Abstract: A liquid supply system for an immersion lithographic apparatus provides a laminar flow of immersion liquid between a final element of the projection system and a substrate. A control system minimizes the chances of overflowing and an extractor includes an array of outlets configured to minimize vibrations.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 22, 2011
Publication date:
January 12, 2012
Applicant:
ASML NETERLANDS B.V.
Inventors:
Marcel Beckers, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper, Ferdy Migchelbrink, Elmar Evers