Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
US8749756B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05G2/0094
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A lithographic apparatus is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate is disclosed. The lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system and an outlet connected to a pumping system to pump away gas from between an inner wall and outer wall of the illumination system or, if a radiation source is present, between the inner wall of the illumination system and an inner wall of the radiation source.
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