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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Heesch, NL;

Alexandrios Mathew, San Diego, CA (US);

Rob Johan Theodoor Rutten, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/42 (2006.01); G03B 27/52 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70866 (2013.01); G03F 7/70341 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conditioning system for a lithographic apparatus having a plurality of modules. The conditioning system includes a plurality of conditioning branches conveying a common conditioning medium for the plurality of modules, one conditioning branch for each module (or a subset of modules); a plurality of thermal actuators, each thermal actuator operable to locally alter the temperature of the common conditioning medium at one of the conditioning branches; and a plurality of sensors, each sensor operable to sense the temperature of the common conditioning medium at one of the conditioning branches.


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