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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2020
Applicants:

Asml Holding N.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Janardan Nath, Norwalk, CT (US);

Kalyan Kumar Mankala, Bethel, CT (US);

Todd R. Downey, Monroe, CT (US);

Joseph Harry Lyons, Wilton, CT (US);

Ozer Unluhisarcikli, Norwalk, CT (US);

Alexander Harris Ledbetter, Fairfield, CT (US);

Nicholas Stephen Apone, Fairfield, CT (US);

Tian Gang, Best, NL;

Assignees:

ASML HOLDING N.V., Veldhoven, NL;

ASML NETHERLANDS B V, Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70191 (2013.01); G03F 7/70083 (2013.01); G03F 7/70133 (2013.01);
Abstract

An illumination adjustment apparatus, to adjust a cross slot illumination of a beam in a lithographic apparatus, includes a plurality of fingers to adjust the cross slot illumination to conform to a selected intensity profile. Each finger has a distal edge that includes at least two segments. The two segments form an indentation of the distal edge.


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