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Exposure apparatus, semiconductor device, and photomask

US6611317B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 2001
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70958
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus, wherein at least one of optical members constituting an exposure light source system, an illuminating optical system, a photomask and a projection optical system, is made of a synthetic quartz glass for an optical member, which has an absorption coefficient of 0.70 cm−1 or less at a wavelength of 157 nm and an infrared absorption peak attributable to SiOH stretching vibration at about 3640 cm−1.

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