Device manufacturing method and a calibration substrate

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7501215
APP PUB NO 20060292463A1
SERIAL NO

11167578

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The present invention relates to a device manufacturing method wherein a plurality of front side marks are manufactured on the front side of the substrate. These marks are used to locally align the substrate when exposing. After certain processing steps, the positions of the front side marks are measured and compared with respect to their original positions. The measured position changes of the front side marks, i.e. their behaviour, can then be analyzed. The original positions and actual positions are defined with respect to a nominal grid which is defined using global alignment marks which are positioned at the back side of the substrate. Because the global alignment marks are positioned at the back side, they are not affected by any processing step.

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ASML NETHERLANDS B V5500 AH VELDHOVEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Best, Keith Frank Best , NL 23 173
Consolini, Joseph J Costa Mesa , US 16 160
Friz, Alexander San Jose, US 14 100

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