JPS62281422A - Observation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To correct various chromatic aberrations which are developed by an optical system of projection when conditions of projected plane are observed by means of an observation optical system through the projection optical system with the aid or wave lengths which are different from those used for projection and obtain favorable obsevations by arranging plural parallel plates at a part of optical path of the observation optical system after inclining the plates to optical axes of the observation optical system each other. CONSTITUTION:A first object, for example, a reticle 1 is projected on a second object, for example, a wafer 2 by a projection optical system 3 and plural parallel plates are arranged at a part of optical path of an observation optical system 100 which is observed by wave lengths different from those of projection on a face of the second object 2 after inclining the plates to optical axes of the projection optical system 100 each other. For example, the above plural parallel plates consist of three parallel plates 6, 7, and 7' and one plate of them is arranged to have an inclination to meridional beams of the projection optical system 3 and the rest of two plates 7 and 7' are arranged to have the inclination each other to the parallel plate 6 in a face intersecting at right angles to a face tilted by the plate 6. Accordingly, coma aberration to an observation wavelength of the projection optical system is corrected by the parallel plate 6 and then, astigmatism of all the systems is corrected by means of two parallel plates 7 and 7'.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an observation device, and for example, in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, it is used to observe fine details such as ICs and LSIs formed on a reticle surface. This invention relates to an observation device suitable for observing the state on the wafer surface using a wavelength different from the exposure wavelength through the projection optical system when projecting and exposing an electronic circuit pattern onto the wafer surface using the projection optical system. It is something.

(Prior Art) Observation devices that use an observation optical system to observe the state on a projection surface projected by a projection optical system have been used in various optical instruments.

For example, in an exposure apparatus used in semiconductor manufacturing, a projection optical system projects a reticle as a first object onto a wafer surface as a second object, and an observation optical system observes the state on the wafer surface. And this iIl! All of the detection equipment performs so-called alignment, which is position matching between the reticle surface and the wafer surface.

The alignment accuracy at this time largely depends on the optical performance of the observation device. For this reason, the performance of the observation device is an important factor in the exposure device.

Various types of alignments using such observation devices have been proposed in the past.

For example, the present applicant has also proposed an alignment system using an observation device in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-25638.

The same bulletin describes the projection optical system for projection exposure on the wafer surface.
Using the light of the line (436r++n), the wavelength emitted from the He-Cd laser (442nm) is applied to the alignment system.
) light is used. Since the two wavelengths used at this time are approximately equal, by configuring the projection optical system mainly, approximately equal optical performance is obtained for light of both wavelengths. By constructing a so-called bi-telecentric optical system so that the projection optical system is telecentric on both the reticle side and the wafer side, when observing the wafer surface from the reticle side, the principal ray of the observation light is always aligned with the reticle surface. It takes advantage of the feature that it is perpendicular to . As a result, even if the type of IC to be manufactured changes, the 'tl in the pattern on the reticle surface changes, and the observation position of the alignment system changes, the angle of the light incident on or reflected on the reticle surface remains unchanged. , by utilizing this property, highly accurate TTLon
It constitutes an Axis system.

The TTLonAxis system aligns the reticle and wafer in the exposed state via a projection optical system for exposure.

In general, the TTLonAxis system is the most preferable method in terms of accuracy when performing alignment using the exposure wavelength or a wavelength equivalent thereto.

However, if the wavelengths for projection exposure and alignment are made approximately the same, when a multilayer resist is used as the resist applied on the wafer surface, the multilayer resist absorbs the alignment light and reduces the reflected light from the alignment mark on the wafer surface. This causes a decrease in the S/N ratio and a decrease in alignment accuracy. For this reason, it is necessary to make the alignment wavelength and the exposure wavelength different to improve the S/N ratio and improve the alignment accuracy.

When alignment is performed using the TTL method with different alignment wavelengths and exposure wavelengths, the projection optical system has various aberrations well corrected only for the exposure wavelength, so light other than the exposure wavelength causes various chromatic aberrations. In this case, axial chromatic aberration, lateral chromatic aberration, comatic aberration of other colors, astigmatism, spherical aberration, etc. occur, making it difficult to observe well and causing a decrease in alignment accuracy.

For this reason, various methods have been proposed to allow good observation of the wafer surface through a projection optical system using light other than the exposure wavelength. For example, when observing the wafer surface through a reticle, the position of the wafer surface is shifted in the optical axis direction of the projection optical system by the amount of focus shift due to chromatic aberration of the observation wavelength, and the auxiliary optical Methods such as establishing means are being adopted.

However, in all of these methods, the correction of the chromatic aberration of the projection optical system was insufficient, so it was necessary to form a radial pattern image that does not cause asymmetric aberrations, such as coma aberration, lateral chromatic aberration, etc., that is, image formation in the sagittal direction. was used only.

However, if only imaging in the sagittal direction is used, it will be difficult to achieve high-precision alignment that accompanies the high resolution required in the submicron era. For example, a change in the imaging state of the projection optical system itself, such as a change in projection magnification due to a change in atmospheric pressure, or a partial strain on the sea urchin can be regarded as equivalent to a change in magnification. Such a change that can be regarded as a change in magnification cannot be detected at all by using a radial pattern.

Furthermore, with imaging in the sagittal direction, basically only one piece of information can be obtained by observing one point, and in order to achieve two-dimensional alignment by observing two points, conventionally, the projection optical system has Because the correction of chromatic aberration was insufficient, only imaging in the five sagittal directions was used, but in the future, imaging in the sagittal direction will no longer be sufficient to meet the demands for higher resolution in the submicron era. It's coming.

For this reason, there is a strong demand for an exposure apparatus for semiconductor manufacturing that is capable of highly accurate alignment and that satisfactorily corrects the chromatic aberration of the projection optical system at the observation wavelength.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention provides a method for observing the state of the projection surface using the projection optical system using a wavelength different from the wavelength used for t52jk using the projection optical system. In particular, when performing TTL alignment at a wavelength different from the exposure wavelength in an exposure device used in semiconductor manufacturing, projection optical The object of the present invention is to provide an observation device that enables highly accurate alignment by using an observation optical system in which various chromatic aberrations caused by the system are well corrected.

(Island's means of solving the problem) Projecting the first object onto the 7fJ2 object plane using a projection optical system,
The observation optical system includes a plurality of parallel plane plates in a part of the optical path of an observation optical system that observes the second object surface through the projection optical system at a wavelength different from the projection wavelength onto the second object surface. This is because they are arranged at an angle to each other with respect to the optical axis of the system.

Other features of the invention are described in the Examples.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an optical system of an embodiment when the present invention is applied to an exposure apparatus η for semiconductor manufacturing.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a reticle as a first object, which is placed on a reticle stage 28. 2 is a wafer as a second object, and 3 is a projection optical system which projects a circuit pattern etc. on the first surface of the reticle onto the second surface of the wafer.

In the second stage, the wafer 2 is placed on a θ and Z stage, and the θ rotation and focus adjustment, that is, adjustment in the Z direction, of the wafer 2 are performed. The θ, Z stage 21 is mounted on an XY stage 22 for performing step operations with high precision. XY
The stage 22 is equipped with an optical square 23 that serves as a reference for stage position measurement.
23 is monitored by a laser interferometer 24. 25 is a laser, and the light beam from the laser 25 is transferred to a mirror 26.
The alignment mark 15 on the wafer surface 2 is irradiated via the light projecting lens 27.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a mirror, and reference numeral 100 denotes an observation optical system, which includes a parallel plane plate 6 disposed at an angle with respect to the meridional cross section of the projection optical system 3; The observation optical system 1
It has two parallel plane plates arranged at 7.7 degrees rotated by 90 degrees about the optical axis of 00 as the rotation axis.

10, 11, and 12 are mirrors, and 8 is a correction lens section.

Reference numeral 16 is provided with an image of the alignment mark 15 formed by the projection optical system 3 and the observation optical system 100. 17 is a mirror, 18 is an alignment scope, 1
A CCD 9 observes the physical state of the reticle surface 1 and the wafer 2.

In this example, the circuit pattern on the reticle surface 1 is
36 nm) is projected onto the wafer surface 2 by the projection optical system 3. On the other hand, the alignment mark 15 on the edge surface 2 is emitted from the He-Ne laser 25 at a wavelength of 633n.
The projection optical system 3 and the observation optical system 100 form an alignment mark image on the reticle surface 1 near where the alignment mark is provided on the reticle side. The alignment scope 18 is used to simultaneously observe the relationship between both alignment marks. In this example, it is not necessary to move and fix the f-100 optical system with the movement of the alignment image height, but below:
For simplicity, the explanation will be given assuming that the alignment image height is fixed.

In general, the projection optical system 3 performs well at t+v at the g-line projection wavelength.
-zm Corrected Otsu is an alignment store, and Otsuji mouth V stem correction is not done enough. In particular, many chromatic aberrations such as axial chromatic aberration, lateral chromatic aberration, chromatic spherical aberration, chromatic comatic aberration, and chromatic astigmatism remain.

Therefore, when the wafer surface 2 is considered as an object surface, the alignment mark 15 on the wafer surface 2 is often imaged above the reticle surface 1 due to various aberrations.

For example, if the 152 engraving magnification of the projection optical system 3 is 115x and the axial chromatic aberration on the wafer side is 300 μm, the wafer image on the reticle side is 0.3 x 52.7.5 (mm).
) is focused above the reticle.

This makes it difficult to observe the pattern on the reticle surface and the pattern on the wafer surface at the same time, and conventionally various correction optical systems have been placed between the reticle and the projection optical system to match both pattern images. It has been corrected. However, it is difficult to completely correct aberrations with this correction optical system, and it is generally difficult to observe well.

In this embodiment, aberrations are well corrected in all directions between the reticle 1 and the projection optical system 3, including not only the sagittal direction but also the meridional direction, and in particular, various aberrations due to color are well corrected. By arranging the system 100, the pattern on the reticle surface 1 and the wafer surface 2 are
By matching the upper pattern, both patterns can be observed well and highly accurate alignment is possible.

In the observation optical system of this embodiment, three plane parallel plates arranged as described above are used to correct various chromatic aberrations caused by the observation wavelength by the projection optical system 3, that is, the alignment wavelength. It is characterized by correcting astigmatism.

Of these, the parallel plane plate 6, which is inclined with respect to the meridional section of the projection optical system, that is, disposed obliquely and asymmetrically with respect to the imaging light beam of the meridional section, corrects comatic aberration with respect to the observation wavelength of the projection optical system. At this time, the angle of inclination is determined depending on the amount of aberration generated by the projection optical system and the thickness of the parallel plane plate 6. This single plane parallel plate 6 is effective against coma aberration, but on the other hand, it causes astigmatism. The sum of the astigmatism at this time and the astigmatism at the wA detection wavelength of the projection optical system becomes the astigmatism of the entire system. Therefore, in this embodiment, the astigmatism of the entire system is corrected by arranging the two parallel plane plates 7, 7° so as to be inclined to each other in a plane orthogonal to the plane on which the parallel plane plate 6 is inclined. That is, two parallel V-plane plates 7.7' are arranged within a plane in which the parallel plane plate 6 is rotated 90 degrees about the optical axis of the observation optical system as the rotation axis.

When the parallel plane plates 7 and 7'' have the same thickness, they can be arranged in a line-symmetrical relationship, and when they are as thick as stationery, they can be arranged at different angles. Face plate 7.7
The overall combination of ' is made to prevent coma aberration from occurring. However, since the astigmatism of the parallel plane plates 7 and 7° is exerted as a synergistic effect, either astigmatism will occur, or the occurrence will be canceled out by arranging it in a plane twisted 90 degrees with the parallel plane plate 6. Adjusted to suit.

For example, the occurrence of aberration at the observation wavelength of the projection optical system is caused by the coma surface plate 7.
, 7' are approximately the thickness of the parallel plane plate 6, and even though they are twisted, the angles they make with the optical axis of the optical system should be made equal for all three parallel plane plates 6, 7, and 7'. For example, it is possible to perform observation with the coma aberration and astigmatism of the projection optical system corrected.

If the projection optical system has astigmatism at the observation wavelength, the angle between the parallel plane plate 6 and the two parallel plane plates 7.7' can be made different according to the amount of astigmatism, thereby eliminating the aberration. Corrected observation becomes possible. That is, in this practical h'tr example, it is possible to arbitrarily control the amount of correction by adjusting the inclination of the parallel plane plate.

In this embodiment, by using the above-described configuration, coma aberration and astigmatism are well corrected, and aberrations are well corrected not only in the sagittal direction but also in all directions including the meridional direction. This makes it possible to observe both alignment marks on the surface as good images at the same time. As a result, highly accurate alignment can be achieved.If some spherical aberration remains in this embodiment, it is preferable to correct it using the correction lens section 8. In this case, if the occurrence of spherical aberration at the observation wavelength of the projection optical system is small, it is preferable to generate an opposite spherical aberration in the correction lens section 8 to correct it.

Furthermore, when the correction lens section 8 is disposed on the reticle side and is used with relatively small N and A of, for example, 0.1 or less, and there is a large aberration of, for example, several λ,
It is preferable to arrange an aspherical member 9 as a part of the correction lens section 8 at a position substantially coextensive with the pupil position of the projection optical system 3 for correction. For example, if spherical aberration occurs that is insufficiently corrected on the long wavelength side, an aspherical member whose negative refractive power increases toward the periphery may be used.

In this example, the observation optical system is inserted using TTLonAx.
Since the is condition is not satisfied, it is necessary to perform a certain amount of correction, which is treated as an adjustment of the optical system or an offset. Aberrations that can be treated by adjusting the optical system include color-based defocus (axial chromatic aberration) and field curvature, since the focus can be adjusted by adjusting the optical path length of the observation optical system. The position of the grammar can also be corrected if the amount of deviation is known in advance, and image deviations due to color (lateral chromatic aberration), distortion, etc. can be processed as offsets.

In short, in this embodiment, if the focus is refocused or the image position is simply shifted, offset processing can be easily performed.

Therefore, when actually detecting an image, problems such as spherical aberration, coma aberration, and astigmatism that impair the contrast of the image arise. However, although these various aberrations are well corrected at the exposure wavelength, they are not necessarily well corrected at the observation wavelength. However, as a result of analysis, it has been found that the manner in which these various aberrations occur at the observation wavelength can be treated in the area of basic third-order aberrations as a simple deviation from good aberration correction at the exposure wavelength.

For this reason, in this embodiment, by using the three parallel plane plates having the above-described configuration, it is possible to perform good aberration correction and to achieve an observation apparatus capable of clear observation.

With the above configuration, in this embodiment, the state on the eight faces of the sea urchin can be observed well through the projection optical system. At this time, in this embodiment, an observation optical system 100 and three mirrors to, 11
．． 12, the pattern on the wafer surface must be observed in an inverted state, but this can be observed without any problem by inverting the sign of the offset and signal processing.

Further, the correction lens section 8 of this embodiment has an adjustment function to project the wafer onto the reticle surface at a predetermined magnification in addition to the function of imaging the pattern on the surface of the wafer onto the reticle surface. . For example, when using a projection optical system with a projection magnification of 5 times, the projection magnification should be exactly 5 times (in this case, the imaging magnification of the correction lens unit 8 itself is 11 times), thereby reducing the load on the subsequent processing device. I'm making it less.

Although the correction lens unit 8 forms an 11-fold image, a modification in which the image is formed at a 1-fold magnification is naturally applicable to this embodiment.

In this example, coma, astigmatism, and spherical aberration among various color aberrations mainly generated by the projection optical system are corrected by the observation optical system, and the deviation of the focus and image plane is determined by adjusting the optical path length: A
Adjustment, magnification, and distortion are all corrected by offset processing. This improves the tm ratio of both the reticle and the wafer, making highly accurate alignment possible.

In this embodiment, in addition to the sagittal direction as in the conventional case,
Since aberrations are well corrected in all directions, two signals in the X and Y directions can be detected by observing the alignment mark at one point on the surface 2 of the sea urchin. In order to perform two-dimensional alignment, it is necessary to observe at least one more point and thereby align the θ direction. This can be done using only one observation system, but as shown in Figure 2, it is possible to arrange two observation optical systems shown in Figure 1 and use the same alignment scope 18 as shown in Figure 1. If you observe, while maintaining throughput
, y, and θ can be corrected. In FIG. 2, the same elements as those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

In this embodiment, it is necessary to always bring the alignment mark on the surface of the other sea urchin to the position of the alignment mark 15 to perform the measurement. For this reason, after measuring the alignment between the reticle 1 and the wafer 2, the wafer is moved to the exposure position by the XY stage 22 while being monitored by the laser interferometer 24 based on the measured value.

In order to perform two-dimensional alignment completely, it is necessary to measure at two points, and from this point on, it stops twice at the alignment position and takes measurements, and then it is fed to the exposure position based on the measured amount. The two measurements at this time may be performed using two alignment scopes shown in Figure 2, or one
It is also possible to measure two points using one of the alignment scopes by moving the stage.

Changes in magnification can also be detected based on the measurement results at two points, so
It is also possible to correct the change in magnification of the projection optical system by known means.

Alternatively, a method may be used in which measurement is performed while moving the stage without necessarily stopping it.

Third. Fifth. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an optical system of another embodiment when the present invention is applied to an exposure apparatus for semiconductor manufacturing similarly to FIG. 1.

Third. Fifth. In FIG. 6, the same elements as those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 has the same structure below the reticle surface 1 as the embodiment shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the alignment mark 16 on the reticle surface 1 is
For observation, a galvanometer mirror 33 is used instead of the CCD used in Fig. 1 to scan the alignment image, and the photomultiplier tube 3
5 through a slit 34. That is, the alignment mark image is scanned by a galvanometer mirror 33 by a Nirefter 32 through a field lens 31 disposed near the imaging plane of the alignment mark 16 formed by the alignment scope 18, and the light is guided onto the slit 34. The transmitted light is received by a photomultiplier tube 35.

The reflection point of the galvanometer mirror 33 is arranged so as to substantially coincide with the pupil position of the projection optical system 3.

As the scanning means in this embodiment, a polygon mirror or the like may be used instead of a galvano mirror, but since the scanning is one-dimensional, the slit aperture is, for example, ±45 mm as shown in FIG.
If the alignment marks are similarly provided in the ±45 degree direction, information in the x and y directions can be obtained by one-dimensional scanning.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is a case where the observation optical system that corrects the chromatic aberration of the projection optical system 3 is placed in the alignment scope 18 (llI).
When observing the alignment mark 16 on the reticle surface 1 at step 8, the alignment mark 15 on the surface 2 is imaged closer to the alignment scope 18 than the position of the alignment mark 16 on the reticle due to chromatic aberration. Since this amount is a large value, for example 7.5 mm as described in the publication, it is no longer within the depth of focus of the objective lens in the alignment scope 18. Therefore, in this embodiment, a beam splitter 41 is provided in the alignment scope system to constitute a bifocal system in which the light beam is divided into two parts and combined again by the beam splitter 43. Of the two optical paths divided by the beam splitter 41, the beam splitter
A relay lens 42 is placed in the optical path passing through the CCD 19 to align the alignment mark 16 on the reticle surface 1.
It forms an image.

On the other hand, in the optical path of the light beam reflected by the beam splitter 41, three iF rows corresponding to the observation optical system shown in FIG.
C through these elements.
The image is formed on the 19th surface of the CD.

As a result, coma aberration, astigmatism, and spherical aberration are corrected similarly to the embodiment shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, in order to efficiently perform processing after the CCD 19, it is preferable to make the imaging magnifications in the two divided optical paths the same.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is based on the applicant's earlier proposal, for example,
3-135 [I54 Publication and JP-A-55-:14490
This is a case where the present invention is applied to an alignment system using laser beam scanning disclosed in the above publication.

The projection optical system 3 of this embodiment is a telecentric system on both the reticle side and the eight sea urchins.

The light beam from the laser 25 is scanned by a polygon mirror 54 and an f-theta lens 53 through a lens 55, and then passed through an alignment scope 18 and an optical system similar to the optical system shown in FIG. It guides light. Then, the defective light from the alignment mark 15 on the surface 2 is backlit and returned to the alignment scope 18, and after being reflected by the beam splitter 52, the pupil imaging lens 56, the spatial frequency filter 57, and the condenser lens 58 are The light is guided to a photoelectric element 59 through the light.

The alignment method at this time is detailed in the previous publication.
, so we omit it here.

In each of the above embodiments, when changing the position of the alignment mark 16 according to the chip size, a part of the observation optical system may be finely adjusted.

Furthermore, the object of the present invention can be similarly achieved by dividing the three parallel plane plates into a plurality of parts and constructing three or more parallel plane plates, each of which is tilted.

In this way, among the various chromatic aberrations generated by the projection lens, astigmatism, coma, and spherical aberration are removed by the corrective optical system, and deviations in focus and image plane are all resolved by offset processing for optical path length, magnification, and distortion. By doing so, it became possible to observe both the reticle and wafer as good images.

As a result, two-dimensional alignment between the reticle and the wafer, that is, x, y, and θ alignment has become possible. Furthermore, by measuring the span at two points, changes in magnification can also be measured, making it possible to deal with changes in magnification of the lens system due to changes in atmospheric pressure and temperature, as well as local deformation of the wafer. became. When a change in magnification is detected, the magnification of the lens system can be changed using a known method to easily improve alignment accuracy.

Also, in the description of the present invention, the correction optical system is fixed for 16 -
I thought of it as. However, when the position of 16 is changed according to the chip size, the change can be easily coped with by fine adjustment of this correction optical system. For example, the amount of correction can be freely controlled by changing the tilt angle of a parallel plane plate that corrects astigmatism and coma at the alignment wavelength. Further, since changes in spherical aberration due to changes in image height can be ignored, there is no need to particularly correct the spherical aberration.

Also, when implementing a TTLonAxis-like system as shown in Figure 1, part of the alignment scope (
For example, the mirror 17) and the correction optical system may be retracted to the outside of the exposure area.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, by adopting the above configuration, when observing the state of the projection surface through the projection optical system at a wavelength different from that used in the projection optical system, the projection optical system It is possible to achieve an observation device that satisfactorily corrects various aberrations due to color and enables clear observation.

January n = , *
By doing so, you can observe both the reticle surface and the surface of the wafer as clear images, and perform two-dimensional alignment of the reticle and wafer in x, y, and θ with a high degree of precision. It is possible to achieve an alignment system that allows

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an optical system of one embodiment when the present invention is applied to an exposure apparatus for semiconductor manufacturing, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of a portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. fJS, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an optical system of another embodiment when the present invention is applied to an exposure apparatus for semiconductor manufacturing similarly to FIG. 1, and FIG. It is an explanatory view of an example of. In the figure, 1 is a reticle, 2 is a wafer, 3 is a projection optical system, 100 is an observation optical system, 6, 7.7' are each a horizontal plane plate, 8 is a correction lens section, 9 is an aspherical member, 15. 16 are alignment marks, 18 are alignment scopes, and 19 are CCDs.
, 25 is a laser. Patent applicant: Canon Co., Ltd. Representative Yuki Takanashi
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Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) Projecting a first object onto a second object surface using a projection optical system, and observing the second object surface through the projection optical system at a wavelength different from the projection wavelength onto the second object surface. An observation device characterized in that a plurality of parallel plane plates are arranged in a part of an optical path of an observation optical system so as to be inclined to each other with respect to an optical axis of the observation optical system. (2) The plurality of parallel plane plates are composed of three parallel plane plates, one of the three parallel plane plates is arranged obliquely with respect to the meridional light beam of the projection optical system, and the remaining two
2. The observation device according to claim 1, wherein the parallel plane plates are arranged so as to be inclined to each other in a plane perpendicular to a plane on which the one parallel plane plate is inclined. (3) The observation device according to claim 2, wherein the remaining two parallel plane plates have substantially the same thickness and are arranged line-symmetrically. (4) The observation device according to claim 2, characterized in that an aspherical member is provided as part of the observation optical system and at a position conjugate with the pupil position of the projection optical system.