IP Library Granted Patent US 9,927,712
Granted Patent B2
US 9,927,712 · App. 15/155,453 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Spatial light modulation element module, photolithographing apparatus, exposure apparatus, method of manufacturing spatial light modulation element module and method of manufacturing device

Inventors: Yoshihiko Suzuki (Funabashi, JP); Junji Suzuki (Tama, JP)
Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
G03F7/70191B81C1/00317B81C3/005G02B26/02G02B26/06G02B26/0833G02B26/0841G03F7/70291B81B2201/042B81B2207/012B81C2203/054G02B5/003
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Patent No.
US 9,927,712
App. No.
15/155,453
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spatial light modulation element module having a large area is manufactured. A spatial light modulation element module comprising a base member and a plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays, wherein each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays has a light modulation element which modulates and emits at least one of the intensity and the phase of an incident light, and the base member maintains the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays in a predetermined relative position in a bare chip state. In the above-described spatial light modulation element module, the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays may be in a staggered arrangement in at least 1 direction.

Claims (18)

1. A spatial light modulation element module comprising:

a plurality of combinations of a base member and a plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays, wherein

each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays has a light modulation element which modulates and emits at least one of an intensity and a phase of an incident light,

the base member maintains the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays in predetermined relative positions in bare chip states, and

the combinations are arranged with each other such that the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays are in a staggered arrangement.

2. The spatial light modulation element module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays are in a staggered arrangement in at least one direction.

3. The spatial light modulation element module according to claim 2 , wherein at least one reflecting element of one spatial light modulation element array and at least one reflecting element of another spatial light modulation element array adjacent to the one spatial light modulation element array are arranged in adjacent positions without a space or in an overlapping position, as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the at least one direction.

4. The spatial light modulation element module according to claim 1 wherein, each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays has a micro-bump electrically connected to the base member on a surface opposite to the base member.

5. The spatial light modulation element module according to claim 1 , further comprising a packaging unit which covers the base member and at least a portion of each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays.

6. The spatial light modulation element module according to claim 5 , wherein

the packaging unit has a mask unit in which an opening is provided in a region in which each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays is arranged, and

the mask unit further has an antireflective structure including an absorber which absorbs an incident light or a reflected light.

7. The spatial light modulation element module according to claim 5 , wherein

the packaging unit has a mask unit in which an opening is provided in a region in which each of the plurality of spatial light modulation element arrays is arranged, and

the mask unit includes any of a mirror, a diffraction grating, and a blazed diffraction optical element and further includes a structure which reflects an incident light toward an optical path which is different from a reflected light from a reflecting element.

8. A photolithographing apparatus to draw a light figure using the spatial light modulation element module according to claim 1 .

9. An exposure apparatus to expose a semiconductor using the photolithographing apparatus according to claim 8 .

10. A method of manufacturing a device including lithography process, wherein exposure is performed using the exposure apparatus according to claim 9 in the lithography process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2016
From: SUZUKI, YOSHIHIKO; SUZUKI, JUNJI
To: NIKON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-238088 · Nov 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014079945 · Nov 12, 2014
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