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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200717564', 'Application No. 10186134', 'Application No. 10186153', 'Application No. 200503619', 'Application No. 04721260', 'Application No. 200480015978']

Brevet US8634057 - Apparatus and method for maintaining immersion fluid in the gap under the ... - Google Brevets
An immersion exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via an optical element and immersion liquid. A table mounts the substrate. A member is positionable under the optical element. A holding member is arranged to hold the member such that the member is located opposed to...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8634057?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8634057 - Apparatus and method for maintaining immersion fluid in the gap under the projection lens during wafer exchange in an immersion lithography machine
Numéro de publication US8634057 B2
Numéro de demande US 13/945,201
Autre référence de publication CN101002140A, CN101002140B, CN101980086A, CN101980086B, CN101980087A, CN101980087B, EP1616220A2, EP1616220A4, EP1616220B1, EP2613192A2, EP2613192A3, EP2613192B1, EP2613193A2, EP2613193A3, EP2613193B1, EP2613194A2, EP2613194A3, EP2613194B1, EP2613195A2, EP2613195A3, EP2613195B1, EP2618213A2, EP2618213A3, EP2618213B1, EP2887143A1, EP2887143B1, EP3141953A2, EP3141953A3, US7327435, US7372538, US7545479, US8035795, US8269944, US8351019, US8488100, US8514367, US8610875, US8848166, US8848168, US8879047, US9081298, US9329493, US9500960, US20060023186, US20060033894, US20070195300, US20070216886, US20070247602, US20070252965, US20070273857, US20080074634, US20100203455, US20110025999, US20110026000, US20130301020, US20130301021, US20130301022, US20130308107, US20150268563, US20160238948, WO2004090577A2, WO2004090577A3
Numéro de publication 13945201, 945201, US 8634057 B2, US 8634057B2, US-B2-8634057, US8634057 B2, US8634057B2
Citations de brevets (454), Citations hors brevets (232), Classifications (13), Événements juridiques (1)
US 8634057 B2
moving a member, which is capable of maintaining the immersion liquid below the optical element and which is locatable away from below the optical element when the substrate is opposite to the optical element, to be opposed to the optical element in place of the substrate;
In photolithography systems, when linear motors (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,623,853 or 5,528,118 which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties) are used in the wafer stage assembly or the reticle stage assembly, the linear motors can be either an air levitation type employing air bearings or a magnetic levitation type using Lorentz force or reactance force. Additionally, the stage could move along a guide, or it could be a guileless type stage that uses no guide.
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161 Nikon Corporation, Immersion Lithography Workshop, Dec. 11, 2002, 24 pages. (slides 1-24).
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Classification internationale G03B27/52, G03B27/42, G03B27/32, G02B, G03F7/20, G03B27/58