Device manufacturing method and apparatus utilizing concentric fan-shaped pattern mask
First Claim
1. An element manufactured in accordance with a method of manufacturing an element with a concentric pattern by use of a photolithographic process, said method comprising the steps of:
- preparing masks having segment patterns corresponding to fan-shaped regions, respectively, of the pattern which fan-shaped regions can be defined by dividing the pattern by at least one circle concentric with the pattern to provide plural zones and then by dividing each zone equiangularly; and
exposing regions of a substrate corresponding to said plural zones, respectively, by using the masks corresponding to said zones, respectively, while rotating the substrate by regular angles.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an element with a concentric pattern by use of a photolithographic process is disclosed, wherein the method includes preparing masks having segment patterns corresponding to fan-shaped regions, respectively, of the pattern which fan-shaped regions can be defined by dividing the pattern by at least one circle concentric with the pattern to provide plural zones and then by dividing each zone equiangularly, and exposing regions of a substrate corresponding to the plural zones, respectively, by using the masks corresponding to the zones, respectively, while rotating the substrate by regular angles.
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28 Claims
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1. An element manufactured in accordance with a method of manufacturing an element with a concentric pattern by use of a photolithographic process, said method comprising the steps of:
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preparing masks having segment patterns corresponding to fan-shaped regions, respectively, of the pattern which fan-shaped regions can be defined by dividing the pattern by at least one circle concentric with the pattern to provide plural zones and then by dividing each zone equiangularly; and
exposing regions of a substrate corresponding to said plural zones, respectively, by using the masks corresponding to said zones, respectively, while rotating the substrate by regular angles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An optical system having an element manufactured according to a method manufacturing an element with a concentric pattern by use of a photolithographic process, said method comprising the steps of:
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preparing masks having segment patterns corresponding to fan-shaped regions, respectively, of the pattern which fan-shaped regions can be defined by dividing the pattern by at least one circle concentric with the pattern to provide plural zones and then by dividing each zone equiangularly; and
exposing regions of a substrate corresponding to said plural zones, respectively, by using the masks corresponding to said zones, respectively, while rotating the substrate by regular angles. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An exposure apparatus comprising:
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an optical system having an element manufactured according to a method manufacturing an element with a concentric pattern by use of a photolithographic process, said method comprising the steps of;
preparing masks having segment patterns corresponding to fan-shaped regions, respectively, of the pattern which fan-shaped regions can be defined by dividing the pattern by at least one circle concentric with the pattern to provide plural zones and then by dividing each zone equiangularly; and
exposing regions of a substrate corresponding to said plural zones, respectively, by using the masks corresponding to said zones, respectively, while rotating the substrate by regular angles; and
an exposure device configured and positioned to expose an object to light using said optical system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A device manufacturing method comprising the step of:
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manufacturing a device by performing an exposure process performed by use of an exposure apparatus comprising;
an optical system having an element manufactured according to a method manufacturing an element with a concentric pattern by use of a photolithographic process, said method comprising the steps of;
preparing masks having segment patterns corresponding to fan-shaped regions, respectively, of the pattern which fan-shaped regions can be defined by dividing the pattern by at least one circle concentric with the pattern to provide plural zones and then by dividing each zone equiangularly; and
exposing regions of a substrate corresponding to said plural zones, respectively, by using the masks corresponding to said zones, respectively, while rotating the substrate by regular angles; and
an exposure device configured and positioned to expose an object to light using said optical system, said exposure process comprising the step of exposing the object to light using the optical system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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