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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;

Inventors:

Florian Baumer, Oberkochen, DE;

Matthias Manger, Aalen-Unterkochen, DE;

Assignee:

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2021.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/008 (2013.01); G02B 7/287 (2013.01); G02B 27/126 (2013.01); G03F 7/70033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a light intensity sensor arrangement, a focusing unit for focusing the light beam at a specified location on the light intensity sensor arrangement, and an adjustment unit which adjusts a relative position of the intensity centroid of the light beam in relation to a specified location on the light intensity sensor arrangement when there is a change in the beam angle present upon entry in the apparatus. The adjustment unit is configured to keep the relative position of the intensity centroid of the light beam in relation to the specified location on the light intensity sensor arrangement constant up to a specified maximum deviation. The maximum deviation corresponds to half the mean beam diameter upon incidence on the light intensity sensor arrangement.


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