Focus test mask, focus measurement method, exposure method and exposure apparatus
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsShigeru HIRUKAWA, Shinjiro KONDO
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AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsShigeru HIRUKAWA, Shinjiro KONDO
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A focus test reticle for measuring focus information includes an outer pattern. The outer pattern has a line pattern composed of a light shielding film extending in the Y direction, a phase shift portion provided on a side in the +X direction of the line pattern and formed to have a line width narrower than the line pattern, a transmitting portion provided on a side in the −X direction of the line pattern and formed to have a line width narrower than the line pattern, a transmitting portion provided on a side in the +X direction of the phase shift portion, and a phase shift portion provided on a side in the −X direction of the transmitting portion. Focus information of a projection optical system is measured at a high measuring reproducibility and a high measuring efficiency.
A focus test mask comprising a test pattern which is to be projected onto an object via a projection optical system,
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