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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. 28, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;

Inventors:

Boris Bittner, Roth, DE;

Norbert Wabra, Werneck, DE;

Martin von Hodenberg, Oberkochen, DE;

Sonja Schneider, Oberkochen, DE;

Ricarda Schoemer, Zusmarshausen, DE;

Ruediger Mack, Langenau, DE;

Assignee:

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/68 (2006.01); G03B 27/32 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/706 (2013.01); G02B 27/0043 (2013.01); G02B 27/0068 (2013.01); G03F 7/705 (2013.01); G03F 7/70258 (2013.01); G03F 7/70266 (2013.01); G03F 7/70533 (2013.01); G03F 7/70891 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aberrations of a projection lens for microlithography can be subdivided into two classes: a first class of aberrations, which are distinguished by virtue of the fact that their future size increases by a non-negligible value after a constant time duration, independently of their current size, and a second class of aberrations, which, after reaching a threshold, only increase by a negligible value after each further time duration. An adjustment method is proposed, which adjusts these two classes of aberrations in parallel in time with one another.


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