Abstract: An apparatus and method for photolithographic exposure of a substrate including an illumination source for providing light for producing an image on the substrate, a mask including a pattern for projection onto the substrate, a lens assembly for projecting the light through a plurality of lens channels onto the substrate and an actuator for moving the lens assembly in a plane parallel to the mask and the substrate for suppressing interference effects.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 1997
Date of Patent:
January 18, 2000
Assignee:
Hugle Lithography
Inventors:
Elmar Cullman, Reinhard Volkel, Karin M. Wells