Patent ID: 6798491
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G03F

Abstract:
A lithographic device comprising:a base surface extending parallel to an X-direction and parallel to a Y-direction; first and second object holders each of which is moved over said base surface and is displaceable parallel to the X-direction and parallel to the Y-direction between a first position and a third position, the first position being included in an exposure section; and a displacement system that displaces the first object holder and the second object holder over the base surface, wherein the displacement system includes a first displacement unit and a second displacement unit to which the first object holder and the second object holder can be coupled alternately, the first displacement unit displacing the object holders between the third position and a second position which is located between the first position and the third position, and displacing the object holders from the second position to the third position, and the second displacement unit displacing the object holders between the second position and the first position, and displacing the object holders from the first position to the second position.