Photolithographic mask aligner based on modified moire technique

Rina Sharma; N. D. Kataria; V. N. Ojha; Alok K. Kanjilal; Ram Narain; Vijay Trimbak Chitnis; Yoshiyuki Uchida

doi:10.1117/12.209319

26 May 1995 Photolithographic mask aligner based on modified moire technique

Rina Sharma, N. D. Kataria, V. N. Ojha, Alok K. Kanjilal, Ram Narain, Vijay Trimbak Chitnis, Yoshiyuki Uchida

Proceedings Volume 2440, Optical/Laser Microlithography VIII; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209319
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on Microlithography, 1995, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents an automatic, accurate mask aligner based on modified moire technique. In this technique the alignment marks are in the form of gratings. The high slope region of moire signal is used to obtain higher sensitivity and better position control accuracy. Automatic alignment is achieved by using difference of moire signal and its inverted signal obtained by computer. Accuracy for alignment, under the present experimental conditions, is of the order of +/- 0.06 micrometers . Our alignment technique by virtue of its higher alignment accuracy is suitable to X-ray lithography. However, due to nonavailability of a X- ray source the lithography was performed by UV source. Nevertheless, the effort is worth it so as to prove the workability of this technique. The overlay accuracy is estimated to be 0.8 micrometers which is limited by the diffraction effects of the exposure optics.

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Rina Sharma, N. D. Kataria, V. N. Ojha, Alok K. Kanjilal, Ram Narain, Vijay Trimbak Chitnis, and Yoshiyuki Uchida "Photolithographic mask aligner based on modified moire technique", Proc. SPIE 2440, Optical/Laser Microlithography VIII, (26 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209319

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