Illumination optical unit for a metrology system and metrology system comprising such an illumination optical unit

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PATENT NO 9904060
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14311420

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An illumination optical unit serves for illuminating objects to be examined by a metrology system. The illumination optical unit has an optical pupil shaping assembly for generating a defined distribution of illumination angles of illumination light over an object field in which an object to be examined can be arranged. An optical field shaping assembly for generating a defined intensity distribution of the illumination light over the object field is disposed downstream of the pupil shaping assembly in the beam path of the illumination light. The field shaping assembly has at least one optical field shaping element arranged in the region of a pupil plane of the illumination optical unit. This results in an illumination optical unit which ensures an illumination which can be set in a defined manner with regard to an intensity distribution and an illumination angle distribution over the entire object field.

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CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH73447 OBERKOCHEN

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Doering, Dirk Erfurt-Hochheim, DE 13 29
Frank, Thomas Saalfeld, DE 52 393
Laengle, Mario Jena, DE 11 28
Matejka, Ulrich Jena, DE 29 77
Seitz, Holger Jena, DE 15 78

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