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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2021
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Junichi Kanehara, Eindhoven, NL;
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus arranged to project a radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate, the exposure apparatus having: a first substrate holder configured to hold the substrate; a second substrate holder configured to hold the substrate; a sensor holder configured to hold a sensor and/or detector; a first measurement device having a first alignment system having an alignment sensor configured to measure positions of a substrate alignment mark on the substrate; a second measurement device having a second alignment system having a further alignment sensor configured to measure positions of the substrate alignment mark on the substrate; a first scale arranged on a lower surface of the first substrate holder; and a first encoder head arranged to cooperate with the first scale, the first encoder head located beneath the first alignment system and held by a stationary support.