US 5,625,471 A · Dual plate holographic imaging technique and masks

Abstract

In a system of proximity printing utilizing coherent light, a technique of phase only image correction is disclosed. Specifically, a holographic corrector plate is utilized. The image on the holographic corrector plate is produced by constructing a holographic image from the broadcast image and the intended working image. The broadcast image and the intended working image are placed in precise proximity printing alignment. With the respective images aligned, a coherent light beam is split to provide two temporally and spatially coherent beams. One of the temporally and spatially coherent beams scans the broadcast image. The other temporally and spatially coherent beam scans a mask containing the intended working image in a corresponding scan. A plane of beam intersection is chosen, with precise correspondence between rays at any point on the broadcast mask to rays from corresponding points on the working image mask. A hologram is produced at the plane of beam intersection with simultaneous and interfering scans at the plane of beam intersection. This hologram is then placed in a conventional proximity projection systems at the point of hologram production from broadcast mask to workpiece. The hologram has the effect of correcting the proximity image of the broadcast mask for the effects of diffraction and other optical artifacts, resulting in a corrected working image at the workpiece. Hologram production both on an analog basis and by synthetic means, such as a computer generated hologram basis is disclosed.

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Dependent claims

In a method of projection of an image from a broadcast mask to a workpiece, the process comprising the steps of:

providing a first broadcast mask having the image to be projected;
providing a second desired working image mask having an intended working image to be projected to the workpiece;
aligning the first broadcast mask and the second desired working image mask in alignment for projection with the first broadcast mask in position for broadcast of an image and the second desired working image mask in position of the intended working image on a workpiece;
providing a first and second temporally and spatially coherent beams for interrogating the first broadcast mask precisely along a path of image projection and the second desired working image mask opposite to incidence of light on a working image;
placing means for recording a holographic image at a common plane included in an optical path between the first broadcast mask and the second desired working image mask;
simultaneously scanning the first broadcast mask and the second desired working image mask to produce a phase only holographic image for correction at the means for recording a holographic image and recording the holographic image;
placing the recorded holographic image at the common plane;
and,
projecting an image utilizing coherent light from the first broadcast image mask through the holographic image to a workpiece to produce a corrected image at the workpiece.

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In a method of making a corrector plate for projection of an image from a broadcast mask to a workpiece, the process comprising the steps of:

providing a first broadcast mask having the image to be projected;
providing a second desired working image mask having an intended working image to be projected to the workpiece;
aligning the first broadcast mask and the second desired working image mask in alignment for projection with the first broadcast mask in position for broadcast of an image and the second desired working image mask in position of the intended working image on a workpiece;
providing a first and second temporally and spatially coherent beams for interrogating the first broadcast mask precisely along a path of image projection and the second desired working image mask opposite to incidence of light on a working image;
placing means for recording a holographic image at a common plane included in an optical path between the first broadcast mask and the second desired working image mask;
simultaneously scanning the first broadcast mask and the second desired working image mask to produce a phase only holographic image for correction at the means for recording a holographic image and recording the holographic image.

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In a projection system including;

a broadcast mask having an image to be projected including openings and opaque portions;
a desired working image to be projected to a workpiece;
the broadcast mask and the desired working image in alignment for projection with the broadcast mask in position for broadcast of an image and the desired working image in position on the workpiece;
a beam coherent for interrogating the broadcast mask precisely along a path of image projection to the workpiece;
the improvement of a holographic plate comprising:
a holographic plate having a holographic image at a common plane along a path between the broadcast mask and desired working image where:
W(y)=transmission amplitude of the broadcast mask;
E(x)=complex electric field at the holographic image after propagating from the broadcast mask to the holographic plate;
##EQU2## where:
x is a two dimensional vector position on the holographic image;
K is 2.pi./.lambda.;
A is the real amplitude (square root of the intensity) of the broadcast image plate;
and,
Z is the distance between the plane of the holographic image and the broadcast mask;
and;
phase applied to the holographic image is:
.phi..sub.p (X)=-2*.phi.(x) (2)
where:
.phi. is the phase at the holographic image;
and,
.phi..sub.p is the phase at the holographic image of plus one (+1) order.

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Dual plate holographic imaging technique and masks

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