HIGH FORCE LOW VOLTAGE PIEZOELECTRIC MICROMIRROR ACTUATOR

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APP PUB NO 20240012332A1
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18038601

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A micromirror array comprises a substrate, a plurality of mirrors for reflecting incident light and, for each mirror of the plurality of mirrors, at least one multilayer piezoelectric actuator for displacing the mirror, wherein the at least one multilayer piezoelectric actuator is connected to the substrate, and wherein the at least one multilayer piezoelectric actuator comprises a plurality of piezoelectric layers of piezoelectric material interleaved with a plurality of electrode layers to form a stack of layers. Also disclosed is a method of forming such a micromirror array. The micromirror array may be used in a programmable illuminator. The programmable illuminator may be used in a lithographic apparatus and/or in an inspection and/or metrology apparatus.

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ASML NETHERLANDS B VP O BOX 324 VELDHOVEN 5500 AH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
BRONDANI, TORRI Guilherme Leuven, BE 3 0
GOORDEN, Sebastianus Adrianus Eindhoven, NL 46 49
HASPESLAGH, Luc Roger Simonne Linden, BE 5 8
KLEIN, Alexander Ludwig Eindoven, NL 11 3
OSORIO, OLIVEROS Edgar Alberto Eindhoven, NL 5 23
OVERKAMP, Jim Vincent Eindhoven, NL 23 68
PANDEY, Nitesh Silicon Valley, US 63 188
VAN, DER WOORD Ties Wouter Eindhoven, NL 16 4
YEGEN, Halil Gökay Eindhoven, NL 3 2

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