Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8570486
APP PUB NO 20120194790A1
SERIAL NO

13446687

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An immersion lithography apparatus includes a liquid supply system configured to supply a liquid to a space through which a beam of radiation passes, the liquid having an optical property that can be tuned by a tuner. The space may be located between the projection system and the substrate. The tuner is arranged to adjust one or more properties of the liquid such as the shape, composition, refractive index and/or absorptivity as a function of space and/or time in order to change the imaging performance of the lithography apparatus.

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ASML NETHERLANDS B VP O BOX 324 VELDHOVEN 5500 AH
CARL ZEISS SMT AGRUDOLF-EBER-STRASSE 2 OBERKOCHEN 73447

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Baselmans, Johannes Jacobus Matheus Oirschot, NL 163 4062
Graupner, Paul Aalen, DE 12 800
Loopstra, Erik Roelof Heeze, NL 325 13468
Mulkens, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Waalre, NL 213 10886
Streefkerk, Bob Tilburg, NL 201 10575

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