Patent ID: 8288061

Claim:
A reticle comprising: a repetition pattern; and a peripheral pattern, wherein one of said repetition pattern and peripheral pattern is a first pattern with a first side in a first direction and the other is a second pattern with a second side in said first direction, said first side having a first length equal to or longer than a second length of said second side, wherein said first length is n (n is an integer equal to or larger than 1) times as large as said second length, wherein said first pattern has at least one of first misalignment measurement patterns provided at positions distant by a third length and ((said third length)+(nâˆ’1)Ã—(said second length)) from an upper end of said first pattern, said third length being equal to or smaller than said second length, and wherein said second pattern has a second misalignment measurement pattern provided at a position distant by said third length from an upper end of said second pattern.