Patents by Inventor Akihito Hashimoto

Akihito Hashimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11181825
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exposure apparatus that performs an exposure process to transfer a pattern of a mask to a substrate, including a projection optical system configured to project the pattern of the mask onto the substrate, a measurement pattern arranged on an object plane of the projection optical system and including a plurality of pattern elements having different positions in an optical axis direction of the projection optical system, a first detection unit configured to detect light from the measurement pattern via the projection optical system, and a control unit configured to control a relative position between the mask and the substrate in the optical axis direction when the exposure process is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Hashimoto, Akio Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20200371443
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exposure apparatus that performs an exposure process to transfer a pattern of a mask to a substrate, including a projection optical system configured to project the pattern of the mask onto the substrate, a measurement pattern arranged on an object plane of the projection optical system and including a plurality of pattern elements having different positions in an optical axis direction of the projection optical system, a first detection unit configured to detect light from the measurement pattern via the projection optical system, and a control unit configured to control a relative position between the mask and the substrate in the optical axis direction when the exposure process is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Akihito Hashimoto, Akio Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 9733578
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement apparatus that includes a movable stage and measures a position of a mark on the stage, comprising an imaging device including a plurality of pixels arranged at a pitch and imaging the mark, a driving device changing a relative position between the stage and the imaging device, a measurement device measuring the relative position, and a processor obtaining the position of the mark based on a plurality of images respectively obtained by the imaging device at a plurality of relative positions between the stage and the imaging device that are different from each other and associated with the pitch, wherein the processor is configured to obtain, based on a deviation with respect to one of the plurality of relative positions, a target relative position with respect to another of the plurality of relative positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Hashimoto, Satoshi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20150378265
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement apparatus that includes a movable stage and measures a position of a mark on the stage, comprising an imaging device including a plurality of pixels arranged at a pitch and imaging the mark, a driving device changing a relative position between the stage and the imaging device, a measurement device measuring the relative position, and a processor obtaining the position of the mark based on a plurality of images respectively obtained by the imaging device at a plurality of relative positions between the stage and the imaging device that are different from each other and associated with the pitch, wherein the processor is configured to obtain, based on a deviation with respect to one of the plurality of relative positions, a target relative position with respect to another of the plurality of relative positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Akihito Hashimoto, Satoshi Maruyama