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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Erwin Paul Smakman, Eindhoven, NL;
Coen Adrianus Verschuren, Eindhoven, NL;
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus including: a substrate holder constructed to support a substrate; a patterning device configured to provide radiation modulated according to a desired pattern, the patterning device including an array of radiation source modules configured to project the modulated radiation onto a respective array of exposure regions on the substrate; and a distributed processing system configured to process projection related data to enable the projection of the desired pattern onto the substrate, the distributed processing system including at least one central processing unit and a plurality of module processing units each associated with a respective radiation source module.