Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Methods
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-04
2011-01-04
Kim, Peter B (Department: 2882)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Methods
Reexamination Certificate
active
07864301
ABSTRACT:
An illumination source is optimized by changing the intensity and shape of the illumination source to form an image in the image plane that maximizes the minimum ILS at user selected fragmentation points while forcing the intensity at the fragmentation points to be within a small intensity range. An optimum mask may be determined by changing the magnitude and phase of the diffraction orders to form an image in the image plane that maximizes the minimum ILS at user selected fragmentation points while forcing the intensity at the fragmentation points to be within a small intensity range. Primitive rectangles having a size set to a minimum feature size of a mask maker are assigned to the located minimum and maximum transmission areas ad centered at a desired location. The edges of the primitive rectangle are varied to match optimal diffraction orders O(m,n). The optimal CPL mask OCPL(x,y) is then formed.
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ASML Masktools B.V.
Kim Peter B
Liu Chia-how Michael
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
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