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Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method for projecting light from a secondary light source onto a mask or pattern
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1995-08-22
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Granted: 1997-11-04
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Expires: 2015-08-22
Abstract
Abstract An exposure apparatus includes a light source, first, second and third optical integrators disposed along an optical axis, for receiving light from the light source, each of the integrators having lens elements arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a first condensing optical system for directing, onto the third optical integrator, light passed through the first and second optical integrators, to form a secondary light source through the third optical integrator, a device for relatively shifting the second optical integrator relative to the first optical integrator, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a second condensing optical system for receiving light from the secondary light source and directing the light to a mask, and a projection optical system for projecting an image of a pattern of the mask irradiated with the light from the secondary light source onto a substrate. Also disclosed are device manufacturing methods in which light, passed through first and second lens arrays, which are disposed along an optical axis, form a secondary light source and a device pattern is illuminated with light from the secondary light source whereby the device pattern is transferred to a substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Takahisa Shiozawa
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 13:23
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B3/00; G02B3/0006; G02B3/0037; G02B3/0056; G02B3/0062; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/70; G03F7/70058; G03F7/70075; G03F7/70091; G03F7/701; G03F7/70108
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
An exposure apparatus a comprising: light source means; first, second and third optical integrators disposed along an optical axis, for receiving light from said light source means, each of said first to third optical integrators having lens elements arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a first condensing optical system for directing, onto said third optical integrator, light passed through said first and second optical integrators, to form a secondary light source through said third optical integrator; means for relatively shifting said second optical integrator relative to said first optical integrator, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a second condensing optical system for receiving light from said secondary light source and directing the light to a mask; and a projection optical system for projecting an image of a pattern of the mask, irradiated with the light from said secondary light source, onto a substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
An exposure apparatus a comprising: light source means; first, second and third optical integrators disposed along an optical axis, for receiving light from said light source means, each of said first to third optical integrators having lens elements arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a first condensing optical system for directing, onto said third optical integrator, light passed through said first and second optical integrators, to form a secondary light source through said third optical integrator; means for relatively shifting said second optical integrator relative to said first optical integrator, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a second condensing optical system for receiving light from said secondary light source and directing the light to a mask; and a projection optical system for projecting an image of a pattern of the mask, irradiated with the light from said secondary light source, onto a substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said lens elements of said first and second optical integrators are arrayed at the same pitch, and wherein said shifting means shifts said second optical integrator selectively between a first state in which said lens elements of said first and second optical integrators are placed coaxially and a second state in which said lens elements of said first and second optical integrators are relatively deviated by a half of said pitch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the lens elements of said second optical integrator and the lens elements of said third optical integrator are arrayed at the same pitch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first condensing optical system includes prism means demountably insertable into a path of the light.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first condensing optical system includes a variable-magnification optical system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said lens elements of each of said first and second optical integrators has a square sectional shape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein each of the lens elements of said third optical integrator has a rectangular sectional shape.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said shifting means shifts said second optical integrator relative to said first optical integrator in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and wherein said shifting means changes the distance between said first and second optical integrators in the optical axis direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said light source means includes a light emitting portion, an elliptical mirror for reflecting light from said light emitting portion, and an imaging lens system for directing light reflected by said elliptical mirror to said first optical integrator, and wherein said imaging lens system images said light emitting portion on said first optical integrator.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
66 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said light source means includes a light emitting portion, an elliptical mirror with an opening, for reflecting light from said light emitting portion, and an imaging lens system for directing light reflected by said elliptical mirror to said first optical integrator, and wherein said imaging lens system images said opening of said elliptical mirror on said first optical integrator.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a variable stop disposed adjacent to a light exit surface of said third optical integrator, for changing the shape of said secondary light source.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a light entrance of said first optical integrator is optically conjugate with a light exit surface of said second optical integrator, and a light entrance surface of said second optical integrator is optically conjugate with a light entrance surface of said third optical integrator.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
124 words
A device manufacturing method wherein light passed through first and second lens arrays, which are disposed along an optical axis, form a secondary light source and wherein a device pattern is illuminated with light from the secondary light source whereby the device pattern is transferred to a substrate, said method comprising the steps of: illuminating a first pattern with the secondary light source, while aligning optical axes of the first and second lens arrays with each other in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and obliquely illuminating a second pattern, finer than the first pattern, with the secondary light source while deviating the optical axes of the first and second lens arrays from each other, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
124 words
A device manufacturing method wherein light passed through first and second lens arrays, which are disposed along an optical axis, form a secondary light source and wherein a device pattern is illuminated with light from the secondary light source whereby the device pattern is transferred to a substrate, said method comprising the steps of: illuminating a first pattern with the secondary light source, while aligning optical axes of the first and second lens arrays with each other in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and obliquely illuminating a second pattern, finer than the first pattern, with the secondary light source while deviating the optical axes of the first and second lens arrays from each other, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
93 words
A device manufacturing method wherein light passed through first and second lens arrays, which are disposed along an optical axis, form a secondary light source and wherein a device pattern is illuminated with light from the secondary light source whereby the device pattern is transferred to a substrate, said method comprising the steps of: forming the secondary light source, while deviating optical axes of the first and second lens arrays from each other, in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and obliquely illuminating the device pattern with the formed secondary light source.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
93 words
A device manufacturing method wherein light passed through first and second lens arrays, which are disposed along an optical axis, form a secondary light source and wherein a device pattern is illuminated with light from the secondary light source whereby the device pattern is transferred to a substrate, said method comprising the steps of: forming the secondary light source, while deviating optical axes of the first and second lens arrays from each other, in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and obliquely illuminating the device pattern with the formed secondary light source.
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