Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and a projection element for use in the lithographic apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7474384
APP PUB NO 20060110665A1
SERIAL NO

10994201

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A lithographic apparatus, a device manufacturing method, and a projection element for use in a lithographic apparatus are disclosed. The lithographic apparatus has a radiation system for providing a pulsed beam of radiation, a patterning device for imparting the beam with a pattern to form a patterned radiation beam, and a projection system having a projection element for projecting the patterned beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The apparatus further comprises an actuator for moving the projection element for shifting the patterned beam that is projected onto the substrate during at least one pulse of the radiation system. This can be done to compensate for a positional error between a substrate table holding the substrate and an aerial image of the projection system. The positional error could occur due to mechanical vibrations in the frame system of the lithographic apparatus.

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  • ASML HOLDING N.V.;ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bleeker, Arno Jan Westerhoven , NL 99 2905
Franken, Dominicus Jacobus Petrus Adrianus Veldhoven , NL 28 272
Nelson, Michael L West Redding, US 23 261
Roux, Stephen New Fairfield, US 48 524

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