Rotational misalignment measuring device of bonded substrate, rotational misalignment measuring method of bonded substrate, and method of manufacturing bonded substrate

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PATENT NO 9354047
APP PUB NO 20130139950A1
SERIAL NO

13691491

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A rotational misalignment between semiconductor wafers constituting a bonded wafer is calculated. A light source is arranged at a position which is on a front side of an opening of a notch and which is separated from an outer edge portion of a bonded wafer by a predetermined interval, and outputs light to irradiate the outer edge portion of the bonded wafer including the notch. A camera receives and photoelectrically converts reflected light that is specularly-reflected by the outer edge portion of the bonded wafer including the notch among the light outputted by the light source in order to output a brightness distribution of the reflected light as an image. A computer analyzes positions of notches from the image outputted by the camera to obtain a notch position misalignment, and further calculates a rotational misalignment between semiconductor wafers using a center position misalignment between the semiconductor wafers.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL LTD )2-4 WAKINOHAMA-KAIGANDORI 2-CHOME CHUO-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 6518585 ?6518585
KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC1-5-1 WAKINOHAMA-KAIGAN-DORI CHUO-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 651-0073

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akamatsu, Masaru Kobe, JP 5 35
Iba, Kunio Kobe, JP 5 201
Imanishi, Kenji Kobe, JP 81 1651
Kajita, Masakazu Kobe, JP 4 42
Kannaka, Masato Kobe, JP 11 89
Takahashi, Eiji Kobe, JP 267 2627
Yamamoto, Yuji Kobe, JP 393 4666

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