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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Krijn Frederik Bustraan, Eindhoven, NL;
Arjan Gijsbertsen, Vught, NL;
Paul Van Dongen, Wilton, CT (US);
Ibrahim Acan, Eindhoven, NL;
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A substrate holder to hold a substrate in a substrate holding position, the substrate holder including: a frame, multiple surface clamping devices arranged on the frame to clamp a substrate at an upper surface thereof, wherein the surface clamping devices each have a clamping pad to be arranged on the upper surface of the substrate, the surface clamping pads being movable with respect to each other at least in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of a substrate held by the surface clamping pads, and one or more actuators to move the surface clamping pads with respect to each other in the first direction.