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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Duan-Fu Stephen Hsu, Fremont, CA (US);
Rafael C. Howell, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jianjun Jia, San Jose, CA (US);
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method including: determining a first simulated partial image formed, by a lithographic projection apparatus, from a first radiation portion propagating along a first group of one or more directions; determining a second simulated partial image formed, by the lithographic projection apparatus, from a second radiation portion propagating along a second group of one or more directions; and determining an image by incoherently adding the first partial image and the second partial image, wherein the first group of one or more directions and the second group of one or more directions are different.