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Illumination system with field mirrors for producing uniform scanning energy

US6770894B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2000
Grant dateAug 3, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21K1/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to an illumination system for scanning lithography with wavelengths ≦193 nm, particularly EUV lithography, for the illumination of a slit. The illumination system includes a light source, and a field lens group. The field lens group is shaped so that an illuminated field is distorted in a plane of a reticle perpendicular to a scanning direction.

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