Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Illumination systems or details
Patent
1993-02-22
1995-01-03
Wintercorn, Richard A.
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Illumination systems or details
355 53, G03B 2754, G03B 2742
Patent
active
053790901
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus includes an illumination system for illuminating a pattern formed on a mask with exposure light, a projection optical system for focusing and projecting an image of the mask pattern on a photosensitive substrate, and a stop member located on or near a plane having a Fourier transform relationship with a pattern surface of the mask. The illumination system has a variable optical member for setting variable the size of the exposure light passing through the plane having the Fourier transform relationship with the pattern surface of the mask. The stop member shields or reduces a portion near the central portion of the exposure light.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5121160 (1992-06-01), Sano et al.
Nikon Corporation
Wintercorn Richard A.
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