Mask alignment mark, photomask, exposure apparatus, exposure method, and manufacturing method of device

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PATENT NO 9772566
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14845912

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According to one embodiment, there is provided a mask alignment mark disposed on a photomask irradiated by an illumination optical system with illumination light from a direction inclined with respect to an optical axis and used to form a latent image on a substrate through a projection optical system. The mask alignment mark including a plurality of patterns arranged in a predetermined direction at a pitch of substantially P=λ/{2×(1−σ)×(LNA)}, where σ is a ratio of a numerical aperture INA of illumination light incident on the photomask from the illumination optical system to a numerical aperture LNA of an object side of the projection optical system (INA)/(LNA), and λ is a wavelength of light.

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TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION1-1 SHIBAURA 1-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 105-0023

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Komine, Nobuhiro Nagoya, JP 42 109
Tawarayama, Kazuo Yokkaichi, JP 13 37

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