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Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method

US7180575B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2005
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70291
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting a multigradation pattern onto an object, a spatial modulation element that includes plural, two-dimensionally arranged pixels, and forms an optical image by binary control over each pixel, and a superposing optical system for forming the multigradation pattern by superposing the optical images for each row and/or for each column.

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