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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/20 (2006.01); H01L 41/04 (2006.01); G01Q 10/06 (2010.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G05D 3/20 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/042 (2013.01); G01Q 10/06 (2013.01); G03F 7/70691 (2013.01); G05D 3/203 (2013.01); H01L 41/04 (2013.01); H02N 2/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
A piezoelectric positioning device () has at least one piezoelectric actuator () having a first connection contact () and a second connection contact (). A control device () with digital/analog converters () connected to the connection contacts () is used to control the at least one piezoelectric actuator (). In comparison with a coarse converter (), a fine converter () has a comparatively smaller voltage range and lower voltage levels, with the result that a high degree of positioning accuracy can be achieved.