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Positioning device with a vibration-free object table, and lithographic device provided with such a positioning device

US5844666A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateMay 2, 1996
Grant dateDec 1, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/709
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A positioning device with a drive unit with which an object table is displaceable over a guide which is fastened to a first frame thereof. A stationary part of the drive unit is fastened to a second frame thereof and dynamically isolated from the first frame while a reaction force of the object table arising from a driving force exerted by the drive unit on the object table is transmittable exclusively into the second frame.

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