Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
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Application No.: US12541755Application Date: 2009-08-14
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Publication No.: US08446563B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper , Henrikus Herman Marie Cox , Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders , Roelof Frederik De Graaf , Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam , Nicolaas Ten Kate , Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders , Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens , Frits Van Der Meulen , Joost Jeroen Ottens , Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen , Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn , Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen , Marco Polizzi , Edwin Augustinus Matheus Van Gompel , Johannes Petrus Maria Smeulers , Stefan Philip Christiaan Belfroid , Herman Vogel
- Applicant: Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper , Henrikus Herman Marie Cox , Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders , Roelof Frederik De Graaf , Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam , Nicolaas Ten Kate , Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders , Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens , Frits Van Der Meulen , Joost Jeroen Ottens , Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen , Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn , Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen , Marco Polizzi , Edwin Augustinus Matheus Van Gompel , Johannes Petrus Maria Smeulers , Stefan Philip Christiaan Belfroid , Herman Vogel
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.,ASML Holding N.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.,ASML Holding N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G03B27/42
- IPC: G03B27/42 ; G03B27/52
Abstract:
A porous member is used in a liquid removal system of an immersion lithographic projection apparatus to smooth uneven flows. A pressure differential across the porous member may be maintained at below the bubble point of the porous member so that a single-phase liquid flow is obtained. Alternatively, the porous member may be used to reduce unevenness in a two-phase flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090303455A1 LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2009-12-10
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