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G02B 17/08 (2006.01) G02B 21/18 (2006.01) G03F 7/20 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2112828
CATADIOPTRIC OPTICAL REDUCTION SYSTEM WITH HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A catadioptric optical reduction system for use in the photolithographic manufacture of semiconductors having a concave mirror operating near unit magnification, or close to a concentric condition. A lens group before the mirror provides only enough power to image the entrance pupil at infinity to the aperture stop at or near the concave mirror. A lens group after the mirror provides a larger proportion of reduction from object to image size, as well as projecting the aperture stop to an infinite exit pupil. An aspheric concave mirror is used to further reduce high order aberrations. The catadioptric optical reduction system provides a relatively high numerical aperture of 0.7 capable of patterning features smaller than 0.35 microns over a 26 x 5 millimeter field. The optical reduction system is thereby well adapted to a step and scan microlithographic exposure tool as used in semiconductor manufacturing. Several other embodiments combine glasses of different refracting power to widen the spectral bandwidth which can be achieved.
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Llp
Svg Lithography Systems Inc.
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