Object positioning method for a lithographic projection apparatus

• Main Authors: ARIENS ANDREAS B.G, WILLEMS VAN DIJK MARCUS J.H, CASTENMILLER THOMAS J.M, VAN DE PASCH ENGELBERTUS A.F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.08.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

A method for placement of a object such as a substrate or a mask on a table, said method including: a first placement step in which the object is placed on a first position on the table; a measuring step in which a displacement between the first position of the object and the required position of the object is determined; a removing step in which the object is released and removed from the table; a moving step in which the object and the table are moved relatively to each other by substantially the said displacement, in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the table; and a second placement step in which the object is placed at the required position on the table.