Patent ID: 9606429
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B01D,G03B,G03F

Claim:
1. A lithographic apparatus comprising: a projection system configured to project a radiation beam onto a radiation-sensitive substrate; a movable table; and a fluid handling structure arranged to remove a fluid comprising a combination of liquid and gas, the fluid handling structure comprising a barrier member arranged to at least partly confine a liquid to a space between the movable table and the projection system, the barrier member comprising an opening through which the fluid is removed and a phase separator, internal to the barrier member and downstream of the opening, configured to separate at least part of the gas of the removed fluid from the liquid of the removed fluid within the barrier member, the phase separator comprising a gas discharge channel and a liquid discharge channel, wherein an opening of the gas discharge channel or the liquid discharge channel faces toward the table.