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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoru Mizouchi, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/754 ; G03B 2/742 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/754 ; G03B 2/742 ;
Abstract
An illumination apparatus includes an optical integrator for illuminating a target plane by using light emitted from a light source, the illumination apparatus forming an approximately rectangular illuminated area by using light emitted from the optical integrator that includes a first optical system for enlarging the beam in a longitudinal direction of the illuminated area, and a second optical system for enlarging the beam in a lateral direction of the illuminated area, wherein a light exit plane of the first optical system is provided closer to the target plane than that of the second optical system.