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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Paul Van Der Veen, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Paul Van Der Veen, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The transmission or reflection loss due to surface contamination of a mask is predicted as a function of position on the mask and time. At the time of an exposure compensation for the transmission or reflection loss is effected using a device capable of adjusting the beam intensity across the length of an exposure field.