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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
Applicant:
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Yongfeng Ni, Waalre, NL;
Ronald Franciscus Herman Hugers, Best, NL;
Andreas Johannes Antonius Brouns, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 27/30 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/7026 (2013.01); G02B 3/00 (2013.01); G02B 7/023 (2013.01); G02B 7/026 (2013.01); G02B 27/30 (2013.01); G03F 7/7015 (2013.01); G03F 7/70625 (2013.01); G03F 7/7065 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0633 (2013.01); G02B 2003/0093 (2013.01); G03F 7/70566 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly for collimating broadband radiation, the assembly including: a convex refractive singlet lens having a first spherical surface for coupling the broadband radiation into the lens and a second spherical surface for coupling the broadband radiation out of the lens, wherein the first and second spherical surfaces have a common center; and a mount for holding the convex refractive singlet lens at a plurality of contact points having a centroid coinciding with the common center.