IP Library Granted Patent US 7,006,200
Granted Patent B2
US 7,006,200 · App. 10/808,462 · Granted Feb 28, 2006

Substrate exposure system

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Patent No.
US 7,006,200
App. No.
10/808,462
Granted
Feb 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate k 1 transported to a measurement position Pa by a substrate transport unit 10 A is measured by a measuring head moved to a substrate-measuring position Qa by the drive of a measuring head-moving unit. At the same time, a substrate k 2 transported to an exposure position Rb by a substrate transport unit 10 B is exposed by an exposure head moved to a substrate-exposing position Sb by the drive of an exposure head-moving unit. Then, the substrate k 1 transported to an exposure position Ra by the substrate transport unit 10 A is exposed by the exposure head moved to a substrate-exposing position Sa by the drive of the exposure head-moving unit. At the same time, the next substrate k 3 transported to a measurement position Pb by the substrate transport unit 10 B is measured by the measuring head moved to a substrate-measuring position Qb by the drive of the measuring head-moving unit.

Claims (11)

1. A substrate exposure system comprising:

a plurality of substrate transport means each of which sequentially transports one substrate to be a subject of exposure to a measurement position and an exposure position;

one measuring head for measuring the substrate transported to the measurement position;

one exposure head for exposing the substrate transported to the exposure position;

measuring head-moving means for moving the measuring head to respective substrate-measuring positions for the respective substrates transported to the respective measurement positions of the plurality of substrate transport means; and

exposure head-moving means for moving the exposure head to respective substrate-exposing positions for the respective substrates transported to the respective exposure positions of the plurality of substrate transport means.

2. The substrate exposure system according to claim 1 , wherein surfaces of the respective substrates transported to the respective exposure positions of the plurality of substrate transport means overlap in an exposing direction of the exposure head.

3. The substrate exposure system according to claim 1 , further comprising: positional relationship-measuring means for measuring a relative positional relationship between the substrate transported to the measurement position and the measuring head moved to the substrate-measuring position.

4. The substrate exposure system according to claim 2 , further comprising: positional relationship-measuring means for measuring a relative positional relationship between the substrate transported to the measurement position and the measuring head moved to the substrate-measuring position.

5. The substrate exposure system according to claim 1 , further comprising: exposure position-measuring means for measuring a relative positional relationship between the substrate transported to the exposure position and the exposure head moved to the substrate-exposing position.

6. The substrate exposure system according to claim 2 , further comprising: exposure position-measuring means for measuring a relative positional relationship between the substrate transported to the exposure position and the exposure head moved to the substrate-exposing position.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2014
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: ADTEC ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032163/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2004
From: FUKUI, TAKASHI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015143/0263 →