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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Juraj Makarovic, Kosice-Barca, SK;
Rody Koops, Eindhoven, NL;
Tom Van Zutphen, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 41/00 (2006.01); G03B 27/58 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H02K 3/04 (2006.01); H02K 3/40 (2006.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70758 (2013.01); H02K 3/04 (2013.01); H02K 3/40 (2013.01); H02K 41/0354 (2013.01); H02K 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A positioning device includes a planar motor having a stator and a translator, one of the stator and the translator including a periodic magnet structure and another of the stator and the translator including at least one coil that is adapted to carry an electric current, wherein the coil includes a wound strip of sheet-like electrically conductive material, and wherein an edge of the coil is provided with a rounded profile.