Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Illumination systems or details
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-07
2009-08-25
Nguyen, Hung Henry (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Illumination systems or details
C355S053000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07580115
ABSTRACT:
An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate by scanning a reticle and the substrate relative to each other includes a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of the reticle onto the substrate, and a field stop configured to define a slit-shaped exposure area, and to change a length of the exposure area in a scanning direction in accordance with a change of a length of the exposure area in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Nguyen Hung Henry
Rossi Kimms & McDowell LLP
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