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Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method

US7423720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 2004
Grant dateSep 9, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70858
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.

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