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Liquid filled lens element, lithographic apparatus comprising such an element and device manufacturing method

US8237912B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMar 8, 2011
Grant dateAug 7, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A lens element, for use in a projection system, includes a concave side. The lens element further includes a membrane and a nozzle, the membrane at least covering the concave side of the lens element. The nozzle is arranged for supplying and/or removing a liquid and/or a gas in between the concave side and the membrane.

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