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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/54 (2006.01); G03B 27/72 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70191 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G02B 26/0841 (2013.01); G03F 7/70058 (2013.01); G03F 7/70116 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a light modulator which includes a modulator substrate and an array of mirrors that are supported by the modulator substrate. At least some adjacent mirrors partly overlap. The light modulator further comprises a plurality of actuators that are supported by the modulator substrate and are configured to tilt the mirrors individually.