Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Distortion introducing or rectifying
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-28
2007-08-28
Rutledge, D. (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Distortion introducing or rectifying
C355S053000, C355S055000, C355S077000, C430S022000, C430S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11000507
ABSTRACT:
A lithographic projection apparatus includes a measurement system for measuring changes in projection system aberrations with time, and a predictive control system for predicting variation of projection system aberrations with time on the basis of model parameters and for generating a control signal for compensating a time-varying property of the apparatus, such as the OVL values (X-Y adjustment) and the FOC values (Z adjustment) of a lens of the projection system for example. An inline model identification system is provided for estimating model parameter errors on the basis of projection system aberration values provided by the predictive control system and measured projection system aberration values provided by the measurement system, and an updating system utilizes the model parameter errors for updating the model parameters of the predictive control system in order to maintain the time-varying property within acceptable performance criteria.
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Akhssay M'Hamed
Baselmans Johannes Jacobus Matheus
Commissaris Franciscus Antonius Chrysogonus Marie
De Groot Simon
Jeunink Andre Bernardus
ASML Netherlands B.V.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
Rutledge D.
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