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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Joachim Hainz, Aalen, DE;
Wolfgang Singer, Aalen, DE;
Erich Schubert, Jestetten, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMT AG, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination system for scannertype microlithography along a scanning direction with a light source emitting a wavelength especially ≦193 nm. The illumination system includes a plurality of raster elements. The plurality of raster elements is imaged into an image plane of the illumination system to produce a plurality of images being partially superimposed on a field in the image plane. The field defines a non-rectangular intensity profile in the scanning direction.