Patents by Inventor Xiangzhao Wang

Xiangzhao Wang 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: 11788829
    Abstract: A simultaneous phase-shift point diffraction interferometer and method for detecting wave aberration. The interferometer comprises an ideal spherical wave generation module, an optical system to be measured, an image plane mask, a polarization phase shift module, a two-dimensional polarization imaging photodetector and a data processing unit. Single photodetector is adopted to realize simultaneous detection of more than three phase shift interference patterns, and has the advantages that environmental interference suppression, a flexible optical path, high measurement accuracy, and calibration of system errors of the interferometer may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Peng Feng, Zhongliang Li, Xiangzhao Wang, Yang Bu
  • Patent number: 11668625
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for detecting wavefront aberration of an objective lens, comprising a wavefront detection system, a planar mirror, and a planar mirror adjusting mechanism; the objective lens is placed between planar mirror and wavefront detection system; planar mirror is positioned at focal point of the objective lens. A test wavefront emitted by wavefront detection system passes through the objective lens, gets reflected by the planar mirror, and t passes through the objective lens again; the wavefront detection system receives and detects the test wavefront to derive a phase distribution thereof; an angle of the planar mirror tilts at is adjusted to obtain different return wavefronts; a polynomial for expressing wavefront aberration is selected, and expressions corresponding to all the return wavefronts are calculated; result of fitting the wavefront aberration of the objective lens when expressed by the selected polynomial is derived through fitting with the polynomial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Peng Li, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Yang Liu, Xiangyu Wei, Yisha Cao, Changzhe Peng
  • Publication number: 20230160684
    Abstract: A simultaneous phase-shift point diffraction interferometer and method for detecting wave aberration. The interferometer comprises an ideal spherical wave generation module, an optical system to be measured, an image plane mask, a polarization phase shift module, a two-dimensional polarization imaging photodetector and a data processing unit. Single photodetector is adopted to realize simultaneous detection of more than three phase shift interference patterns, and has the advantages that environmental interference suppression, a flexible optical path, high measurement accuracy, and calibration of system errors of the interferometer may be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Peng FENG, Zhongliang Li, Xiangzhao Wang, Yang Bu
  • Patent number: 11604418
    Abstract: A multi-channel device and method for measuring the distortion and magnification of objective lens. The multi-channel device for measuring the distortion and magnification of objective lens comprises an illumination system, a reticle stage, a test reticle, a projection objective lens, a wafer stage and a multi-channel image plane sensor, wherein the multi-channel image plane sensor simultaneously measures the image placement shifts between actual image points and nominal image points after a plurality of object plane test marks are imaged by the projection objective lens, and calculates the distortion and magnification errors of the objective lens by fitting, which shortens the measurement time, eliminates the influence of wafer stage errors on the measurement accuracy and improves the measurement accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yisha Cao, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yang Liu, Yunjun Lu
  • Patent number: 11561082
    Abstract: Method for simultaneously compensating pupil coordinate distortion and shear amount change in a process of wavefront reconstruction in grating transverse shear interference. Where a wavefront is diffracted by a grating, the shapes and light paths of the diffracted wavefronts of all the orders are different, so that on one hand, a coordinate system detected by a detector plane is distorted relative to a pupil coordinate system, and on the other hand, a shear amount changes along with a coordinate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Peng Li, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Yang Liu
  • Publication number: 20220412720
    Abstract: Method for simultaneously compensating pupil coordinate distortion and shear amount change in a process of wavefront reconstruction in grating transverse shear interference. Where a wavefront is diffracted by a grating, the shapes and light paths of the diffracted wavefronts of all the orders are different, so that on one hand, a coordinate system detected by a detector plane is distorted relative to a pupil coordinate system, and on the other hand, a shear amount changes along with a coordinate position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Peng LI, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Yang Liu
  • Publication number: 20220365441
    Abstract: A multi-channel device and method for measuring the distortion and magnification of objective lens. The multi-channel device for measuring the distortion and magnification of objective lens comprises an illumination system, a reticle stage, a test reticle, a projection objective lens, a wafer stage and a multi-channel image plane sensor, wherein the multi-channel image plane sensor simultaneously measures the image placement shifts between actual image points and nominal image points after a plurality of object plane test marks are imaged by the projection objective lens, and calculates the distortion and magnification errors of the objective lens by fitting, which shortens the measurement time, eliminates the influence of wafer stage errors on the measurement accuracy and improves the measurement accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yisha CAO, Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG, Yang LIU, Yunjun LU
  • Publication number: 20220299402
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for detecting wavefront aberration of an objective lens, comprising a wavefront detection system, a planar mirror, and a planar mirror adjusting mechanism; the objective lens is placed between planar mirror and wavefront detection system; planar mirror is positioned at focal point of the objective lens. A test wavefront emitted by wavefront detection system passes through the objective lens, gets reflected by the planar mirror, and t passes through the objective lens again; the wavefront detection system receives and detects the test wavefront to derive a phase distribution thereof; an angle of the planar mirror tilts at is adjusted to obtain different return wavefronts; a polynomial for expressing wavefront aberration is selected, and expressions corresponding to all the return wavefronts are calculated; result of fitting the wavefront aberration of the objective lens when expressed by the selected polynomial is derived through fitting with the polynomial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Peng Li, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Yang Liu, Xiangyu Wei, Yisha Cao, Changzhe Peng
  • Patent number: 11340118
    Abstract: A method for high-accuracy wavefront measurement based on grating shearing interferometry, which adopts a grating shearing interferometer system comprising an illuminating system, an optical imaging system under test, an object plane diffraction grating plate, an image plane diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a calculation processing unit. The object plane diffraction grating plate and the image plane diffraction grating plate are respectively arranged on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system under test. The shearing phase of 1st-order diffracted beam and ?1st-order diffracted beam is exactly extracted through phase shifting method, and the original wavefront is obtained by carrying out reconstruction algorithm according to a shear ratio of 2s, such that the accuracy of wavefront measurement of the optical imaging system under test is improved, wherein s is the shear ratio of the grating shearing interferometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yunjun Lu, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang
  • Publication number: 20220074793
    Abstract: A method for high-accuracy wavefront measurement based on grating shearing interferometry, which adopts a grating shearing interferometer system comprising an illuminating system, an optical imaging system under test, an object plane diffraction grating plate, an image plane diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a calculation processing unit. The object plane diffraction grating plate and the image plane diffraction grating plate are respectively arranged on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system under test. The shearing phase of 1st-order diffracted beam and ?1st-order diffracted beam is exactly extracted through phase shifting method, and the original wavefront is obtained by carrying out reconstruction algorithm according to a shear ratio of 2s, such that the accuracy of wavefront measurement of the optical imaging system under test is improved, wherein s is the shear ratio of the grating shearing interferometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yunjun LU, Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG
  • Patent number: 11215512
    Abstract: A light intensity fluctuation-insensitive projection objective wave aberration detection device and a detection method thereof, comprising a light source and illumination system, an object plane marking plate, an object plane displacement table, a tested projection objective, an image plane marking plate, a two-dimensional photosensor, an image plane displacement table and a control processing unit; the object plane marking plate and the image plane marking plate are provided with grating marks for shear interference test and marks for light intensity test, the shear interferograms and the light intensity information are simultaneously received through the two-dimensional photosensor, the light intensity fluctuation error corresponding to each phase-shifting interferogram is corrected through the light intensity information, improving the detection precision, reducing the complexity and the cost of the system, and improving the detection speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Changzhe Peng, Yang Liu
  • Publication number: 20210208005
    Abstract: A light intensity fluctuation-insensitive projection objective wave aberration detection device and a detection method thereof, comprising a light source and illumination system, an object plane marking plate, an object plane displacement table, a tested projection objective, an image plane marking plate, a two-dimensional photosensor, an image plane displacement table and a control processing unit; the object plane marking plate and the image plane marking plate are provided with grating marks for shear interference test and marks for light intensity test, the shear interferograms and the light intensity information are simultaneously received through the two-dimensional photosensor, the light intensity fluctuation error corresponding to each phase-shifting interferogram is corrected through the light intensity information, improving the detection precision, reducing the complexity and the cost of the system, and improving the detection speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG, Yunjun LU, Changzhe PENG, Yang LIU
  • Patent number: 11029611
    Abstract: Projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device and a detecting method thereof, wherein the projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device comprises a light source and illuminating system, an object plane grating, an object plane displacement stage, a measured projection objective, an image plane grating, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, an image plane displacement stage and a control processing unit. According to the invention, by controlling the length of the object plane grating line, or the periodic structure of the object plane grating perpendicular to the shearing diffraction direction, or the object plane grating to adopt a sinusoidal grating, or the image plane grating to adopt an amplitude-phase hybrid grating, the complexity of an interference field is reduced, and the wave-front aberration detection speed and precision are improved, and the precision and speed of in-situ wave-front aberration detection can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Changzhe Peng, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Peng Li
  • Patent number: 11009336
    Abstract: A method for wavefront measurement of optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometry, the grating shearing interferometer comprising: a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor and a computing unit. The one-dimensional diffraction grating plate and the two-dimensional diffraction grating plate are respectively placed on the object side and the image side of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yunjun Lu, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang
  • Patent number: 10969274
    Abstract: Method for detecting wavefront aberration for optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometer, the grating shearing interferometer system comprising a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a computing unit. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional diffraction grating plates are respectively placed on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yunjun Lu, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang
  • Publication number: 20210026250
    Abstract: Projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device and a detecting method thereof, wherein the projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device comprises a light source and illuminating system, an object plane grating, an object plane displacement stage, a measured projection objective, an image plane grating, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, an image plane displacement stage and a control processing unit. According to the invention, by controlling the length of the object plane grating line, or the periodic structure of the object plane grating perpendicular to the shearing diffraction direction, or the object plane grating to adopt a sinusoidal grating, or the image plane grating to adopt an amplitude-phase hybrid grating, the complexity of an interference field is reduced, and the wave-front aberration detection speed and precision are improved, and the precision and speed of in-situ wave-front aberration detection can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Changzhe Peng, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Peng Li
  • Publication number: 20200292384
    Abstract: Method for detecting wavefront aberration for optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometer, the grating shearing interferometer system comprising a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a computing unit. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional diffraction grating plates are respectively placed on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yunjun LU, Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG
  • Publication number: 20200292296
    Abstract: A method for wavefront measurement of optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometry, the grating shearing interferometer comprising: a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor and a computing unit. The one-dimensional diffraction grating plate and the two-dimensional diffraction grating plate are respectively placed on the object side and the image side of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yunjun LU, Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG
  • Patent number: 9863841
    Abstract: A point diffraction interferometric wavefront aberration measuring device comprising an optical source, an optical splitter, a first light intensity and polarization regulator, a phase shifter, a second light intensity and polarization regulator, an ideal wavefront generator, an object precision adjusting stage, a measured optical system, an image wavefront detection unit, an image precision adjusting stage, and a data processing unit. The center distance between the first output port and the second output port of the ideal wavefront generator is smaller than the diameter of the isoplanatic region of the measured optical system and is greater than the ratio of the diameter of the image point dispersion speckle of the measured optical system over the amplification factor thereof. A method for detecting wavefront aberration of the optical system is also provided by using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xiangzhao Wang, Feng Tang, Guoxian Zhang, Shifu Xu
  • Patent number: 9766154
    Abstract: A multi field point aberration parallel detection device for a lithographic projection lens and a detection method therefor, having a spatial light modulator that is respectively arranged on the object plane and the image plane of the projection lens under test, wherein the object plane spatial light modulator and the image plane spatial light modulator are respectively disposed as an object plane grating set comprising multiple one-dimensional gratings and an image plane grating set comprising multiple two-dimensional gratings via computer programming. The gratings in the object plane grating set and the image plane grating set are conjugate one to another in respect of the projection lens under test, with each pair of conjugate grating being measured for the wave aberration of a field point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Fengzhao Dai, Xiangzhao Wang, Feng Tang, Yazhong Zheng