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Brevet US9244363 - Environmental system including a transport region for an immersion ... - Google Brevets
An immersion lithography apparatus includes (i) an optical assembly including an optical element, and configured to project a beam onto a substrate through an immersion liquid; (ii) a containment member that surrounds a path of the beam; and (iii) a stage on which the substrate is held, the substrate...http://www.google.fr/patents/US9244363?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US9244363 - Environmental system including a transport region for an immersion lithography apparatus
Numéro de publication US9244363 B2
Numéro de demande US 14/463,066
Date de dépôt 19 août 2014
Autre référence de publication CN101813892A, CN101813892B, EP1611486A2, EP1611486A4, EP1611486B1, EP3062152A1, US7251017, US7345742, US7929110, US7929111, US7965376, US7969552, US8830443, US9632427, US20060023182, US20070139631, US20070252961, US20070252962, US20070258062, US20080030704, US20110235007, US20140354967, US20160085160, US20170219940, WO2004092833A2, WO2004092833A3
Numéro de publication 14463066, 463066, US 9244363 B2, US 9244363B2, US-B2-9244363, US9244363 B2, US9244363B2
Inventeurs W. Thomas Novak, Andrew J. Hazelton, Michael Sogard
Citations de brevets (271), Citations hors brevets (137), Référencé par (1), Classifications (6), Événements juridiques (1)
US 9244363 B2
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Classification internationale G03B27/42, G03F, G03F7/20