Patent ID: 7738081

Claim:
A lithographic apparatus, comprising: a system configured to provide a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table comprising a first support surface configured to support a substrate and a first plurality of grooves disposed on the first support surface; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; and a single support stage substrate handler including a first end and a second end that positions the substrate with respect to the substrate table and loads at the first end and/or unloads at the second end the substrate on/from the substrate table, the substrate handler comprising a second support surface configured to support the substrate in a support plane, a conveyor device that moves the substrate in a direction substantially parallel to the support plane, the conveyor device comprising, a gripping device that moves the substrate in the direction, wherein the gripping device comprises a plurality of movable vacuum fingers located in a respective second plurality of grooves disposed on the second support surface, the second plurality of grooves aligned with the respective first plurality of grooves such that the movable vacuum fingers extend into the respective first plurality of grooves when the substrate is loaded and/or unloaded on/from the substrate table.