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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2006
Applicants:

Marcus Adrianus Van DE Kerkhof, Helmond, NL;

Haico Victor Kok, Eindhoven, NL;

Borgert Kruizinga, Zoetermeer, NL;

Timotheus Franciscus Sengers, s-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Bearrach Moest, Eindhoven, NL;

Marc Antonius Maria Haast, Eindhoven, NL;

Peter Werner Weissbrodt, Weimar, DE;

Manfred Helmut Gustav Wilhelm Johannes Schrenk, Kahla, DE;

Torsten Harzendorf, Jena, DE;

Inventors:

Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Helmond, NL;

Haico Victor Kok, Eindhoven, NL;

Borgert Kruizinga, Zoetermeer, NL;

Timotheus Franciscus Sengers, s-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Bearrach Moest, Eindhoven, NL;

Marc Antonius Maria Haast, Eindhoven, NL;

Peter Werner Weissbrodt, Weimar, DE;

Manfred Helmut Gustav Wilhelm Johannes Schrenk, Kahla, DE;

Torsten Harzendorf, Jena, DE;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); H01J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A sensor for use at substrate level in a high numerical aperture lithographic apparatus, the sensor having a transparent plate that covers a sensing element and includes elements that improve coupling of radiation into the sensing element. The improved coupling elements include a flowing liquid medium disposed between the transparent plate and the sensing element.


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