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Brevet US8027027 - Exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - Google Brevets
A lithographic projection apparatus includes a substrate table that holds a substrate, a projection system that projects a patterned beam of radiation onto the substrate, and a liquid confinement structure that confines a liquid in a space between the projection system and the substrate, the substrate,...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8027027?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8027027 - Exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
Numéro de publication US8027027 B2
Date de publication 27 sept. 2011
Autre référence de publication CN1802726A, CN100459036C, CN101436003A, CN101436003B, DE602004024782D1, EP1635382A1, EP1635382A4, EP1635382B1, EP2216685A2, EP2216685A3, EP2216685B1, EP2275869A2, EP2275869A3, EP2275869B1, EP2278401A2, EP2278401A3, EP2278401B1, US7321419, US7486385, US7812925, US7969557, US8018575, US8319941, US8436978, US8436979, US8692976, US8705001, US8717537, US8724085, US8767177, US8830445, US9001307, US9019473, US9025129, US9274437, US9551943, US20060114445, US20060132739, US20060132740, US20070064214, US20070211234, US20080002166, US20090190112, US20110025996, US20110025997, US20120008111, US20120200837, US20130215403, US20130229637, US20130250257, US20140211176, US20140211177, US20140293252, US20150198897, US20160202617, US20170123326, WO2004114380A1
Numéro de publication 11785716, 785716, US 8027027 B2, US 8027027B2, US-B2-8027027, US8027027 B2, US8027027B2
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US 8027027 B2
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Classification internationale G03B27/58, G03B27/42, G03F7/20
Classification coopérative G03F7/70341, G03F7/70725, G03F7/70758, G03F7/70225, G03F7/70333, Y10T29/49826, G03F7/70733, G03F7/70325, G03F7/70716, G03F7/70816, B82Y10/00
Classification européenne B82Y10/00, G03F7/70P2B, G03F7/70F22, G03F7/70N6, G03F7/70N4, G03F7/70F24