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Lithographic apparatus and method involving a ring to cover a gap between a substrate and a substrate table

US8634052B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 27, 2007
Grant dateJan 21, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70341
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lithographic apparatus that includes a substrate table holding a substrate, a projection system configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto the substrate, a liquid supply system configured to provide a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate table, and a ring located such that it covers a gap between the substrate and the substrate table, the ring being in contact with the substrate and with the substrate table.

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