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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:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Tokuyuki Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuyuki Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus includes a beam splitter for splitting light from a light source into first and second beams, a spatial light modulator, arranged in an optical path for the first beam, for modulating a phase distribution of the first beam, a beam coupler for coupling the first beam with the second beam, a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of the spatial light modulator onto a substrate using light from the beam coupler, and a controller for supplying a modulation signal to the spatial light modulator, wherein the spatial light modulator has a one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally arranged pixels, each pixel has plural reflective elements, and the reflective elements in the same pixel displace in the same direction simultaneously.
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