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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Jozef Maria Finders, Veldhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/32 (2006.01); G03C 5/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70558 (2013.01); G03F 7/705 (2013.01); G03F 7/70625 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of lithography in a lithographic apparatus configured to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, the method including: determining a dose sensitivity of at least part of the pattern at a plurality of values of a dose, wherein the dose sensitivity is not a monotonically increasing or monotonically decreasing function of the dose. A computer product including a processor, a memory and a storage device, wherein the storage device at least stores values of, or a function describing, a dose sensitivity of at least part of a lithographic pattern at a plurality of values of dose, wherein the dose sensitivity is not a monotonically increasing or monotonically decreasing function of the dose.


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