Patent ID: 7589820

Claim:
A lithographic apparatus comprising: an illumination system which provides a beam of radiation; a support structure which holds a patterning device; a substrate table which holds a substrate; a projection system which projects the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system which provides an immersion liquid to a space between the substrate and the projection system such that only a localized area of the substrate is covered by the immersion liquid, the localized area having a size which is smaller than that of a surface of the substrate on which the localized area is formed; an inlet which supplies the immersion liquid, the inlet not being provided on the substrate table; and a first outlet which removes the immersion liquid, the first outlet being provided on the substrate table to be positioned adjacent to a periphery of the substrate; and a second outlet which removes the immersion liquid, the second outlet being provided on the substrate table to be positioned on an outer side of the first outlet with respect to the substrate, wherein no seal is provided to constrain the immersion liquid in the space.