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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Tjarko Adriaan Rudolf Van Empel, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcel Hendrikus Maria Beems, Veldhoven, NL;
Emiel Jozef Melanie Eussen, Eindhoven, NL;
Tjarko Adriaan Rudolf Van Empel, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcel Hendrikus Maria Beems, Veldhoven, NL;
Emiel Jozef Melanie Eussen, Eindhoven, NL;
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A lithographic apparatus includes a position measurement system to determine along a measurement path a position of a first part of the lithographic apparatus with respect to a position of a second part of the lithographic apparatus. The position determination system comprises a plurality of temperature sensors to measure a temperature of a medium along the measurement path. The position measurement system corrects the determined position making use of the temperature as measured by the temperature sensors.