Patent ID: 9366972
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G03F

Claim Text:
1. A lithographic apparatus comprising: a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of a substrate; a substrate table configured to hold the substrate; an edge seal member configured to at least partly surround an edge of at least one of said substrate and an object positioned on said substrate table, and a liquid supply system configured to provide a liquid in a space between a final element of said projection system and said at least one of said substrate and said object, wherein said substrate table comprises a hydrophobic layer adjacent an edge portion of said edge seal member and adjacent said at least one of said substrate and said object, said hydrophobic layer arranged to face an opposite side of said edge seal member to said projection system and to face an opposite side of said at least one of said substrate and said object to said projection system.