-03-04

EXPOSURE DEVICE AND EXPOSURE METHOD

#90
20090268179
2009-10-29

Method of aligning an exposure apparatus, method of exposing a photoresist film using the same and exposure apparatus for performing the method of exposing a photoresist film

#91
20090237637
2009-09-24

Method for coarse wafer alignment in a lithographic apparatus

#92
20090195765
2009-08-06

Focus and level control method for projection lens unit by comparing intensities of measurement light and reference light

#93
20090002665
2009-01-01

Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method

#94
20080283308
2008-11-20

Device For Determining the Relative Position Between Two Essentially Flat Elements

#95
20080026305
2008-01-31

Apparatus and method for alignment using multiple wavelengths of light

#96
20070260419
2007-11-08

Image plane measurement method, exposure method, device manufacturing method, and exposure apparatus

#97
20070253616
2007-11-01

MARK IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE

#98
20070201034
2007-08-30

Symmetrical illumination forming system and method

#99
20070139645
2007-06-21

Pattern recognition matching for bright field imaging of low contrast semiconductor devices

#100
20070091290
2007-04-26

Lithographic projection apparatus, device manufacturing methods and mask with sensor and diffuser for use in a device manufacturing method

#101
20070081138
2007-04-12

Lithographic projection apparatus, device manufacturing methods and mask for use in a device manufacturing method

#102
20070064233
2007-03-22

Method of adjusting optical imaging system, positional deviation detecting mark, method of detecting positional deviation, method of detecting position, position detecting device and mark identifying device

#103
20060279718
2006-12-14

Method and exposure apparatus for performing a tilted focus and a device manufactured accordingly

#104
20060241894
2006-10-26

Position detecting device and position detecting method

#105
20060139642
2006-06-29

Lithographic apparatus with two-dimensional alignment measurement arrangement and two-dimensional alignment measurement method

#106
20060044540
2006-03-02

Projection lens unit with focus and level control, related exposure apparatus and method

#107
20060033055
2006-02-16

Surface position detection apparatus and method, and exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method using the exposure apparatus

#108
20050259272
2005-11-24

Method of wafer height mapping

#109
20050259257
2005-11-24

Position detecting device and position detecting method

#110
20050195405
2005-09-08

Position detecting system and exposure apparatus using the same

#111
20050181575
2005-08-18

Semiconductor structures and manufacturing methods

#112
20050117140
2005-06-02

Position detector, position detecting method, and exposure apparatus having the same

#113
14161549
2015-05-12

Alignment measurement system