Single Field Zero Mask For Increased Alignment Accuracy in Field Stitching

Patent №

US 8,440,372

Granted

2013-05-14

Filed 2011

Owner

MICREL INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13020773

A single field photomask includes a first set of targets formed on a first side of the photomask, and a second set of targets formed on a second side of the photomask, opposite the first side. In operation, the photomask is to be applied to a wafer without any alignment marks. The photomask forms a first set of alignment marks in the wafer from the first set of targets, and the photomask further forms a second set of alignment marks in the wafer from the second set of targets. The first set of alignment marks is used to align to a first field mask and the second set of alignment marks is used to align to a second field mask to stitch an image of the first field mask to an image of the second field mask.

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AI classification

Vision0.52
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00
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Ownership

MICREL INC.

assignment · 257480757

Assignors

LAM, ARTHUR

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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