Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Illumination systems or details
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-20
2009-11-24
Kim, Peter B (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Illumination systems or details
C355S071000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07623219
ABSTRACT:
An exposure method for exposing a pattern of a reticle which has a patterned area that has the pattern, and a light shielding area provided around the patterned area, said exposure method includes the step of illuminating the reticle via an illumination optical system that includes a field stop, wherein a position corresponding to an edge of an aperture in the field stop is closer to the patterned area than a center of a width of the light shielding area on the reticle, the aperture defining a region for illuminating the reticle.
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patent: 2000-252193 (2000-09-01), None
patent: 2005-031287 (2005-02-01), None
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Kim Peter B
Rossi Kimms & McDowell LLP
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