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Number: 356/399
Name: Optics: measuring and testing > By alignment in lateral direction
Description: Subject matter where two objects or an object and a light beam are laterally aligned by displacing the objects along an axis essentially normal to the line connecting them or displacing the object and light beam along an axis essentially normal to the light beam.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
356/400 With light detector (e.g., photocell) 939
356/401 With registration indicia (e.g., scale) 1,155


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7388663 Optical position assessment apparatus and method Jun. 17, 2008
7382448 Alignment system for observation instruments Jun. 3, 2008
7375810 Overlay error detection May. 20, 2008
7375361 Optical alignment device for machine tool May. 20, 2008
7372029 Scanning transmission electron microscope and scanning transmission electron microscopy May. 13, 2008
7372569 Method of correcting alignment errors in a segmented reflective surface May. 13, 2008
7369237 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing system May. 6, 2008
7369238 Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method May. 6, 2008
7369214 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method utilizing a metrology system with sensors May. 6, 2008
7368206 Automated overlay metrology system May. 6, 2008
7359053 Optical array with beam alignment feature Apr. 15, 2008
7355675 Method for measuring information about a substrate, and a substrate for use in a lithographic apparatus Apr. 8, 2008
7339282 Topographically indexed support substrates Mar. 4, 2008
7332255 Overlay box structure for measuring process induced line shortening effect Feb. 19, 2008
7333199 Aligning optical components with three degrees of translational freedom Feb. 19, 2008
7315373 Wafer positioning method and device, wafer process system, and wafer seat rotation axis positioning method for wafer positioning device Jan. 1, 2008
7315374 Real-time monitoring optically trapped carbon nanotubes Jan. 1, 2008
7312864 Measurement device and process for determining the straightness of hollow cylindrical or hollow conical bodies and their orientation relative to one another Dec. 25, 2007
7312870 Optical alignment detection system Dec. 25, 2007
7312871 Method and apparatus for alignment of components Dec. 25, 2007
7310130 Lithographic apparatus and position measuring method Dec. 18, 2007
7307727 Method and apparatus for forming substrate for semiconductor or the like Dec. 11, 2007
7304738 Method for actively aligning an optoelectronic device Dec. 4, 2007
7301604 Method to predict and identify defocus wafers Nov. 27, 2007
7289212 Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method and device manufacturing thereby Oct. 30, 2007
7286230 Alignment system, device and method Oct. 23, 2007
7280211 Method of adjusting monitor axis Oct. 9, 2007
7277173 Active optical alignment using MEMS mirrors Oct. 2, 2007
7277185 Method of measuring overlay Oct. 2, 2007
7274451 Optical beam translation device and method utilizing a pivoting optical fiber Sep. 25, 2007
7268877 Method and apparatus for orienting semiconductor wafers in semiconductor fabrication Sep. 11, 2007
7265364 Level sensor for lithographic apparatus Sep. 4, 2007
7265840 Coupling method for coupling high power optical beams into an optical waveguide Sep. 4, 2007
7261983 Reference wafer and process for manufacturing same Aug. 28, 2007
7262850 Method for inspection of periodic grating structures on lithography masks Aug. 28, 2007
7256833 Method and apparatus for automatically optimizing optical contrast in automated equipment Aug. 14, 2007
7256865 Methods and apparatuses for applying wafer-alignment marks Aug. 14, 2007
7248335 Exposure apparatus, device manufacturing method, stage apparatus, and alignment method Jul. 24, 2007
7244623 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and apparatus of automatically adjusting semiconductor pattern Jul. 17, 2007
7242475 Method of determining aberration of a projection system of a lithographic apparatus Jul. 10, 2007
7242465 Device and process for quantitative assessment of the orientation of two machines relative to one another Jul. 10, 2007
7227144 Scanning transmission electron microscope and scanning transmission electron microscopy Jun. 5, 2007
7222414 Component transfer systems May. 29, 2007
7221178 Working system for circuit boards May. 22, 2007
7215425 Optical alignment for flow cytometry May. 8, 2007
7202952 Fabrication and alignment device Apr. 10, 2007
7199878 Scan exposure apparatus and method, and device manufacturing method Apr. 3, 2007
7193713 Method and apparatus for measuring optical characteristic, and projection exposure apparatus using the same Mar. 20, 2007
7193714 Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method Mar. 20, 2007
7193728 Processing apparatus, processing method and position detecting device Mar. 20, 2007

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