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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:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;

Inventors:

Hans Michael Stiepan, Aalen, DE;

Toralf Gruner, Aalen, DE;

Assignee:

CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH, Oberkochen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); C03C 17/10 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70316 (2013.01); C03C 17/10 (2013.01); G02B 5/0891 (2013.01); G02B 26/0858 (2013.01); G03F 7/7015 (2013.01); G03F 7/70266 (2013.01);
Abstract

A microlithographic projection exposure mirror has a mirror substrate (), a reflection layer system () for reflecting electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the mirror's optical effective surface, and at least one piezoelectric layer (), which is arranged between the mirror substrate and the reflection layer system and to which an electric field for producing a locally variable deformation is applied by a first electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the reflection layer system, and by a second electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the mirror substrate. One of the electrode arrangements is assigned a mediator layer () for setting an at least regionally continuous profile of the electrical potential along the respective electrode arrangement. The mediator layer has at least two mutually electrically insulated regions (, . . . ).


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