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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Hans Butler, Veldhoven, NL;

Ramidin Izair Kamidi, Veldhoven, NL;

Yanin Kasemsinsup, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/58 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70775 (2013.01); G01B 9/02 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G03F 7/70725 (2013.01);
Abstract

An object positioning system includes an object; a measurement system to measure the position of the object, wherein each sensor of the measurement system has an associated measurement area on the object and wherein a location of at least one measurement area on the object is dependent on the position of the object; an actuator system to position the object; a control system configured to drive the actuator system, wherein the control system includes an observer with a dynamic model of the object to estimate an internal dynamic behavior of the object, wherein the dynamic model includes the dependency of the location of at least one measurement area on the position of the object, and wherein the control system is configured to drive the actuator system in dependency of an output of the observer.


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