Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
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    发明授权
    Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method 有权
    平版印刷设备和器件制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US09182678B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-10

    申请号:US13543613

    申请日:2012-07-06

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    CPC分类号: G03F7/70341 G03B27/52

    摘要: A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The projection system has a final element. The apparatus also includes a barrier member surrounding a space between the projection system and, in use, the substrate, to define in part with the final element a reservoir for liquid. The barrier member is spaced from the final element to define a gap therebetween. The apparatus further includes a deformable seal between a radially outer surface of the final element and a radially outer surface of the barrier member. The deformable seal is configured to substantially prevent a gas from flowing past the seal towards or away from the reservoir of liquid.

    摘要翻译: 光刻设备包括被配置为将图案化的辐射束投影到基板的目标部分上的投影系统。 投影系统具有最终元素。 该装置还包括围绕投影系统之间的空间的屏障构件,并且在使用中包括基底,以部分地限定最终元件用于液体的储存器。 阻挡构件与最终元件间隔开,以在它们之间形成间隙。 该装置还包括在最终元件的径向外表面和阻挡构件的径向外表面之间的可变形密封件。 可变形密封件被构造成基本上防止气体流过密封件朝向或远离液体容器流动。