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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas S. Hobbs, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Optical Switch Corporation, Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
A high resolution, high-throughout, large field size, production environment, lithographic tool system and method includes an interferometric pattern generator utilizing three or four mutually coherent optical beams organized in a flexible beam expansion, filtering, aperturing, and delivery system, large area pattern uniformity is attained via optimized illumination beam positioning and shaping. A passive stabilization system achieves fully modulated interferometric patterns in high mechanical and acoustical vibration manufacturing environments.