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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Michael B. Binnard, Belmont, CA (US);
Paul Derek Coon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70875 (2013.01); G03F 7/707 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exposure apparatus () for transferring one or more features to a workpiece () includes an illumination source (A); (ii) a chuck () that retains the workpiece (); (iii) a chamber housing (A) that encircles the chuck and the workpiece; and (iv) a temperature controller () () that adjusts the temperature of at least one of the chuck () and the workpiece () so that a predetermined temperature differential () exists between the chuck () and the workpiece () before transferring the features to the workpiece ().