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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
Kenichiro Shinoda, Tochigi, JP;
Kenichiro Shinoda, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for exposing and transferring a pattern on a mask onto an object, an illumination optical system for forming a secondary light source surface approximately conjugate with a pupil in the projection optical system, and for illuminating the mask, and a mechanism for making non-uniform at least one of a transmittance distribution from the secondary light source to the object and a light intensity distribution on the secondary light source surface.
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