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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Kouichirou Tsujita, Utsunomiya, JP;
Axelrad Valery, Woodside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kouichirou Tsujita, Utsunomiya, JP;
Axelrad Valery, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute a method of determining a pattern of a mask and an effective light source distribution with which the mask is illuminated, both of which are used for an exposure apparatus including an illumination optical system which illuminates a mask with light from a light source and a projection optical system which projects a pattern of the mask onto a substrate.