Semiconductor method and associated apparatus

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PATENT NO 9978625
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15170459

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A semiconductor method is disclosed. The semiconductor method is performed upon semiconductor wafers, wherein each of the semiconductor wafers includes a first exposure field and a second exposure field, and each of the first exposure field and the second exposure field includes a first alignment mark and a second alignment mark. The method includes: determining a first alignment pattern for a first wafer by selecting one of the alignment marks of the first exposure field, and selecting one of the alignment marks of the second exposure field; performing the aligning operation upon the first semiconductor wafer by using the first alignment pattern; determining a second alignment pattern for a second wafer by selecting one of the alignment marks of the first exposure field, and selecting one of the alignment marks of the second exposure field, wherein the first alignment pattern is different from the second alignment pattern.

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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTDNO 8 LI-HSIN RD 6 SCIENCE-BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK HSIN-CHU 300-77 R O C

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Ho-Ping Hsinchu County, TW 8 16
Lee, Yung-Yao Hsinchu County, TW 73 134
Liu, Heng-Hsin New Taipei, TW 158 281
Peng, Jui-Chun Hsinchu, TW 28 98

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