Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Illumination systems or details
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Fuller, Rodney (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Illumination systems or details
Reexamination Certificate
active
07130024
ABSTRACT:
An exposure apparatus includes an illumination optical system for illuminating an reticle using light from a light source, a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of the reticle onto a substrate, and a variable stop having an opening for regulating an illumination area on the substrate, said variable stop is arranged near a position conjugate with the substrate, wherein a position of the variable stop is variable along an optical axis of the illumination optical system or an optical axis of the projection optical system.
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Mori Ken-ichiro
Shinoda Ken-ichiro
Fuller Rodney
Morgan & Finnegan L.L.P.
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