Abstract: A magnetically suspended coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage driven by a planar motor comprises a movable platform (100), a balance mass (200), a drive motor, a mask plate (101), a base (001), a vibration isolation system (500), and a measuring system, wherein, the vibration isolation system is located between the balance mass and the base, and the mask plate is mounted on the movable platform. The drive motor of the movable platform is a moving-iron type planar motor (300). The reticle stage can lower the design complexity of the drive motor of the movable platform. Compared with a linear motor, the planar motor can provide push forces in more directions, the number of motors is reduced, the structure of the movable platform is more compact, the inherent frequency and the control bandwidth of the movable platform are improved, and thus control precision is improved.

Abstract: A planar motor rotor displacement measuring device and its measuring method are provided. The motor is a moving-coil type planar motor. The device comprises probes, two sets of sine sensors, two sets of cosine sensors, a signal lead wire and a signal processing circuit. The method is arranging two sets of magnetic flux density sensors within a magnetic field pitch ? along two vertical movement directions in the rotor located in the sine magnetic field area. Sampled signals of the four sets of sensors are respectively processed with a frequency multiplication operation, four subdivision signals are obtained, the zero-crossing points of the four subdivision signals are detected, and then two sets of orthogonal pulse signals are generated. The pulse number of the orthogonal pulse signals is counted, and phase difference of the two sets of orthogonal pulse signals is respectively detected.

Abstract: A negative stiffness system for gravity compensation of a micropositioner of wafer table in lithography machine, characterized in that, the negative stiffness system includes at least three sets of quasi-zero stiffness units, each of the sets of quasi-zero stiffness units comprises a pair of negative stiffness springs and a positive stiffness spring, the positive stiffness spring is vertically positioned, the pair of negative stiffness springs are obliquely and symmetrically positioned at two sides of the positive stiffness spring, upper ends of the negative stiffness springs and the positive stiffness spring are connected together and fixed to the bottom surface of a rotor of the micropositioner, and lower ends of the negative stiffness springs and the positive stiffness spring are connected to a base, respectively. The system reduces the stiffness in vertical direction and prevents the influence of permanent magnet on its surroundings, while improving the bearing capacity.

Abstract: A coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage driven by a planar motor comprises a movable platform (100) of the reticle stage, a balance mass (200), a drive motor, a mask plate (101, 102), a base (001), a vibration isolation system (500), and a measuring system, wherein, the vibration isolation system is located between the balance mass and the base, and the mask plate is mounted on the movable platform. The drive motor of the movable platform is a moving-iron type planar motor (300). The reticle stage can lower the design complexity of the drive motor of the movable platform. Compared with a linear motor, the planar motor can provide push forces in more directions, the number of motors is reduced, the structure of the movable platform is more compact, the inherent frequency and the control bandwidth of the movable platform are improved, and thus control precision is improved.

Abstract: A magnetically suspended coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage driven by a planar motor comprises a movable platform (100), a balance mass (200), a drive motor, a mask plate (101), a base (001), a vibration isolation system (500), and a measuring system, wherein, the vibration isolation system is located between the balance mass and the base, and the mask plate is mounted on the movable platform. The drive motor of the movable platform is a moving-iron type planar motor (300). The reticle stage can lower the design complexity of the drive motor of the movable platform. Compared with a linear motor, the planar motor can provide push forces in more directions, the number of motors is reduced, the structure of the movable platform is more compact, the inherent frequency and the control bandwidth of the movable platform are improved, and thus control precision is improved.

Abstract: A two-dimensional locating method of a motion platform based on a magnetic steel array involves the following steps: placing more than four linear Hall sensors at any different positions within one or more polar distances of the magnetic steel array on the surface of the motion platform in a motion system; determining a magnetic flux density distribution model according to the magnetic steel array; determining the mounting positions of the above-mentioned linear Hall sensors, which are converted into phases with respect to the mass center of the motion platform; recording the magnetic flux density measured values of the linear Hall sensors as the motion proceeds; solving the phases of the mass center of the motion platform in a plane, with the measured values being served as observed quantities and the magnetic flux density distribution model being served as a computation model; and determining the position of the mass center of the motion platform with respect to an initial phase according to the phase, so a

Abstract: A three-DOF (Degree of Freedom) heterodyne grating interferometer displacement measurement system comprises a dual-frequency laser, a grating interferometer, a measurement grating, receivers and an electronic signal processing component; the grating interferometer comprises a polarizing spectroscope, a reference grating and dioptric elements; the measurement system realizes displacement measurement on the basis of grating diffraction, the optical Doppler Effect and the optical beat frequency principle. Three linear displacements can be output by the system when the grating interferometer and the measurement grating perform a three-DOF linear relative motion. The measurement system can reach sub-nanometer and even higher resolution and precision, and can simultaneously measure three linear displacements. The measurement system has the advantages of being environmentally insensitive, high in measurement precision, small in size, light in weight, etc.

Abstract: A two-DOF heterodyne grating interferometer displacement measurement system, comprising a dual-frequency laser, a grating interferometer, a measurement grating, receivers and an electronic signal processing component, wherein the grating interferometer comprises a polarizing spectroscope, a reference grating and dioptric elements. The measurement system achieves the displacement measurement on the basis of the grating diffraction, the optical Doppler effect and the optical beat frequency principle. When the grating interferometer and the measurement grating conduct two-DOF linear relative motion, the system can output two linear displacements. The measurement system can achieve sub-nanometer or even higher resolution and accuracy, and can simultaneously measure two linear displacements.

Abstract: A single degree of freedom vibration isolating device of a linear motor and a motion control method thereof. The vibration isolating device comprises a balance block, an anti-drifting driving unit, and a control unit. An upper surface of the balance block is connected to a stator of the linear motor, and a lower surface of the balance block is connected to a base. The anti-drifting driving unit is connected to the balance block for controlling the position of the balance block. Provided two motion control methods: inputting a second grating ruler signal to the control unit as feedback to perform variable stiffness and nonlinear control on the balance block; inputting a first and a second grating ruler signal to the control unit as feedback to obtain resultant centroid displacement signals of the rotor and the balance block to perform nonlinear anti-drifting control on the balance block.

Abstract: A method for measuring the displacement of a planar motor rotor. The measuring method comprises: four magnetic induction intensity sensors are distributed on the planar motor rotor; sampled signals of the four distributed sensors are processed to obtain signals Bsx, Bcx, Bsy and Bcy and magnetic field reference values Bksx, Bkcx, Bksy and Bkcy; and X-direction displacement and Y-direction displacement can be measured respectively according to inequalities (I) and (II) by judgments, wherein ?x and ?y are X-direction displacement resolution and Y-direction displacement resolution respectively, and BM is the magnetic induction intensity amplitude of the magnetic field of said planar motor. The method provided by the invention is simple in calculation, can avoid calculation of a transcendental function and solve the quadrant judgment problem, is favorable to real-time high-speed operation and has a high engineering value.

Abstract: A negative stiffness system for gravity compensation of a micropositioner of wafer table in lithography machine, characterized in that, the negative stiffness system includes at least three sets of quasi-zero stiffness units, each of the sets of quasi-zero stiffness units comprises a pair of negative stiffness springs and a positive stiffness spring, the positive stiffness spring is vertically positioned, the pair of negative stiffness springs are obliquely and symmetrically positioned at two sides of the positive stiffness spring, upper ends 20 of the negative stiffness springs and the positive stiffness spring are connected together and fixed to the bottom surface of a rotor of the micropositioner, and lower ends of the negative stiffness springs and the positive stiffness spring are connected to a base, respectively. The system reduces the stiffness in vertical direction and prevents the influence of permanent magnet on its surroundings, while improving the bearing capacity.

Abstract: An optical grating phase modulator for a laser interference photoetching system is composed of a substrate, an optical grating, an electric motor and an optical grating positioner. The optical grating, the electric motor and the optical grating positioner are all mounted on the substrate. The optical grating is circular or rectangular, and adopt transmission or reflection type optical grating. A light beam is incident on the optical grating and generates diffraction, and when the electric motor drives the optical grating to continuously move relative to the incident light beam, diffracted light will generate a frequency shift, thereby realizing the phase modulation of the light beam. The optical grating phase modulator has the advantages of high phase modulation speed, high regulation precision and wide regulation range, thereby improving the whole performance of an interference photoetching system.

Abstract: A displacement measurement system of heterodyne grating interferometer, comprises a reading head, a measurement grating and an electronic signal processing component. Laser light emitted from the laser tube is collimated, passes through the first polarization spectroscope, and then emits two light beams with a vertical polarization direction and a vertical propagation direction; the two light beams pass through two acousto-optic modulators and respectively generate two first-order diffraction light beams with different frequencies, which are later divided into reference light and measurement light; two parallel reference light beams form a beat frequency electric signal with positive and negative first-order diffraction measurement light respectively after passing through a measurement signal photo-electric conversion unit; the beat frequency signals are transmitted to the electronic signal processing component for signal processing, thus the output of linear displacement in two directions is realized.

Abstract: A maglev working table with six degrees of freedom comprises a pedestal (800), a rotation drive apparatus, a planar-motion apparatus, an angle measuring apparatus (500), and a displacement measuring apparatus. The displacement measuring apparatus comprises four direct-current motors (600) and four displacement measuring apparatus PSD assemblies. Under the effect of the rotation drive apparatus, a planar-motion apparatus coil array stator (200) axially connected to a rotation drive apparatus circular permanent-magnet array mover (300) rotates, so that a phase difference is formed between a planar-motion apparatus permanent-magnet array mover (100) and the planar-motion apparatus coil array stator, and then the maglev working table mover, namely, the planar-motion apparatus permanent-magnet array mover rotates at 360° in the horizontal plane.

Abstract: A method for measuring displacement of a large-range moving platform, comprising: arranging multiple beams of first measuring light parallel to one another and generated by an optical path distribution device and a position sensitive detector array in a certain manner, to ensure that at least one beam of first measuring light is detected by the position sensitive detector array when a moving platform is at any position of a moving area; a detection head array capable of determining whether a light beam is shaded being used for auxiliary measurement of a position of the moving platform; and determining a position of the moving platform that corresponds to the first measuring light measured by the position sensitive detector array, to calculate displacement of the moving platform. The method effectively enlarges a measurement range of the position sensitive detector array, and implements measurement of long range displacement of the moving platform.

Abstract: A silicon wafer platform with anti-collision function comprises a silicon wafer platform body (1) and a cable platform (2). The cable platform (2) is mounted on one side of the silicon wafer platform. The silicon wafer platform comprises three airbags (3), four damping buffer elements (4) and an air source (6), the three airbags (3) being connected in series and respectively secured on the other three sides of the silicon wafer platform by an airbag support (5), two adjacent airbags (3) communicating with a gas pipeline by one damping buffer element (4), and the gas pipeline being secured on the cable platform (2) and communicating with the air source. When two silicon platforms collide, the collision is buffered by the airbags and the silicon wafer platforms are not bounced off.

Abstract: A dual-frequency grating interferometer displacement measurement system, comprises a dual-frequency laser, an interferometer, a measurement grating and an electronic signal processing component. The measurement system realizes displacement measurement based on grating diffraction, optical Doppler effect and optical beat frequency theory. Dual-frequency laser light is emitted from the dual-frequency laser and split into reference light and measurement light via a polarization spectroscope. The measurement light is incident to the measurement grating to generate positive and negative first-order diffraction. The diffraction light and the reference light form a beat frequency signal containing displacement information about two directions at a photo-detection unit, and linear displacement output is realized after signal processing.

Abstract: A dual wafer stage exchanging system for a lithographic device is disclosed, said system comprises two wafer stages running between an exposure workstation and a pre-processing workstation, and said two stages are set on a base and suspended above the upper surface of the base by air bearings. Each wafer stages is passed through by a Y-direction guide rail respectively, wherein one end of said guide rail is connected with a main driving unit and another end of said guide rail is detachably coupled with one of the two X-direction auxiliary driving units with single degree of freedom, and said two wafer stages are capable of moving in Y-direction along the guide rails and moving in X-direction under the drive of the auxiliary driving units with single degree of freedom. The position exchange of said two wafer stages can be enabled by the detachment and connection of the Y-direction guide rails and the auxiliary units with single degree of freedom.

Abstract: A method for measuring the displacement of a planar motor rotor. The measuring method comprises: four magnetic induction intensity sensors are distributed on the planar motor rotor; sampled signals of the four distributed sensors are processed to obtain signals Bsx, Bcx, Bsy and Bcy and magnetic field reference values Bksx, Bkcx, Bksy and Bkcy; and X-direction displacement and Y-direction displacement can be measured respectively according to inequalities (I) and (II) by judgments, wherein ?x and ?y are X-direction displacement resolution and Y-direction displacement resolution respectively, and BM is the magnetic induction intensity amplitude of the magnetic field of said planar motor. The method provided by the invention is simple in calculation, can avoid calculation of a transcendental function and solve the quadrant judgment problem, is favorable to real-time high-speed operation and has a high engineering value.

Abstract: A method for measuring displacement of a large-range moving platform, comprising: arranging multiple beams of first measuring light parallel to one another and generated by an optical path distribution device and a position sensitive detector array in a certain manner, to ensure that at least one beam of first measuring light is detected by the position sensitive detector array when a moving platform is at any position of a moving area; a detection head array capable of determining whether a light beam is shaded being used for auxiliary measurement of a position of the moving platform; and determining a position of the moving platform that corresponds to the first measuring light measured by the position sensitive detector array, to calculate displacement of the moving platform. The method effectively enlarges a measurement range of the position sensitive detector array, and implements measurement of long range displacement of the moving platform.