Patent ID: 7315032

Claim:
A lithographic apparatus, comprising: an illumination system configured to condition a beam of radiation; a support configured to support a patterning device, the patterning device configured to impart the beam with a pattern in its cross-section; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a mounting bracket configured to couple a second part of the apparatus to a first part of the apparatus, the mounting bracket comprising a first rigid part, a second rigid part, and an elastic part connecting the first and second rigid parts, the elastic part being less rigid than each of the rigid bracket parts, wherein a fixing mechanism is configured to fix the positions of the first rigid part and the second rigid part with respect to each other, and the fixing mechanism is configured to couple the first and second rigid parts of the mounting bracket substantially by form fixation.