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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Joeri Lof, Eindhoven, NL;

Erik Theodorus Maria Bijlaart, Rosmalen, NL;

Roelof Aeilko Siebrand Ritsema, Eindhoven, NL;

Frank Van Schaik, Eindhoven, NL;

Timotheus Franciscus Sengers, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Klaus Simon, Eindhoven, NL;

Joannes Theodoor DE Smit, Eindhoven, NL;

Arie Jeffrey Maria Den Boef, Waalre, NL;

Hans Butler, Best, NL;

Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Veldhoven, NL;

Marcus Adrianus Van DE Kerkhof, Helmond, NL;

Aleksey Yurievich Kolensnychenko, Helmond, NL;

Mark Kroon, Utrecht, NL;

Erik Roelof Loopstra, Heeze, NL;

Hendricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Veldhoven, NL;

Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Duizel, NL;

Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Waalre, NL;

Joost Jeroen Ottens, Veldhoven, NL;

Alexander Straaijer, Eindhoven, NL;

Bob Streefkerk, Tilburg, NL;

Helmar Van Santen, Amsterdam, NL;

Inventors:

Joeri Lof, Eindhoven, NL;

Erik Theodorus Maria Bijlaart, Rosmalen, NL;

Roelof Aeilko Siebrand Ritsema, Eindhoven, NL;

Frank Van Schaik, Eindhoven, NL;

Timotheus Franciscus Sengers, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Klaus Simon, Eindhoven, NL;

Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Eindhoven, NL;

Arie Jeffrey Maria Den Boef, Waalre, NL;

Hans Butler, Best, NL;

Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Veldhoven, NL;

Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Helmond, NL;

Aleksey Yurievich Kolensnychenko, Helmond, NL;

Mark Kroon, Utrecht, NL;

Erik Roelof Loopstra, Heeze, NL;

Hendricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Veldhoven, NL;

Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Duizel, NL;

Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Waalre, NL;

Joost Jeroen Ottens, Veldhoven, NL;

Alexander Straaijer, Eindhoven, NL;

Bob Streefkerk, Tilburg, NL;

Helmar Van Santen, Amsterdam, NL;

Assignee:

ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70341 (2013.01); G03F 7/7085 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exposure apparatus including a movable table, a member, movably separate from the table and located on a top surface of the table, to provide a surface substantially co-planar with a top surface of an object in or on the table, a projection system configured to project a radiation beam onto a radiation-sensitive target portion of a substrate, and a liquid supply system configured to provide a liquid to a space between the projection system and the object.


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