Patent · US Expired

Wafer holding device in an exposure apparatus

US5220171A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateNov 1, 1991
Grant dateJun 15, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70875
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A substrate holding device includes a chuck having an attracting surface for holding a substrate, an inside space and an inside heat pipe structure provided in the inside space, the heat pipe structure removing generated heat by evaporation of a liquid medium; a temperature controlling block having a structure that allows flow of a temperature controlling medium therethrough, the temperature controlling block being thermally coupled to the attracting surface of the chuck through the heat pipe structure; and a stage for moving the chuck and the temperature controlling block as a unit, and for supporting the chuck through the temperature controlling block.

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