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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Franciscus Bernardus Maria Van Bilsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Everhardus Cornelis Mos, Best, NL;
Franciscus Bernardus Maria Van Bilsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Everhardus Cornelis Mos, Best, NL;
ASML Netherland B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method includes determining relative positional relationships between applied fields on a substrate, one of the applied fields including a first field; in a lithographic apparatus, using an alignment apparatus to obtain at least one absolute positional relationship between the position of at least the first field of the substrate and a part of the lithographic apparatus; and determining an absolute positional relationship between at least one field, other than the first field, and a part of the lithographic apparatus using the relative positional relationships and the at least one obtained absolute relationship.