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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Pieter Willem Herman De Jager, Rotterdam, NL;
Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Deurne, NL;
Jozef Petrus Henricus Benschop, Veldhoven, NL;
Cheng-Qun Gui, Best, NL;
Johannes Onvlee, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Erwin John Van Zwet, Pijnacker, NL;
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
In an embodiment, a lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a modulator configured to expose an exposure area of the substrate to a plurality of beams modulated according to a desired pattern and a projection system configured to project the modulated beams onto the substrate. The modulator may be moveable with respect the exposure area and/or the projection system may have an array of lenses to receive the plurality of beams, the array of lenses moveable with respect to the exposure area.