Chuck, in particular for use in a mask aligner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9824909
APP PUB NO 20150294890A1
SERIAL NO

14427893

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A chuck for aligning a first planar substrate in parallel to a second planar substrate includes a top plate having a top surface for arrangement of the first planar substrate. A bottom plate is at least one distance measuring sensor configured to measure a distance between the top surface of the top plate and a surface of the second planar substrate, and at least three linear actuators in contact with the top plate and the bottom plate. The method for setting a gap between the first and second planar substrate includes measuring the thickness of the first planar substrate and measuring between a surface of the second planar substrate and the top surface of the top plate. The tilt adjusts between a top surface of the first planar substrate or the chuck and the surface of the second planar substrate by using at least three linear actuators of the chuck.

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SUSS MICROTEC LITHOGRAPHY GMBHSCHLEISSHEIMER STRASSE 90 GARCHING 85748

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hansen, Sven Garching, DE 40 378
Huelsmann, Thomas Garching, DE 6 14
Schindler, Katrin Garching, DE 4 4

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