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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Thomas Bischoff, Aalen, DE;
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, , DE;
Abstract
An iris diaphragm, in particular for an exposure lens in semiconductor lithography, is provided with a diaphragm base ( ) and a grooved ring ( ) which can be rotated relative to one another, having a multiplicity of leaves ( ) which in each case are mounted in the diaphragm base ( ) and in the grooved ring ( ) and are guided by curved tracks ( ), arranged in the grooved ring ( ), for the purpose of adjusting the diaphragm aperture. A drive device ( ) serves the purpose of twisting the diaphragm base ( ) and grooved ring ( ) relative to one another. The curved tracks are designed as circumferential tracks ( ) in the grooved ring ( ). The circumferential track ( ) is split up into alternating useful-region curves ( ) and return curves ( ). The diaphragm base ( ) or the grooved ring ( ) can be rotated in a preselected rotary drive direction by a drive device ( ), the leaves ( ) being guided in a circulating fashion in the circumferential track ( ).