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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Inventors:
Hermann Bieg, Huettlingen, DE;
Marcus Will, Ulm, DE;
Thomas Bischoff, Koenigsbronn, DE;
Yim-Bun Patrick Kwan, Aalen, DE;
Uy-Liem Nguyen, Zurich, CH;
Stefan Xalter, Oberkochen, DE;
Michael Muehlbeyer, Aalen, DE;
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/14 (2006.01); G02B 17/02 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70191 (2013.01); G02B 5/005 (2013.01); G02B 13/143 (2013.01); G02B 17/02 (2013.01); G03F 7/7025 (2013.01); G03F 7/70825 (2013.01); G21K 1/04 (2013.01); G21K 1/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical imaging device, in particular an objectivefor microlithography in the field of EUVL for producing semiconductor components, having a beam path, a plurality of optical elementsand a diaphragm devicewith an adjustable diaphragm opening shape. The diaphragm device has a diaphragm storewith a plurality of different diaphragm openingswith fixed shapes in each case, which can be introduced into the beam path