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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Heiko Feldmann, Aalen, DE;
Erik Matthias Sohmen, Aalen, DE;
Joachim Stuehler, Aalen, DE;
Oswald Gromer, Heidenheim, DE;
Ulrich Mueller, Aalen, DE;
Michael Layh, Alttusried, DE;
Markus Schwab, Aalen, DE;
Heiko Feldmann, Aalen, DE;
Erik Matthias Sohmen, Aalen, DE;
Joachim Stuehler, Aalen, DE;
Oswald Gromer, Heidenheim, DE;
Ulrich Mueller, Aalen, DE;
Michael Layh, Alttusried, DE;
Markus Schwab, Aalen, DE;
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
An illumination system and a projection objective of a mask inspection apparatus are provided. During operation of the mask inspection apparatus, the illumination system illuminates a mask with an illumination bundle of rays having a centroid ray that has a direction dependent on the location of the incidence of the illumination bundle of rays on the mask.