Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8451430
APP PUB NO 20120013877A1
SERIAL NO

13166316

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According to one embodiment, an illumination optical system comprises an optical integrator which forms a secondary light source on an illumination pupil plane in an illumination optical path of the illumination optical system with incidence of exposure light from a light source device thereinto; a first transmission filter arranged in an optical path of the exposure light emitted from a first surface illuminant of the secondary light source and having a transmittance characteristic varying according to angles of incidence of the exposure light; a second transmission filter arranged in an optical path of the exposure light emitted from a second surface illuminant of the secondary light source and having a transmittance characteristic varying according to the angles of incidence of the exposure light; and a rotation mechanism which rotates the first and second transmission filters so as to vary an angle of inclination thereof relative to the optical axis of the illumination optical system.

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NIKON CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Hirota, Hiroyuki Sagamihara, JP 33 714
Tanaka, Hirohisa Kumagaya, JP 227 4083

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