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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Erik Marie José Smeets, Prinsenbeek, NL;
Remko Wakker, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Erik Marie José Smeets, Prinsenbeek, NL;
Remko Wakker, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A substrate table for a lithographic apparatus includes a mask constructed and arranged to prevent exposure of a peripheral exposure region of a substrate on the substrate table. The mask is attached to a moveable carrier. The moveable carrier has a range of movement which at least partially circumnavigates the substrate table.