Method for calibrating a lithographic projection apparatus and apparatus capable of applying such a method

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PATENT NO 6710849
APP PUB NO 20020026878A1
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09944145

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A method for calibrating a lithographic projection apparatus includes identifying a set of two or more reference positions of one a first and a second object table WTa, WTb or MT with a first detection system and simultaneously measuring those reference positions with a first position measuring system, identifying the same set of reference positions of said one object table with a second detection system and simultaneously measuring those reference positions with a second position measuring system, and correlating said first and said second position measuring systems using the measurements of the reference positions.

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  • ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kwan, Yim Bun Patrick Munich, DE 16 507
Levasier, Leon Martin Hedel, NL 30 1026

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