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2006-01-10
10/787,809
2004-02-25
US 6,985,286 B2
2006-01-10
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Mohammad Sikder
2024-02-25
A projection exposure lens system has an object side catadioptric system, and intermediate image and a refractive lens system. The refractive lens system from its intermediate image side and in the direction of its image plane has a first lens group of positive refractive power, a second lens group of negative refractive power, a third lens group of positive refractive power, a fourth lens group of negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group of positive refractive power.
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Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below for use with infra-red or ultra-violet radiation
This is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/079,964, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,717,722, filed on Feb. 20, 2002, of the same inventors. The present Continuation Application claims the benefits of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/079,964 under 35 USC 120. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/079,964 is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/364,382 filed on Jul. 29, 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,496,306), of the same inventors, which claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/094,579 under 35 USC 119(e). U.S. Provisional Application 60/094,579 was filed on Jul. 29, 1998.
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The present invention relates to a projection exposure lens in a projection exposure apparatus such as a wafer scanner or a wafer stepper used to manufacture semiconductor elements or other microstructure devices by photolithography and, more particularly, to a catadioptric projection optical lens with an object side catadioptric system, an intermediate image and a refractive lens system for use in such a projection exposure apparatus.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,779,966 to Friedman gives an early example of such a lens, however the catadioptric system being arranged on the image side. Its development starting from the principle of a Schupmann achromat is described. It is an issue of this patent to avoid a second lens material, consequently all lenses are of fused silica. Light source is not specified, band width is limited to 1 nm.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,052,763 to Singh (EP 0 475 020) is another example. Here it is relevant that odd aberrations are substantially corrected separately by each subsystem, wherefore it is preferred that the catadioptric system is a 1:1 system and no lens is arranged between the object and the first deflecting mirror. A shell is placed between the first deflecting mirror and the concave mirror in a position more near to the deflecting mirror. All examples provide only fused silica lenses. NA is extended to 0.7 and a 248 nm excimer laser or others are proposed. Line narrowing of the laser is proposed as sufficient to avoid chromatic correction by use of different lens materials.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,691,802 to Takahashi is another example, where a first optical element group having positive refracting power between the first deflecting mirror and the concave mirror is requested. This is to reduce the diameter of the mirror, and therefore this positive lens is located near the first deflecting mirror. All examples show a great number of CaF2 lenses.
EP 0 736 789 A to Takahashi is an example, where it is requested that between the first deflecting mirror and the concave mirror three lens groups are arranged, with plus minus plus refractive power, also with the aim of reducing the diameter of the concave mirror. Therefore, the first positive lens is located rather near to the first reflecting mirror. Also many CaF2 lenses are used for achromatization.
DE 197 26 058 A to Omura describes a system where the catadioptric system has a reduction ratio of 0.75</Ξ²1/<0.95 and a certain relation for the geometry of this system is fulfilled as well. Also many CaF2 lenses are used for achromatization.
For purely refractive lenses of microlithography projection exposure system a lens design where the light beam is twice widened strongly is well know, see e.g. Glatzel, E., Zeiss-Information 26 (1981), No. 92 pages 8β13. A recent example of such a projection lens with +β+β+ lens groups is given in EP 0 770 895 to Matsuzawa and Suenaga.
The refractive partial objectives of the known catadioptric lenses of the generic type of the invention, however show much simpler constructions.
The contents of these documents are incorporated herein by reference. They give background and circumstances of the system according to the invention.
The contents of these documents are incorporated herein by reference. They given background and circumstances of the system according to the invention.
It is an object of the present invention to obtain a catadioptric optical system of new construction principles allowing for large numerical aperture, large image field, sufficient laser bandwidth, solid and stable construction, which takes into account the present limitations on availability of CaF2 in quantity and quality. This holds for a DUV projection lens and gives the basis for a one material only lens for VUV (157 nm).
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a projection exposure lens according to the invention.
Advantageous versions are obtained when including features of the invention.
An advantageous projection exposure apparatus of claim 29 is obtained by incorporating a projection exposure lens according to the invention into a known apparatus.
A method of producing microstructured devices by lithography according to the invention is characterized by the use of a projection exposure apparatus according to the the invention.
The present invention will be more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings, which are given by way of illustration only and are not to be considered as limiting the present invention. Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of an exposure apparatus to which a catadioptric optical system according to the present invention can be applied;
FIG. 2 is a section view of the lens arrangement of a first embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a section view of the lens arrangement of a second embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a section view of the lens arrangement of a third embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a section view of the lens arrangement of a fourth embodiment;
FIG. 6a is a section view of the lens arrangement of a fifth embodiment;
FIG. 6b is a representation of an imaging error of the fifth embodiment;
FIG. 7 is a schematic section view of part of the lens arrangement of a sixth embodiment.
The projection exposure apparatus as schematically shown in FIG. 1 includes an excimer laser light source 1 with an arrangement 11 moderately narrowing bandwidth. An illumination system 2 produces a large field, sharply limited and illuminated very homogeneously, which matches the telecentricity requirements of the projection lens, and with an illumination mode to choice. Such mode may be conventional illumination of variable degree of coherence, annular or quadrupole illumination.
A mask 3 is displaced in the illuminated area by a mask holding and handling system 31, which includes the scanning drive in case of a wafer scanner projection exposure apparatus. Subsequently follows the catadioptric projection exposure lens 4, according to the invention to be described in detail subsequently.
This lens 4 produces a reduced scale image of the mask 3 on a wafer 5. The wafer 5 is held, handled and eventually scanned by unit 51.
All systems are controlled by control unit 6. Such unit and the method of its use is known in the art of microlithographic projection exposure.
However, for exposure of structures in the regime of about 0.2 ΞΌm and less resolution at high throughput there is a demand for various projection exposure lenses capable to be operated at 193 nm, eventually also at 248 nm or 157 nm excimer laser wavelengths with reasonably available bandwidths (e.g. 15 pm at 193 nm), at high image side numerical aperature of 0.65 to 0.8 or more with reasonably large rectangular or circular scanning image fields of e.g. 7Γ20 to 10Γ30 mm2.
Catadioptric systems of the type cited above are in principle suitable for this.
However, according to the invention a number of measures and features have been found to improve these systems.
The example shown in the sectional view of FIG. 2 has the lens data given in Table 1 and makes use only of fused silica lenses. As only one lens material is used, this design can easily be adapted for other wavelengths as 248 nm or 157 nm.
The intermediate image IMI is freely accessible, so that it is easily possible to insert a field stops. The aperture stop AP is located between lens surfaces 239 and 240 and is also well accessible.
The deflecting mirrors DM1 and DM2 in the catadioptric system CS are defined in their geometry by the demands of separation of the light beams to and from the concave mirror 209 and of clearance from lens 201, 202. It is advantageous that the mirror angle of mirror DM1 differs from 45Β°, such that the beam deflection angle is greater than 90Β°. This helps to ascertain large free working distance as well as wide clearance for the light beam relative to the first lens element 201, 202 and also gives full clearance of the lens barrel of the catadioptric systems CS from the object plane 0.
The arrangement of the two deflection mirrors DM1, DM2 allows for a straight optical axis and parallel situation of origin plane 0 and image plane IM, i.e. mask and wafer are parallel and can easily be scanned. However, one of the deflecting mirrors DM1, DM2 can be abandoned or eventually be replaced by a deflecting mirror in the refractive lens RL, e.g. in the air space between lens surfaces 225 and 226. It is also clear the deflecting mirrors can be replaced by other deflecting optical elements (as e.g. the prism in embodiment 6 or others).
A moderate positive lens 201, 202 is placed near the origin plane 0 in the single pass beam area. Its focal length is approximately equal to its distance from the concave mirror 209. This makes that the concave mirror 209 is situated in a pupil plane and thus the diameter required is minimized.
A second positive lens is located in the doubly passed area between the deflecting mirrors DM1, DM2 and the concave mirror 209. As the production conditions of concave mirrors of 200 mm to 300 mm diameter give no strong preference to smaller unitsβin contrast to lenses, namely such made from CaF2, where inhomogeneties etc. given strong limitationsβthere is no need to use this positive lens 203, 204 for reduction of the radius of the concave mirror 209. It is located nearer to the concave mirror 209 than to the first reflection mirror DM1 at a location where it serves best to minimize imaging errors.
The two negative menisci 205, 206; 207, 208 cooperate with the concave mirror 209 in a known manner, giving increased angles of incidence and stronger curvature, thus stronger correcting influence of the concave mirror 209.
It is significant, that the number of lenses in the doubly passed area of the catadoptric system CS is restricted to three, as here every lens counts doubly with respect to system energy transmission and wavefront quality degradationβwithout giving more degrees of freedom for correction.
Of a total reduction ratio of Ξ²=0.25 the catadioptric system CS delivers its part of Ξ²cs=1,008.
At the intermediate image plane IMI preferably a field stop FS is inserted, which reduces stray light favorably.
The refractive lens RL following to the intermediate image IMI is of more elaborate design than usual in the art. It is more of a quality as fully refractive projection exposure lenses of recent developments tend to be.
One can see that the five lens group design known from sophisticated refractive microlithography lens designs featuring two waists and three bellies with +β+β+ lens groups in this sequence is adopted. Though the first two bellies (lens surfaces 210 to 219, 224 to 227) are not very strongly expressed, the two waists W1, W2 are significantly established, each by a pair of negative menisci 220, 221; 222, 223 and 228, 229; 230, 231, whose convex surfaces face outwardly.
It is known that these lens groups at the waists W1, W2 as the others can be developed further by incorporating more lenses, e.g. to increase the numerical aperture or the image area.
From another point of view, the refractive lens RL is composed of a field lens group (lens surfaces 210 to 219) of positive power for turning the diverging chief ray into a converging chief ray, an image side positive focusing lens group (lens surfaces 232 to 251), which generates the required large numerical aperture, and intermediately arranged lens elements, which correct imaging errors, especially including sets of oppositely arranged negative menisci (w1, w2).
The β+ power doublets with surfaces 235 to 238 and 239 to 242 are the key to the wide spectral bandwidth at good correction of the chromatic variation in spherical aberration, which is the main residual aberration in these designs. It was found that the alternative arrangement there of +β power doublets gives much worse chromatic variation of spherical aberration. Here a value of 0, 35 ΞΌm is obtained at 15 pm laser bandwidth.
This example of FIG. 2 is suitable for printing microstructures at a resolution of less than 0.2 ΞΌm over an image field of 30Γ7 mm2 rectangle at 6 mm off axis, with an excimer laser source of 0.015 nm bandwidth.
FIG. 3 and Table 2 show a design variant. The catadioptric system CS remains very similar, however its reduction ratio now is less than unity at Ξ²cs=0.944.
In the refractive lens the second lens 212, 213 of FIG. 2 is abandoned, while the thick negative lens 245, 246 is split into three units 342, 343; 344, 345; 346, 347.
Also two lenses now are made of CaF2, namely the elements with the surfaces 342, 343 and 348, 349. Related to the diameter of the greatest lens 330, 331 of ca. 250 mm their diameters of ca. 205 mm and approx. 165 mm are less than 0.81 fold and 0.67 fold. Therefore, their dimension is not too great and effective production is ascertained.
Also they are arranged in the converging light beam in the fifth lens group after the third belly, near the image plane. They help with achromatization. The other features are quite similar as those of the example of FIG. 2, including e.g. the β+ power doublets 332 to 339.
FIG. 4 and table 3 show another example of a catadioptric lens according to the invention.
Now, the catadioptric system CS shows a major revision, as all lenses in the doubly passed region are combined into a single lens group next to the concave mirror 411. It includes the positive lens 403, 404 and three negative lenses 405 to 410. Change from two to three such negative lenses provides smoother increase of beam angles and thus optimizes correction. Thus, the construction of the lens barrel of the catadioptric system CS is simplified. The lenses 403 to 410 and the mirror 411 can be mounted in a compact unit of conventional construction as known from refractive projection exposure lenses. The long distance to the deflecting mirrors DM1, DM2 can be bridged by a thermally stable tubular body, e.g. made of fiber compound, glass ceramics or a bi-metal compound structure.
The positive lens 403, 404 now is made of fluorite (ca. 200 mm dia.), thus helping in achromatization. It is significant for the invention, that at most three to four lenses in total made of a second material are sufficient to provide good achromatization in this basic design.
The reduction ratio of the catadioptric system is Ξ²cs=0.931. The refractive lens system is constructed very similar to the one of table 2.
A fourth embodiment is given in FIG. 5 and table 4.
Now the catadioptric system CS again is free of any CaF2 element. Its principal construction with a compact unit of one positive (503, 504), three negative lenses (505β510) and the concave mirror 511 in one compact unit remains the same as in the third embodiment. The reduction ratio Ξ²cs is 0.961 in the most preferred range.
Also the refractive lens RL is of the same overall design as the before mentioned examples. However, the use of CaF2 lens elements has a novel character: While lens element 544, 545 in a known manner serves for achromatization, the reason for use of CaF2 in the two lenses 552, 553; 554, 555 next to the image plane IM is another one.
The reason for use of CaF2 here is the reduction of the βcompactionβ degradation effect which is rather strong with fused silica lenses at high light intensity and strong asymmetry (caused by narrow scanning image field) at 193 nm wavelength, but far less with CaF2 lenses (or other crystalline material).
With an overall lengthβobject 0 to image IMβof 1455 mm, a deviation off the axis of the concave mirror 511 of 590 mm, diameter of the concave mirror 511 of 250 mm, greatest lens diameter in the refractive lens system RL of 240 mm (at lens 534, 535) and diameters of the CaF2 lenses of 195 mm (544, 545), 135 mm (552, 553) and 85 mm (554, 555) the dimensions of this construction are very acceptable. At Lambda =193 nm, 15 pm band width, reduction ratio 0.25, numerical aperture of 0.7, an image field of 26Γ9 mm2 rectangular is imaged at a resolution of better than 0.20 ΞΌm.
A fifth embodiment is given in FIG. 6a and table 5. This is distinguished from embodiment 4 in that only the last two lenses C1, C2 (654, 655; 656, 657) are made of CaF2 with the aim of reduction of long-time degradation by compaction of fused silica under 193 nm radiation, but no CaF2 is used for the purpose of achromatization.
The catadioptric system CS consists of a field lens 601, 602 with a focal length fβ² related to its distance B to the concave mirror by fβ²/B=1.004.
Deflecting mirror DM1 deflects the optical axis. Its normal is tilted with respect to the optical axis by 50Β°. This gives better beam clearance from the field lens 601, 602 than the normal 45Β°.
The positive lens 603, 604 is combined with three negative lenses 605β610 and the concave mirror 611 into a compact unit. The distance DM1-603 is 432 MM, compared to the distance DM1-611 to the concave mirror of 597 mm; this is 72%.
The reduction ratio of the catadioptric system Ξ²cs 0.9608 lies in a preferable range near unity, where the achromatizing effect of the concave mirror is best exploited as well as other imaging errors (e.g. curvature of field) are kept small. The positive effect on Petzval sum is very good.
However, the concept of odd aberrations correction (Singh loc. cit.) is not adapted: At the intermediate image plane IMI the values of comaβ0.1724βand distortionββ0.0833βby far exceed good correction values, while at the final image plane IM coma (β0.00098) and distortion (β0.000115) are very well corrected, as other typical errors are.
A field stop FS at the intermediate image plane IMI advantageously cuts off disturbing stray light.
According to the invention the catadioptric system is designed with very few elements in compact arrangement for its function is focused on the implementation of the achromatizing and Petzval sum influence of the concave mirror 611.
Detailed correction is the realm of the refractive lens system RL. This is composed of a field lens group FL (surfaces 612 to 621) and a focusing lens group FG (surfaces 634 to 657). Correcting lens elements are inserted in between, including two pairs of opposing negative menisci 622β625 and 630β633. These form two beam waists W1, W2. Thus the +β+β+ five lens group design known from sophisticated refractive projection exposure lenses is established.
The focusing lens group FG hosts the system aperture AP as well as two β+ power lens groups PG1 and PG2 with the above-mentioned advantages.
No achromatizing CaF2 lens is provided, but as in embodiment 4 the two lenses C1, C2 (654β657) located next the image plane IM are made of CaF2 for the above mentioned reason of avoidance of compaction.
At a length of 0-IM of 1400 mm and a sideward deviation of 590 mm to the concave mirror 611, the diameter of the concave mirror 611 (and the neighboring lens 609, 610) is limited to 252 mm, while the largest lens 636, 637 of the refractive lens system RL has a diameter of 240 mm and the CaF2 lenses have only 130 mm (C1) and 85 mm (C2) diameter. Thus requirements of production to avoid extreme diameters are well fulfilled.
FIG. 6b shows the longitudinal spherical aberration and its chromatic variation at Lambda=193, 30 nmΒ±0.015 nm for this embodiment 5, which as before mentioned is the remnant imaging error limiting the performance of this system.
It can be seen that with a moderately narrowed excimer laser source of Lambda=193.3 nm with 15 pm band width a rectangular field of 26Γ9 mm can be imaged at a resolution of better than 0.2 ΞΌm.
A sixth embodiment is shown in FIG. 7 and table 6. Here, a deflecting prism DP is inserted for deflecting the light path towards the concave mirror 711.
Since the light rays inside the prism DP spread apart less than when they are in air (or nitrogen or helium), the field size can be increased by a certain amount without introducing any vignetting of the light rays by the prism edges. The importance of this design modification increases at higher numerical Aperture. Vignetting of rays limits how large a field size can be handled by the folding elements, and even a relatively small increase in field size is very desirableβfor a variety of reasons, including the possibility of shrinking all lens diameters for a given field required. It turns out not to be relevant to try this for the second flat mirror DM2. While FIG. 7 schematically shows the deflecting mirror region, exemplary lens data for a full system are given in table 6. This Prism arrangement can also help to extend the free working distance or to use other mirror angles (e.g. 45Β°).
Embodiment 7, for which design data are given in table 7, shows the possible extension of the image with side numerical aperture well beyond the 0.7 value of the other examples. The value of NA=0.8 is not yet limiting to this type of lens. The overall construction is as given in the other embodiments, thus no extra drawing is needed for explanation.
Embodiment 8 with lens data of table 8 gives a pure CaF2 deign for 157 nm wavelength as an example showing the possibilities of the inventive design for use with VUV wavelengths. The overall construction is very much like FIG. 6a.
Other combinations of claimed features than explicitly described above are within a scope of the invention.
The possibilities of the Schupman achromat for achromatization with only one lens material are fully exploited in embodiments 1 and 8. In consequence, this embodiment 8 presents the first 157 nm design of the Schupman achromat suitable for VUV lithography. Insertion of aspheres and consequent reduction of number and thickness of lenses will further optimize this.
A new aspect of using a second material in a lens for avoiding compaction is given in embodiments 4 to 7.
To simplify achromatization by use of a second material very few elements made from this are sufficient as embodiments 3, 4, 6 and 7 show.
Preferably the lenses between the deflecting elements and the concave mirror are arranged in a compact unit with the latter as in embodiments 3 to 8. All lenses are more distant from the deflecting elements than from the concave mirror, their minimal distances do not exceed their maximum thicknesses (both taken over the diameter), or the length of the compact unit does not exceed its diameter, at least not by more than 50%. The sophisticated design of the refractive lens system as presented allows for good correction at increased image side numerical apertures in the 0.65 to 0.85 range.
While examples are given for the scanning scheme of exposure, the invention as well is useful with step-and-repeat or stitching. Stitching allows for specifically smaller optics.
| TABLE 1 |
| Lambda = 193.3 nmβΞ² = 0.25βNA = 0.7 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 40.000 | |
| 201 | 433.823 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 202 | Infinity | 76.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | 286.798 | Angle 50.5Β° |
| 203 | 371.257 | 25.000 | SIO2 |
| 204 | 855.824 | 216.212 | |
| 205 | β242.813 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 206 | β957.702 | 29.987 | |
| 207 | β191.563 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 208 | β420.744 | 12.000 | |
| 209 | 267.741 | Reflector | |
| (203) | 281.798 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 141.534 | Angle 39.5Β° |
| 210 | 341.605 | 45.000 | SIO2 |
| 211 | β302.390 | 0.266 | |
| 212 | β314.725 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 213 | β535.921 | 21.847 | |
| 214 | β293.712 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 215 | 242.074 | 2.808 | |
| 216 | 253.649 | 50.000 | SIO2 |
| 217 | β418.716 | 1.000 | |
| 218 | 387.621 | 32.000 | SIO2 |
| 219 | Infinity | 23.536 | |
| 220 | 338.439 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 221 | 180.073 | 56.252 | |
| 222 | β200.452 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 223 | β406.872 | 1.000 | |
| 224 | 830.485 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 225 | β406.246 | 137.396 | |
| 226 | 564.466 | 32.000 | SIO2 |
| 227 | β1292.800 | 1.000 | |
| 228 | 288.764 | 22.000 | SIO2 |
| 229 | 169.297 | 57.016 | |
| 230 | β189.642 | 28.572 | SIO2 |
| 231 | β398.135 | 81.777 | |
| 232 | β476.268 | 32.000 | SIO2 |
| 233 | β238.618 | 1.000 | |
| 234 | 505.684 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 235 | 259.770 | 13.056 | |
| 236 | 455.638 | 38.000 | SIO2 |
| 237 | β469.418 | 1.000 | |
| 238 | 236.178 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 239 = AP | 145.030 | 2.543 | |
| 240 | 149.636 | 45.000 | SIO2 |
| 241 | 1347.200 | 1.000 | |
| 242 | 138.086 | 29.000 | SIO2 |
| 243 | 273.919 | 16.837 | |
| 244 | β2450.800 | 36.643 | SIO2 |
| 245 | 114.868 | 12.598 | |
| 246 | 183.269 | 33.000 | SIO2 |
| 247 | β427.093 | 0.100 | |
| 248 | 119.177 | 56.567 | SIO2 |
| 249 | 352.582 | 0.100 | |
| 250 | 176.817 | 42.544 | SIO2 |
| 251 | β263.402 | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| TABLE 2 |
| Lambda = 193.3 nmβΞ² = β0.25βNA = 0.7 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 40.000 | |
| 301 | 501.959 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 302 | 6701.736 | 83.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | Angle 53.00Β° | |
| 303 | β477.089 | SIO2 | |
| 304 | β5445.982 | ||
| 305 | 282.396 | SIO2 | |
| 306 | 1204.642 | ||
| 307 | 216.126 | SIO2 | |
| 308 | 519.194 | ||
| 309 | 298.619 | Reflector | |
| (303) | |||
| DM2 | Infinity | Angle 37.00Β° | |
| 310 | β277.399 | SIO2 | |
| 311 | 876.072 | ||
| 312 | 384.127 | SIO2 | |
| 313 | β245.187 | ||
| 314 | β297.630 | SIO2 | |
| 315 | 778.473 | ||
| 316 | β422.020 | SIO2 | |
| 317 | 945.111 | ||
| 318 | β336.194 | SIO2 | |
| 319 | β169.717 | ||
| 320 | 208.247 | SIO2 | |
| 321 | 414.789 | ||
| 322 | β639.842 | SIO2 | |
| 323 | 420.685 | ||
| 324 | β508.419 | SIO2 | |
| 325 | 1843.176 | ||
| 326 | β315.017 | SIO2 | |
| 327 | β182.247 | ||
| 328 | 197.495 | SIO2 | |
| 329 | 764.726 | ||
| 330 | 572.623 | SIO2 | |
| 331 | 246.349 | ||
| 332 | β592.087 | SIO2 | |
| 333 | β240.082 | ||
| 334 | β314.738 | SIO2 | |
| 335 | 745.437 | ||
| 336 | β219.102 | SIO2 | |
| 337 | β178.632 | ||
| 338 | β269.565 | SIO2 | |
| 339 = AP | β8665.509 | ||
| 340 | β165.739 | SIO2 | |
| 341 | β378.291 | ||
| 342 | β5121.046 | CAF2 | |
| 343 | 457.764 | ||
| 344 | 511.311 | SIO2 | |
| 345 | β143.061 | ||
| 346 | β134.125 | SIO2 | |
| 347 | β125.446 | ||
| 348 | β158.475 | CAF2 | |
| 349 | 451.948 | ||
| 350 | β122.592 | SIO2 | |
| 351 | β830.354 | ||
| 352 | β374.272 | SIO2 | |
| 353 | 500.000 | ||
| IM | Infinity | ||
| TABLE 3 |
| Lambda = 193.3 nmβΞ² = β0.25βNA = 0.7 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 40.000 | |
| 401 | 441.354 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 402 | β3082.575 | 82.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | 404.580 | Angle 51Β° |
| 403 | 379.755 | 40.000 | CAF2 |
| 404 | β503.571 | 10.819 | |
| 405 | β538.291 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 406 | β11216.000 | 23.000 | |
| 407 | β289.982 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 408 | 1481.373 | 35.434 | |
| 409 | β212.610 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 410 | β422.622 | 10.747 | |
| 411 | 281.484 | 10.747 | Reflector |
| (403) | 391.580 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 95.000 | Angle 39Β° |
| 412 | 304.777 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 413 | β414.139 | 36.096 | |
| 414 | β217.633 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 415 | 291.419 | 15.871 | |
| 416 | 372.431 | 48.000 | SIO2 |
| 417 | β351.209 | 1.000 | |
| 418 | 478.050 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 419 | β840.313 | 52.353 | |
| 420 | 336.231 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 421 | 175.364 | 55.562 | |
| 422 | β230.487 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 423 | β430.797 | 1.000 | |
| 424 | 648.294 | 40.000 | SIO2 |
| 425 | β404.757 | 99.810 | |
| 426 | 527.066 | 30.000 | SIO2 |
| 427 | β13296.000 | 1.000 | |
| 428 | 288.592 | 22.000 | SIO2 |
| 429 | 167.355 | 54.577 | |
| 430 | β201.179 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 431 | β801.011 | 103.872 | |
| 432 | β585.801 | 36.000 | SIO2 |
| 433 | β252.132 | 1.000 | |
| 434 | 457.102 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 435 | 260.610 | 9.580 | |
| 436 | 343.579 | 43.000 | SIO2 |
| 437 | β739.447 | 1.000 | |
| 438 | 226.319 | 18.500 | SIO2 |
| 439 | 173.228 | 16.103 | |
| 440 | 272.220 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 441 = AP | β7972.902 | 1.000 | |
| 442 | 165.067 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 443 | 374.040 | 12.889 | |
| 444 | 2219.918 | 22.000 | CAF2 |
| 445 | β490.695 | 0.100 | |
| 446 | β715.705 | 12.000 | SIO2 |
| 447 | 134.285 | 0.100 | |
| 448 | 123.907 | 36.879 | SIO2 |
| 449 | 111.965 | 9.498 | |
| 450 | 147.332 | 35.000 | CAF2 |
| 451 | β967.651 | 0.100 | |
| 452 | 115.241 | 69.555 | SIO2 |
| 453 | 921.256 | 0.100 | |
| 454 | 294.383 | 28.447 | SIO2 |
| 455 | β500.000 | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | ||
| TABLE 4 |
| Lambda = 193.3 nmβΞ² = β0.25βNA = 0.7 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 35.000 | |
| 501 | 407.048 | 16.000 | SIO2 |
| 502 | β85814.000 | 82.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | 431.676 | Angle 50Β° |
| 503 | 524.134 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 504 | β657.304 | 8.785 | |
| 505 | β587.479 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 506 | 1940.811 | 25.643 | |
| 507 | β324.153 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 508 | β23676.000 | 37.709 | |
| 509 | β201.728 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 510 | β422.094 | 12.854 | |
| 511 | 282.375 | Reflector | |
| (503) | 422.676 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 110.772 | Angle 40Β° |
| 512 | 373.692 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 513 | β410.297 | 50.772 | |
| 514 | β222.817 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 515 | 317.101 | 6.370 | |
| 516 | 349.335 | 48.000 | SIO2 |
| 517 | β362.479 | 1.000 | |
| 518 | 729.698 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 519 | β931.019 | 57.653 | |
| 520 | 371.363 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 521 | 210.389 | 53.764 | |
| 522 | β248.647 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 523 | β428.501 | 1.000 | |
| 524 | 937.198 | 40.000 | SIO2 |
| 525 | β388.007 | 113.824 | |
| 526 | 567.461 | 30.000 | SIO2 |
| 527 | β4351.070 | 1.000 | |
| 528 | 282.352 | 22.000 | SIO2 |
| 529 | 185.586 | 56.362 | |
| 530 | β234.431 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 531 | β557.904 | 132.665 | |
| 532 | β408.165 | 35.442 | SIO2 |
| 533 | β266.966 | 1.000 | |
| 534 | 404.076 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 535 | 238.987 | 14.763 | |
| 536 | 379.049 | 43.000 | SIO2 |
| 537 | β737.556 | 1.000 | |
| 538 | 245.637 | 18.500 | SIO2 |
| 539 | 178.878 | 12.206 | |
| 540 | 245.508 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 541 | 2061.364 | 10.000 | |
| AP | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| 542 | 168.071 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 543 | 473.781 | 9.798 | |
| 544 | 1851.461 | 22.000 | CAF2 |
| 545 | β494.253 | 0.100 | |
| 546 | β719.297 | 12.000 | SIO2 |
| 547 | 132.814 | 0.100 | |
| 548 | 127.155 | 34.780 | SIO2 |
| 549 | 118.260 | 11.187 | |
| 550 | 169.575 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 551 | β844.545 | 0.100 | |
| 552 | 111.623 | 74.968 | CAF2 |
| 553 | 1756.460 | 0.100 | |
| 554 | 239.829 | 26.117 | CAF2 |
| 555 | β500.000 | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| TABLE 5 |
| Lambda = 193.3 nmβΞ² = β0.25βNA = 0.7 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 35.000 | |
| 601 | 443.397 | 16.000 | SIO2 |
| 602 | β3263.101 | 82.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | 431.967 | Angle 50Β° |
| 603 | 510.641 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 604 | β953.685 | 12.327 | |
| 605 | β534.546 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 606 | 1546.359 | 27.623 | |
| 607 | β295.422 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 608 | β1911.545 | 32.819 | |
| 609 | β212.072 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 610 | β404.269 | 12.229 | |
| 611 | 279.883 | Reflector | |
| (603) | 422.967 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 109.448 | Angle 40Β° |
| 612 | 338.847 | 28.000 | SIO2 |
| 613 | β769.850 | 31.900 | |
| 614 | 1373.814 | 18.000 | SIO2 |
| 615 | β915.108 | 37.909 | |
| 616 | β239.573 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 617 | 279.202 | 6.538 | |
| 618 | 301.416 | 46.477 | SIO2 |
| 619 | β437.969 | 1.000 | |
| 620 | 722.212 | 30.074 | SIO2 |
| 621 | β1063.807 | 23.211 | |
| 622 | 381.419 | 19.000 | SIO2 |
| 623 | 193.859 | 52.872 | |
| 624 | β235.061 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 625 | β412.453 | 1.000 | |
| 626 | 990.052 | 40.000 | SIO2 |
| 627 | β337.530 | 95.112 | |
| 628 | 529.636 | 30.000 | SIO2 |
| 629 | β0.208 | 1.000 | |
| 630 | 264.737 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 631 | 173.477 | 55.898 | |
| 632 | β213.164 | 19.000 | SIO2 |
| 633 | β478.343 | 127.971 | |
| 634 | β384.253 | 29.998 | SIO2 |
| 635 | β241.972 | 1.000 | |
| 636 | 381.178 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 637 | 218.858 | 11.314 | |
| 638 | 296.282 | 43.000 | SIO2 |
| 639 | β966.118 | 1.000 | |
| 640 | 230.570 | 18.500 | SIO2 |
| 641 | 172.880 | 14.657 | |
| 642 | 271.493 | 30.000 | SIO2 |
| 643 | β49526.000 | 4.000 | |
| AP | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| 644 | 156.048 | 36.000 | SIO2 |
| 645 | 474.860 | 12.986 | |
| 646 | β4892.676 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 647 | β452.665 | 0.100 | |
| 648 | β711.904 | 34.541 | SIO2 |
| 649 | 122.051 | 9.933 | |
| 650 | 171.475 | 33.021 | SIO2 |
| 651 | β967.318 | 0.100 | |
| 652 | 112.494 | 72.297 | CAF2 |
| 653 | 3642.643 | 0.100 | |
| 654 | 250.427 | 26.033 | CAF2 |
| 655 | β500.000 | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| TABLE 6 |
| Lambda = 193.3 nmβΞ² = β0.25βNA = 0.7 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 35.000 | |
| 701 | 396.818 | 16.000 | SIO2 |
| 702 | β411120.000 | 1.000 | |
| DP | Infinity | 85.500 | SIO2 |
| DP | Infinity | 435.933 | Angle 50Β° |
| 703 | 559.897 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 704 | β763.942 | 2.707 | |
| 705 | β627.112 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 706 | 2056.900 | 24.065 | |
| 707 | β323.749 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 708 | β4114.500 | 41.268 | |
| 709 | β197.452 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 710 | β416.693 | 13.024 | |
| 711 | 278.696 | Reflector | |
| (703) | 420.933 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 84.857 | Angle 40Β° |
| 712 | 391.689 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 713 | β391.139 | 54.674 | |
| 714 | β217.120 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 715 | 328.292 | 6.584 | |
| 716 | 363.974 | 48.000 | SIO2 |
| 717 | β352.092 | 11.973 | |
| 718 | 753.003 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 719 | β915.634 | 62.045 | |
| 720 | 369.054 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 721 | 218.165 | 56.274 | |
| 722 | β247.872 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 723 | β420.231 | 1.000 | |
| 724 | 970.166 | 40.000 | SIO2 |
| 725 | β383.655 | 110.429 | |
| 726 | 556.298 | 30.000 | SIO2 |
| 727 | β5145.200 | 1.000 | |
| 728 | 275.093 | 22.000 | SIO2 |
| 729 | 186.724 | 57.861 | |
| 730 | β249.939 | 24.499 | SIO2 |
| 731 | β573.695 | 138.278 | |
| 732 | β424.514 | 35.114 | SIO2 |
| 733 | β274.834 | 1.000 | |
| 734 | 391.263 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 735 | 226.128 | 16.728 | |
| 736 | 383.272 | 43.000 | SIO2 |
| 737 | β863.203 | 1.000 | |
| 738 | 239.284 | 18.500 | SIO2 |
| 739 | 178.197 | 11.299 | |
| 740 | 237.727 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 741 | 1618.000 | 10.000 | |
| AP | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| 742 | 165.688 | 34.000 | SIO2 |
| 743 | 445.266 | 9.217 | |
| 744 | 1247.900 | 22.000 | CAF2 |
| 745 | β503.423 | 0.000 | |
| 746 | β771.731 | 12.000 | SIO2 |
| 747 | 131.678 | 0.100 | |
| 748 | 124.872 | 29.133 | SIO2 |
| 749 | 115.885 | 13.283 | |
| 750 | 179.986 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 751 | β802.711 | 0.100 | |
| 752 | 110.497 | 77.422 | CAF2 |
| 753 | 2393.500 | 0.100 | |
| 754 | 234.953 | 25.804 | CAF2 |
| 755 | β500.000 | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | 0.000 | |
| TABLE 7 |
| Lambda = 193 nmβΞ² = β0.25βNA = 0.8 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 35.000 | |
| 801 | 355.625 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 802 | Infinity | 84.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | 393.919 | Angle 50Β° |
| 803 | 621.321 | 30.000 | SIO2 |
| 804 | 17349.000 | 15.577 | |
| 805 | β522.771 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 806 | 7450.061 | 28.795 | |
| 807 | β279.969 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 808 | β692.552 | 26.633 | |
| 809 | β231.205 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 810 | β419.760 | 13.994 | |
| 811 | 283.256 | Reflector | |
| (803) | 384.919 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 103.131 | Angle 40Β° |
| 812 | 363.520 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 813 | β312.546 | 19.745 | |
| 814 | β203.460 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 815 | 417.901 | 4.913 | |
| 816 | 637.371 | 44.999 | SIO2 |
| 817 | β299.660 | 1.000 | |
| 818 | 670.513 | 36.000 | SIO2 |
| 819 | β607.949 | 99.443 | |
| 820 | 409.543 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 821 | 184.175 | 56.726 | |
| 822 | β190.739 | 18.000 | SIO2 |
| 823 | β300.666 | 1.000 | |
| 824 | 2541.548 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 825 | β423.211 | 82.343 | |
| 826 | 529.976 | 40.000 | SIO2 |
| 827 | β575.433 | 1.000 | |
| 828 | 338.904 | 22.000 | SIO2 |
| 829 | 161.992 | 77.036 | |
| 830 | β180.232 | 20.000 | SIO2 |
| 831 | β286.886 | 60.230 | |
| 832 | 1358.390 | 50.000 | SIO2 |
| 833 | β310.335 | 1.000 | |
| 834 | 299.546 | 17.000 | SIO2 |
| 835 | 185.330 | 22.475 | |
| 836 | 318.393 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 837 | 240.343 | 11.470 | |
| 838 | 351.936 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 839 | β1892.972 | 1.000 | |
| 840 | 241.744 | 18.500 | SIO2 |
| 841 | 201.167 | 6.992 | |
| 842 | 233.761 | 35.000 | SIO2 |
| 843 | 1187.547 | 0.000 | |
| AP | Infinity | 6.993 | |
| 844 | 173.633 | 65.000 | CAF2 |
| 845 | β647.630 | 0.100 | |
| 846 | β1026.314 | 15.000 | SIO2 |
| 847 | 134.041 | 12.672 | |
| 848 | 177.508 | 43.000 | SIO2 |
| 849 | β552.796 | 0.100 | |
| 850 | 111.087 | 82.051 | CAF2 |
| 851 | 366.445 | 0.100 | |
| 852 | 201.556 | 9.977 | CAF2 |
| 853 | Infinity | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | ||
| TABLE 8 |
| Lambda 157.000 nm Β± 2 pmβNA = 0.7βΞ² = β0.25 |
| No. | Radius | Thickness | Glass |
| β0 | Infinity | 35.000 | |
| 901 | 509.596 | 16.000 | CAF2 |
| 902 | β1709.182 | 82.000 | |
| DM1 | Infinity | 430.770 | Angle 50Β° |
| 903 | 559.504 | 35.000 | CAF2 |
| 904 | β1229.460 | 18.117 | |
| 905 | β727.847 | 15.000 | CAF2 |
| 906 | 1261.260 | 27.332 | |
| 907 | β297.498 | 15.000 | CAF2 |
| 908 | β1565.150 | 32.707 | |
| 909 | β205.835 | 15.000 | CAF2 |
| 910 | β396.253 | 12.181 | |
| 911 | 279.103 | Reflector | Ο 252 mm |
| (903) | 420.578 | ||
| DM2 | Infinity | 73.026 | Angle 40Β° |
| IMI | Infinity | 34.034 | |
| 912 | 341.070 | 28.000 | CAF2 |
| 913 | β1505.473 | 32.408 | |
| 914 | 969.048 | 18.000 | CAF2 |
| 915 | β805.764 | 37.523 | |
| 916 | β248.947 | 15.000 | CAF2 |
| 917 | 286.272 | 5.893 | |
| 918 | 307.931 | 45.973 | CAF2 |
| 919 | β386.903 | 1.000 | |
| 920 | 1003.377 | 28.290 | CAF2 |
| 921 | β945.839 | 20.042 | |
| 922 | 397.781 | 19.000 | CAF2 |
| 923 | 197.943 | 53.200 | |
| 924 | β231.060 | 17.000 | CAF2 |
| 925 | β406.748 | 1.000 | |
| 926 | 878.953 | 40.000 | CAF2 |
| 927 | β351.000 | 100.639 | |
| 928 | 481.080 | 30.000 | CAF2 |
| 929 | 11551.730 | 1.000 | |
| 930 | 282.768 | 20.000 | CAF2 |
| 931 | 179.880 | 51.341 | |
| 932 | β217.737 | 19.000 | CAF2 |
| 933 | β511.417 | 127.776 | |
| 934 | β377.857 | 29.786 | Ο240 mm CAF2 |
| 935 | β241.099 | 1.000 | |
| 936 | 377.020 | 17.000 | CAF2 |
| 937 | 218.220 | 11.262 | |
| 938 | 299.020 | 43.000 | CAF2 |
| 939 | β943.927 | 1.000 | |
| 940 | 228.020 | 18.500 | CAF2 |
| 941 | 168.921 | 13.866 | |
| 942 | 263.149 | 30.000 | CAF2 |
| 943 | β27570.214 | 0.752 | |
| AP | Infinity | 8.754 | |
| 944 | 157.192 | 36.000 | CAF2 |
| 945 | 476.977 | 13.281 | |
| 946 | β5291.918 | 20.000 | CAF2 |
| 947 | β428.700 | 0.100 | |
| 948 | β634.165 | 34.624 | CAF2 |
| 949 | 123.520 | 10.454 | |
| 950 | 180.781 | 33.303 | CAF2 |
| 951 | β732.821 | 0.100 | |
| 952 | 115.913 | 72.125 | CAF2 |
| 953 | 3615.409 | 0.100 | |
| 954 | 308.142 | 25.802 | CAF2 |
| 955 | β500.000 | 15.000 | |
| IM | Infinity | ||
| Refractive Indices CaF2 |
| Lambda = 157.002 | 157.000 | 156.998 | |
| n = 1.560047 | 1.560052 | 1.560057 | |
1. A projection exposure lens system, comprising: a refractive lens system, with lenses made of a first material and lenses made of a second material, in which no more than four lenses are made of said second material, a fourth lens group of negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group of positive refractive power in which said projection exposure lens system is both side telecentric, designed for use with one of 248 nm and 193 nm light and said first material comprises fused silica and said second material comprises calcium fluoride, and has a numerical aperture of at least 0.7.
2. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which no more than three lenses are made of said second material.
3. A projection exposure lens system according to claim 1 comprising: a catadioptric system, and intermediate image and a refractive lens system, in which said refractive lens system from its intermediate image side and in the direction of its image plane has a first lens group of positive refractive power, a second lens group of negative refractive power, and a third lens group of positive refractive power.
4. A projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which at least one β+ power doublet with a negative power lens and a positive power lens in this sequence from an object side is arranged in said refractive lens system.
5. A projection exposure lens system according to claim 1 in which said refractive lens system comprises a field lens group, an intermediate correcting lens group and a focussing lens group.
6. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which said refractive lens system contains at least a pair of menisci, the convex surface of an intermediate-image-side meniseus facing said intermediate image, the convex surface of the other meniscus facing oppositely.
7. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 6, in which said at least one pair of menisci is arranged in a correcting lens group.
8. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 5, in which one of said β+ power doublets is arranged in a focussing lens group.
9. A projection exposure lens system comprising: a refractive lens system according to claim 1 in which said refractive lens system from its intermediate image side and in the direction of its image plane has a first lens group of positive refractive power, a second lens group of negative refractive power, and a third lens group of positive refractive power.
10. A projection exposure lens system according to claim 9, in which at least one β+ power doublet with a negative power lens and a positive power lens in this sequence from an object side is arranged in said refractive lens system.
11. A projection exposure lens system according to claim 9, in which said refractive lens system comprises a field lens group, an intermediate correcting lens group and a focusing lens group.
12. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 9, in which said refractive lens system contains at least a pair of menisci, the convex surface of an intermediate-image-side meniscus facing said intermediate image, the convex surface of the other meniscus facing oppositely.
13. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 12, in which said at least one pair of menisci is arranged in a correcting lens group.
14. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 11, in which one of said β+ power doublets is arranged in a focusing lens group.
15. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 4, in which one of said β+ power doublets is arranged next to a system aperture.
16. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 3, in which no more than one lens of said catadioptric system is made of said second lens material.
17. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which the diameter of lenses made of said second lens material does not exceed a 0.85 fold of the diameter of a biggest optical element.
18. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which the diameter of lenses made of said second lens material does not exceed 220 mm.
19. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 3, in which said catadioptric system contains no more than six lenses.
20. The projection lens system according to claim 10, in which said catadioptric system contains no more than five lenses.
21. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which longitudinal chromatic aberration is less than 0.015 ΞΌm per a band width of 1 pm at 193 nm.
22. The projection exposure lens according to claim 1, in which longitudinal chromatic aberration is less than 0.05 ΞΌm per a band width of 1 pm at 157 nm.
23. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 3, in which an imaging ratio of said catadioptric system is greater than 0.8.
24. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 23, in which said imaging ratio of said catadioptric system is greater than 0.95.
25. The projection exposure lens according to claim 1, in which in said refractive lens system all lenses made of said second lens material are arranged in a converging light beam near an image plane.
26. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which said projection exposure lens system is both side telecentric.
27. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 4, having at least one beam waist in a refractive system, and said β+ power doublets are arranged behind a last beam waist.
28. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 4, in which said β+ doublets are arranged such that a light beam diameter inside lens elements of said β+ doublets is more than 80% of a maximum beam diameter.
29. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, further comprising a concave mirror in said catadioptric lens system, and a reflecting prism inserted for reflection of a light beam between an object and said concave mirror.
30. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which said projection exposure lens system is designed for use with one of 248 nm and 193 nm light and said first material comprises fused silica and said second material comprises calcium fluoride.
31. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, in which said first material comprises calcium fluoride.
32. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, further comprising a first deflecting element in said catadioptric lens system, in which exactly one lens is placed between an object and said first deflecting element.
33. The projection exposure lens system according to claim 15, in which the ratio of focal length of said one lens before said first deflecting element over the distance from said one lens to said deflecting element is unity within (+/β) fifteen percent.
34. A projection exposure apparatus, comprising: a projection exposure lens system according to claim 1, an excimer laser light source, an illuminating system, a mask handling and positioning system, and a wafer handling and positioning system.
35. A method of producing microstructured devices by lithography comprising using a projection exposure apparatus according to claim 34.
36. The method according to claim 35, further comprising using one of step- and repeat, scanning, and stitching exposure schemes.