LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid supply system for hooking a liquid meniscus at a predetermined position in a space between the final element and the substrate of a projection system. SOLUTION: Disclosed is a liquid immersion system used for a liquid immersion lithography in which a liquid...

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Hauptverfasser: LIEBREGTS PAULUS MARTINUS MARIA, MONDT EVA, STEFFENS KOEN, RIEPEN MICHEL, BERKVENS PAUL PETRUS JOANNES, BRANDS GERT-JAN GERARDUS JOHANEES THOMAS, CHRISTIAAN ALEXANDER HOOGENDAM, SIMONS WILHELMUS FRANCISCUS JOHANNES, DIREKS DANIEL JOSEPH MARIA, LEMPENS HAN HENRICUS ALDEGONDA, VAN DER HAM RONALD
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid supply system for hooking a liquid meniscus at a predetermined position in a space between the final element and the substrate of a projection system. SOLUTION: Disclosed is a liquid immersion system used for a liquid immersion lithography in which a liquid meniscus between the liquid immersion system and its substrate is substantially hooked at a predetermined position by meniscus hook formation. The meniscus hook formation has a plurality of discrete outlets arranged in polygonal shape. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT