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Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2008
Applicants:

David Shafer, Fairfield, CT (US);

Wilhelm Ulrich, Aalen, DE;

Aurelian Dodoc, Heidenheim, DE;

Rudolf Von Buenau, Jena, DE;

Hans-juergen Mann, Oberkochen, DE;

Alexander Epple, Aalen, DE;

Inventors:

David Shafer, Fairfield, CT (US);

Wilhelm Ulrich, Aalen, DE;

Aurelian Dodoc, Heidenheim, DE;

Rudolf Von Buenau, Jena, DE;

Hans-Juergen Mann, Oberkochen, DE;

Alexander Epple, Aalen, DE;

Assignee:

Carl Zeiss SMT AG, Oberkochen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A catadioptric projection objective for imaging a pattern provided in an object plane of the projection objective onto an image plane of the projection objective comprises: a first objective part for imaging the pattern provided in the object plane into a first intermediate image; a second objective part for imaging the first intermediate imaging into a second intermediate image; a third objective part for imaging the second intermediate imaging directly onto the image plane;


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