Apparatus and method for correlating images of a photolithographic mask

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PATENT NO 9990737
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14568681

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An apparatus for correlating at least two images of a photolithographic mask that at least partially overlap, in which the apparatus includes a correlation unit that is provided to use at least one random variation, which is present in the at least two images, of at least one structural element of the photolithographic mask for the correlation of the at least two images.

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CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH73447 OBERKOCHEN

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Waiblinger, Markus Darmstadt, DE 7 29
Weber, Dieter Rossdorf, DE 28 242

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