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5073053 Color discrimination apparatus for color ink ribbon  
In the present invention, a long and narrow color ink ribbon in which ink supply portions are repeatedly formed with the same arrangement is formed, a ribbon carrying means which moves the color...
5072126 Promixity alignment using polarized illumination and double conjugate projection lens  
Alignment of two objects such as a mask and a wafer is achieved using crossed polarizer imaging and polarization sensitive targets to enhance signal contrast in proximity alignment. Two linearly...
5070250 Position detection apparatus with adjustable beam and interference fringe positions  
A position detection apparatus has a substrate on which a diffraction grating is formed and an alignment optical system for illuminating the diffraction grating with a pair of coherent light beams...
5059808 Alignment method for patterning  
There is disclosed an alignment method comprising the steps of irradiating an alignment light toward an alignment mark whose surface has a high reflectance, the alignment mark being coated by a...
5047651 Arrangement for measuring a deviation from its line of a movable web of foil  
The arrangement comprises a tracking sensor with a light source, an optical means and a receiver with two photosensitive detectors, as well as a measuring apparatus with a computing unit. The...
5044752 Apparatus and process for positioning wafers in receiving devices  
An apparatus is provided for loading and/or unloading wafers from a holding cassette to a quartz boat without scraping the wafer on the slots contained in the quartz boat; the apparatus comprising...
5028797 An alignment system for align first and second objects using alignment marks  
An alignment system for aligning a mask and a wafer into a predetermined positional relationship uses alignment marks provided on the mask and the water. In this system, light from a light source...
5025168 Alignment apparatus including three beams and three gratings  
A light source emits light having two components which ave slightly-different frequencies and which have different planes of polarization. The emitted light is separated into first, second, and...
5024156 Safety device for the control of web-fed rotary printing machines  
A safety device for control of a roller rotary printing machine includes a plurality of sensors positioned either before or behind a web advancing device for recognizing tears or other damages in a...
5021673 Web transport with anti-skew arrangement  
"Anti-wander" web-transport arrangements wherein web-means are intermittently advanced, while being monitored for misalignment along the transport-path, and also being automatically urged back into...
5021674 Process for determining the location of edges and photoelectronic scanning device for scanning edges  
A process and device for determining the location of at least one edge of a moving web within a measurement zone and in which a linear array of liquid crystal light modulators is interposed between...
5017792 Method and apparatus for detecting a sheet strip material misfeed condition  
A plurality of individual openings provided in a sheet strip material by a stamping device are passed in succession past a monitoring station positioned adjacent the outlet of the stamping device....
5015849 Index marking system  
A detection system is disclosed for detecting the presence of a marking material placed on a textile substrate prior to a series of dyeing and finishing steps. Following such steps, the substrate...
5015866 Stage apparatus in exposing apparatus  
In an exposing apparatus for copy transferring a pattern formed on a mask onto a substrate, the substrate is supported on a leveling stage mounted on a two-dimensionally movable stage....
5013156 Optical density measurement apparatus in the context of labeling and other devices  
A system to apply a bar-code label or the like upon a product or to apply a protective laminate strip or the like upon a bar-code label or the like which is already in place upon a product. The...
5008705 Autofocus system for microlithography  
The autofocus system disclosed herein utilizes grazing angle illumination of a spot on the surface of a semiconductor wafer approximately on the axis of the projection lens so that the position of...
5004348 Alignment device  
An apparatus for aligning a mask and a substrate by detecting diffracted light from a first and second diffraction gratings. The apparatus comprises an illumination light source for irradiating...
4993837 Method and apparatus for pattern detection  
A method and a system for pattern detection are disclosed in which a laser beam high in directivity is emitted from a laser beam source, the laser beam emitted from the laser beam source is...
4987448 Skewing detection mechanism for printer employing continuous recording form  
A skewing detection mechanism for a printer of type wherein an image is formed onto a continuous recording form. A pivotally movable sensor is arranged in abutted and biased relation to the...
4978841 Automatic leveling system and a method of leveling a workpiece based on focus detection  
An automatic leveling system and a method of use of the leveling system that is suited for use with electronic components. The system uses an automatic laser focus system to focus on three separate...
4972326 Method and apparatus for recording a flaw in a fabric web  
Apparatus and a method records a flaw in a fabric web during a flaw inspection. The flaw is recorded by a mark placed on the fabric web along with the X- and Y-values of a system of points defining...
4972088 Register mark detection  
A method of and apparatus for detecting a register mark on an elongate web (3) is described. The web (3) carries a number of copies of an image (4) spaced apart along the web (3) and a region of...
4962318 Alignment system for exposure apparatus  
An exposure apparatus for transferring a mask pattern to a wafer having a surface photoresist layer. The apparatus is comprised of first and second detectors and a determination unit. The first...
4958082 Position measuring apparatus  
An exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern on a substrate to be exposed having a predetermined mark formed thereon includes a stage for supporting the substrate to be exposed thereon, moving...
4955780 Wafer positioning apparatus  
A wafer positioning apparatus includes at least first, second and third optical position detectors for detecting a circumference portion of a wafer. The first to third optical position detectors...
4952815 Focusing device for projection exposure apparatus  
A projection exposure apparatus for projecting the image of an object on a first plane onto a second plane through a projection optical system, comprising: reference mark device provided in the...
4948982 Device for detecting a missing copy by detecting the presence or absence of a colored area on a surface  
An optical scanner scans the surface of printed material at a particular position of the surface to determine if the surface is properly marked. The output level of the scanner at that position is...
4945252 Continuous web registration  
A web structure with electromagnetic radiation shifting indicia is disclosed. The indicia provide signals used in controlling various processes to be performed on the web as well as for controlling...
4943733 Projection optical apparatus capable of measurement and compensation of distortion affecting reticle/wafer alignment  
A projection optical apparatus has a projection optical system for projecting an image of a reticle pattern on a stage-mounted semi-conductor wafer and includes a light-emitting surface of the...
4941745 Projection aligner for fabricating semiconductor device having projection optics  
A projection aligner having a projection optics which project circuit patterns of reticles on a wafer next by step, comprising an X-Y stage mounting the wafer and moved to an X or Y direction by a...
4938598 Method and apparatus for position detection on reduction-projection system  
The present invention is of an apparatus, in a reduction-projection exposure apparatus, for reduction-projection position detection comprising illuminating means for illuminating a registration...
4937593 Print head position control system  
A print head position control system for a printer in which a print head moves along a track and in which a light source illuminates along the track and a photodetector receives the light to...
4937459 Alignment signal detecting device  
An alignment signal detecting device including a polarization-plane rotating element and a polarization beam splitter, co-operative to selectively define different optical paths for the same...
4926048 Process of performing work on a continuous web  
A web structure with electromagnetic radiation shifting indicia is disclosed. The indicia provide signals used in controlling various processes to be performed on the web as well as for controlling...
4926049 Reflection type photoelectric switch  
A reflection type photoelectric switch adapted to project light to an object to be detected and sense the object on the basis of reflected light therefrom, which comprises a split-type composite...
4918320 Alignment method usable in a step-and-repeat type exposure apparatus for either global or dye-by-dye alignment  
A method of aligning a semiconductor wafer, usable in a step-and-repeat type exposure apparatus for projecting, in a reduced scale, images of a pattern formed on a reticle upon different shot areas...
4906852 Projection alignment method and apparatus  
A projection alignment method of aligning a mask and a wafer with each other through an optical imaging system and an apparatus for performing the method are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an...
4904087 Method for aligning photomasks  
Photomasks (11, 12) are aligned on opposite sides of a wafer by directing light beams through zone plates (13 A-C) in one photomask and through aligned transparent slits (14 A-C) on the other...
4902900 Device for detecting the levelling of the surface of an object  
A device for detecting the levelling of an object disposed on a plane substantially perpendicular to the optic axis of main objective optical means and worked by a radiation beam from the main...
4900939 System for processing and conveying substrate  
A substrate processing system basically comprises a coater-developer apparatus, an exposure processing apparatus and a conveyance controlling apparatus. The coater-developer apparatus comprises a...
4896605 Method of cut position determination for printing machines  
A method of cut position determination for printing machines, wherein in order to ensure a synchronous running of the paper webs (P1-P4) to be folded and cut into newspapers (16) on a printing...
4892426 Paper movement monitor  
A monitor (18,26,28) monitors movement of paper (12) through a printer (16). The paper movement sensors (18,26) comprise one central wheel (70) or a pair of spaced edge wheels (158) each operating...
4891528 Microprocessor-controlled apparatus for detecting and guiding a web wherein right and left eyespots are formed to determine right and left edges  
An apparatus for detecting and guiding a web includes a web scanner bar unit that extends across the entire width of the web path for controlling a steering mechanism to maintain a more precise...
4886974 Mark detecting device for detecting the center of a mark by detecting its edges  
A mark detecting device detects a mark in accordance with an electric signal obtained by photoelectrically converting the scatteringly reflected lights from edges of the mark. More particularly,...
4886973 Sheet strip material misfeed detector  
A plurality of individual openings provided in a sheet strip material by a stamping device are passed in succession through a monitoring station positioned adjacent the outlet of the stamping...
4881100 Alignment method  
An alignment method usable in an apparatus for transferring images of a pattern of a mask onto different portions of a semiconductor wafer in a step-and-repeat manner, is disclosed. In this...
4880308 Aligning apparatus  
An apparatus for aligning a first substrate with a second substrate, comprising: means for relative movement of first and second substrates, first alignment mark means an first substrate, second...
4871955 System for strictly positioning an object along an axis  
This invention relates to a system for strictly positioning along an axis an object such as a wafer of semi-conducting material during a process of constructing integrated circuits, wherein it...
4870289 Apparatus for controlling relation in position between a photomask and a wafer  
A system for controlling the relation in position between a photomask and a wafer for use in manufacturing apparatus of a highly integrated circuit such as large scale integration (LSI). The...
4870288 Alignment method  
A method of detecting a position of a wafer, including memorizing a pattern of a part of the wafer, comparing a pattern of another part of the wafer at a position which is in a predetermined...