Patent ID: 8610093

Claim:
A maskless lithography system for producing a pattern on a substrate in a vacuum environment, the maskless lithography system comprising: a writer for generating patterned electron beams, the writer comprising a plurality of light-sensitive areas configured to receive modulated light signals representing the pattern to be produced on the substrate; a plurality of individually controllable light sources; one or more computer systems configured to control the light sources for providing the modulated light signals; a plurality of optical fibers for transporting the modulated light signals from the light sources to the plurality of light-sensitive areas; a stage configured to move the substrate in a movement direction Ss; wherein the writer further comprises a plurality of electrostatic deflectors for simultaneously scanning the patterned electron beams in a scan direction Sm substantially perpendicular to the movement direction Ss, wherein the electrostatic deflectors and the stage are further configured to respectively scan and move in tandem and thereby define continuous paths for patterning the substrate by means of the patterned electron beams.