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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Leon Bakker, Helmond, NL;
Jeroen Jonkers, Aachen, DE;
Hugo Matthieu Visser, Utrecht, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lithographic apparatus includes a first space containing a plasma source and also containing a source gas which may have a high absorption of radiation at the wavelength of the projection beam of the apparatus, this gas being restricted from entering the remainder of the lithographic system by a second space containing a buffer gas having a low absorption at the wavelength of the projection beam of the apparatus. The pressure of the buffer gas is lower than or equal to that of the source gas.