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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Inventors:
Conrad Wolke, Aalen, DE;
Barbara Moser, Sontheim an der Brenz, DE;
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70583 (2013.01); G03F 7/70025 (2013.01); G03F 7/70041 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical system, in particular for microlithography, comprises a laser light source for generating a multiplicity of light pulses, and a control unit configured to control the laser light source in such a way that, for a light pulse sequence generated by the laser light source, the time period between respectively successive light pulses varies across the light pulse sequence. A method comprises operating the optical system.