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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2004', 'Application No. 09920027510', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 2006', 'Application No. 04746097', 'Application No. 200505829', 'Application No. 2005', 'Application No. 200717576', 'Application No. 2004', 'Application No. 200717561', 'Application No. 04746097', 'Application No. 098115103', 'Application No. 200580002269', 'Application No. 2012', 'Application No. 099136459', 'Application No. 03777352', 'Application No. 200580002269', 'Application No. 200580002269', 'Application No. 098146230', 'Application No. 200380105467', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 10185953', 'Application No. 10185992', 'Application No. 05704182', 'Application No. 04721260', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 200605084', 'Application No. 170735', 'Application No. 200580002269', 'Application No. 200580002269', 'Application No. 2011', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 2011', 'Application No. 2011', 'Art. 94', 'Application No. 04', 'Application No. 200605084', 'Application No. 09015888', 'Application No. 200717564', 'Application No. 10186134', 'Application No. 10186140', 'Application No. 10186153', 'Application No. 200503619', 'Application No. 04721260', 'Application No. 200480015978', 'Application No. 200480015978', 'Application No. 94103146']

Brevet US8610875 - 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. The apparatus includes a substrate stage having a table and a member. The table mounts the substrate and is configured to maintain the immersion liquid below the optical element...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8610875?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8610875 - 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 US8610875 B2
Numéro de demande US 13/945,407
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, US8634057, 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 13945407, 945407, US 8610875 B2, US 8610875B2, US-B2-8610875, US8610875 B2, US8610875B2
Citations de brevets (445), Citations hors brevets (222), Classifications (14), Événements juridiques (1)
US 8610875 B2
An immersion exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via an optical element and immersion liquid. The apparatus includes a substrate stage having a table and a member. The table mounts the substrate and is configured to maintain the immersion liquid below the optical element when located opposed to the optical element. The member is configured to maintain the immersion liquid below the optical element when located opposed to the optical element. The substrate stage is configured such that, when the table is located opposed to the optical element, the table and the member are movable relative to the optical element in a state in which a surface of the table and a surface of the member are arranged adjacent to each other so that the immersion liquid below the optical element is thereby transferred from the table to the member.
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Classification aux États-Unis 355/53, 355/72, 355/77, 355/30
Classification internationale G02B, G03F7/20, G03B27/58, G03B27/42, G03B27/32
Classification coopérative G03F7/70725, G03F7/70341, G03F7/70733, G03B27/52, G03F7/70716