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Compact image projection apparatus

US4171870A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 6, 1977
Grant dateOct 23, 1979
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Expiry dateMay 6, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70358
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A compact image projection apparatus comprises a concave spherical mirror, a plano-convex lens, a quarter wave plate and two prisms one of which is a roof prism. The apparatus is such that object and image have the same orientation and are positioned in two parallel planes. The apparatus is located, for example, between a mask and a semiconductor wafer in a scanning projection printing system.

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