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Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor; Exposure apparatus for microlithography; Mask illumination systems Illumination settings, i.e. intensity distribution in the pupil plane, angular distribution in the field plane; On-axis or off-axis settings, e.g. annular, dipole, quadrupole; Partial coherence control, i.e. sigma or numerical aperture [NA]
Sub-classes:CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
#2METHOD FOR FORMING CONTACT HOLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
#3EXTREME ULTRA-VIOLET LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM HAVING SENSOR MODULE
#4EUV Lithography System With 3D Sensing And Tunning Modules
#5ANGLED BEAM EXPOSURE FOR HARDMASK BASED MODIFICATION
#6PASSIVE INTEGRATED OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF SPATIAL OPTICAL COHERENCE
#7METHOD FOR SIMULATING ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING PROPERTIES OF AN OPTICAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM WHEN AN OBJECT IS ILLUMINATED AND IMAGED BY MEANS OF AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
#8PATTERN EXPOSURE DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
#9OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM
#10SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS APPARATUS
#11APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ANGULAR REFLECTIVITY PROFILE
#12PHOTOETCHING MACHINE WITH OPTICAL FIBER ARRAYS
#13PHOTOMASK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE BY USING THE SAME
#14METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC FIELD-ASSISTED LITHOGRAPHY
#15CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE, PROJECTION ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION ILLUMINATION METHOD
#16METHOD FOR SIMULATING ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING PROPERTIES OF AN OPTICAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM WHEN ILLUMINATING AND IMAGING AN OBJECT BY MEANS OF AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
#17SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING TOPOLOGICAL LATTICES OF PLASMONIC MERONS
#18EUV Lithography System With 3D Sensing and Tunning Modules
#19ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE
#20DETECTION DEVICE, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD
#21METROLOGY SYSTEM AND COHERENCE ADJUSTERS
#22PROJECTION EXPOSURE DEVICE AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD
#23EUV lithography system with 3D sensing and tunning modules
#24METHODS OF PATTERNING A PHOTORESIST, AND RELATED PATTERNING SYSTEMS
#25Illumination apparatus, measurement apparatus, substrate processing apparatus, and method for manufacturing article
#26Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method
#27Metrology method and lithographic apparatuses
#28EDGE EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD
#29Lithographic apparatus, metrology system, and illumination systems with structured illumination
#30DETECTING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SEMICONDUCTOR
#31Method for determining a production aerial image of an object to be measured
#32Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and article manufacturing method
#33Metrology of semiconductor devices in electron micrographs using fast marching level sets
#34Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method
#35Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method of manufacturing article
#36Apparatus and method for monitoring reflectivity of the collector for extreme ultraviolet radiation source
#37Method and apparatus for source mask optimization configured to increase scanner throughput for a patterning process
#38Optical system for a projection exposure apparatus
#39Lithography scanner
#40MODEL-BASED SCANNER TUNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
#41Light source apparatus, illumination apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method for manufacturing object
#42Apparatus and method for monitoring reflectivity of the collector for extreme ultraviolet radiation source
#43Method and apparatus for determining a radiation beam intensity profile
#44Tool to provide integrated circuit masks with accurate dimensional compensation of patterns
#45Tool to provide integrated circuit masks with accurate dimensional compensation of patterns
#46METHOD OF DETERMINING PELLICLE DEGRADATION COMPENSATION CORRECTIONS, AND ASSOCIATED LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
#47Evaluation method, exposure method, and method for manufacturing an article
#48Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method
#49Method for determining a focus position of a lithography mask and metrology system for carrying out such a method
#50Selection of substrate measurement recipes
#51Method of optimizing a metrology process
#52METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS
#53EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DEVICE WITH LIGHT AMOUNT DISTRIBUTION HAVING LIGHT LARGER IN FOUR AREAS
#54Light intensity modulation method
#55Method to determine a patterning process parameter
#56Illumination device
#57Attenuation filter for projection lens, projection lens having attenuation filter for projection exposure apparatus, and projection exposure apparatus having projection lens
#58Method and device for characterizing a mask for microlithography
#59Methods and systems for printing arrays of features
#60Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method
#61Controller for optical device, exposure method and apparatus, and method for manufacturing device
#62Systems and methods for focus-sensitive metrology targets
#63Lithographic apparatus and method
#64PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHODS AND SYSTEMS
#65Imaging optical unit for EUV projection lithography
#66Method of optimizing a mask using pixel-based learning and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using an optimized mask
#67Faceted mirror for EUV projection lithography and illumination optical unit with same
#68Metal-compound-removing solvent and method in lithography
#69Method for measuring resolution of charged particle beam and charged particle beam drawing apparatus
#70Method for operating an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#71System and method for fabricating metrology targets oriented with an angle rotated with respect to device features
#72Illumination device
#73Imaging optical unit for EUV projection lithography
#74Tool to provide integrated circuit masks with accurate dimensional compensation of patterns
#75EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DEVICE WITH LIGHT AMOUNT DISTRIBUTION HAVING LIGHT LARGER IN FOUR AREAS
#76Illumination optical assembly for projection lithography
#77Tool to provide integrated circuit masks with accurate dimensional compensation of patterns
#78Tool to provide integrated circuit masks with accurate dimensional compensation of patterns
#79Controller for optical device, exposure method and apparatus, and method for manufacturing device
#80Lithographic system
#81Process-sensitive metrology systems and methods
#82Illumination optical assembly, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
#83Extreme ultraviolet lithography process
#84Optical component
#85Radiation source
#86Extreme ultraviolet lithography process and mask
#87Illumination system and method of forming fin structure using the same
#88Data tuning for fast computation and polygonal manipulation simplification
#89Method for operating an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#90Lithography method and structure for resolution enhancement with a two-state mask
#91Method and apparatuses for optical pupil symmetrization
#92Imaging optical unit for EUV projection lithography
#93Exposure method, exposure apparatus, and article manufacturing method
#94Controller for optical device, exposure method and apparatus, and method for manufacturing device
#95Illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#96System for producing structures in a substrate
#97Microlithographic apparatus and method of varying a light irradiance distribution
#98Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics
#99Illumination system for an EUV lithography device and facet mirror therefor
#100Lithography pupil shaping optical system and method for generating off-axis illumination mode
#101Light irradiation apparatus and drawing apparatus
#102Illumination device, exposure apparatus, adjusting method, and method for manufacturing object
#103EUV light source for generating a used output beam for a projection exposure apparatus
#104Actuation mechanism, optical apparatus, lithography apparatus and method of manufacturing devices
#105Linear Motor and Lithography Arrangement Including Linear Motor
#106Illumination system and lithographic apparatus
#107Method of operating a microlithographic apparatus
#108Projection exposure methods and systems
#109Extreme ultraviolet lithography process to print low pattern density features
#110Extreme ultraviolet lithography process and mask
#111Optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#112Calculation method, generation method, program, exposure method, and mask fabrication method
#113Illumination optical unit for projection lithography
#114Model-based scanner tuning systems and methods
#115Illumination intensity correction device for predefining an illumination intensity over an illumination field of a lithographic projection exposure apparatus
#116Imaging optical unit and projection exposure apparatus for projection lithography comprising such an imaging optical unit
#117Model-based process simulation systems and methods
#118Illumination optical assembly, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
#119Extreme ultraviolet lithography process and mask
#120Extreme ultraviolet lithography process and mask
#121Extreme ultraviolet lithography process and mask
#122Source and mask optimization by changing intensity and shape of the illumination source and magnitude and phase of mask diffraction orders
#123Extreme ultraviolet lithography process
#124Illumination device
#125Optical aperture device
#126Active spectral control during spectrum synthesis
#127Model-based scanner tuning systems and methods
#128Method and system for printing high-resolution periodic patterns
#129Method for operating an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#130Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#131Projection exposure apparatus for EUV microlithography and method for microlithographic exposure
#132Large-mesh cell-projection electron-beam lithography method
#133Illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#134Microlithography illumination optical system and microlithography projection exposure apparatus including same
#135Linear motor and lithography arrangement including linear motor
#136Lithographic Apparatus and Method
#137Illumination system and projection objective of a mask inspection apparatus
#138Lithography wave-front control system and method
#139Method and apparatus for setting an illumination optical unit
#140Image-forming optical system, exposure apparatus, and device producing method
#141Filter device for the compensation of an asymmetric pupil illumination
#142Method and mask for enhancing the resolution of patterning 2-row holes
#143ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE METHOD
#144Method of controlling a lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, lithographic apparatus, computer program product and method of improving a mathematical model of a lithographic process
#145RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVE LIGHT SOURCE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INTENSITY TRANSMITTANCE DISTRIBUTION OF FREQUENCY FILTER
#146Asymmetric complementary dipole illuminator
#147Asymmetric complementary dipole illuminator
#148Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device
#149Illumination system for a lithographic apparatus
#150DIAGONAL INTERCONNECT FOR IMPROVED PROCESS MARGIN WITH OFF-AXIS ILLUMINATION
#151Mountings for rotation of array of reflective elements and lithographic apparatus incorporating same
#152Gas manifold, module for a lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#153Method for determining exposure condition and computer-readable storage media storing program for determining exposure condition
#154Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics
#155Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics
#156Method, apparatus and medium for determining the intensity distribution formed on a pupil plane of an illumination optical system
#157Method to calculate transmission cross coefficient in an exposure apparatus
#158Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
#159Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
#160Semiconductor device manufacturing method
#161Filter device for the compensation of an asymmetric pupil illumination
#162Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with optical member with optical rotatory power to rotate linear polarization direction
#163Beam transforming element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with two optical elements having different thicknesses
#164Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with optical member with optical rotatory power having different thicknesses to rotate linear polarization direction
#165Beam transforming optical system, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with optical member with optical rotatory power having different thicknesses to rotate linear polarization direction
#166Lithographic apparatus and method of manufacturing article
#167Method and lithography device with a mask reflecting light
#168Illumination system and lithographic apparatus
#169Illumination optical system for projection lithography
#170Storage medium storing computer program for determining at least one of exposure condition and mask pattern
#171POLARIZATION-INFLUENCING OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND AN OPTICAL SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS
#172Optical system with aperture device having plurality of aperture elements
#173Computer readable storage medium including effective light source calculation program, and exposure method
#174Illumination optimization
#175Source and mask optimization by changing intensity and shape of the illumination source and magnitude and phase of mask diffraction orders
#176Optical aperture device
#177Method and apparatus for measurement of exit pupil transmittance
#178Method for operating an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#179Filter device for the compensation of an asymmetric pupil illumination
#180Exposure method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
#181Microactuator, optical device, display apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method for producing device
#182Illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#183Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method
#184Asymmetric complementary dipole illuminator
#185Projection objective and method for optimizing a system aperture stop of a projection objective
#186Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method
#187MULTIPLEXING OF PULSED SOURCES
#188Aware manufacturing of integrated circuits
#189Method for in-situ aberration measurement of optical imaging system in lithographic tools
#190Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method
#191Optical system, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing electronic device
#192Optical system, exposure system, and exposure method
#193Optical system,exposure system, and exposure method
#194Optical system, exposure system, and exposure method
#195Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#196ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS
#197Exposure apparatus, method of controlling the same, and device manufacturing method
#198MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
#199Model-based scanner tuning systems and methods
#200Exposure method and memory medium storing computer program
#201Beam transforming element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with two optical elements having different thicknesses
#202Exposure apparatus, device manufacturing method, and aperture stop manufacturing method
#203Model-based process simulation systems and methods
#204Illumination system for sizing focused spots of a patterning system for maskless lithography
#205Projection exposure methods and systems
#206Masks, lithography device and semiconductor component
#207MODELING A SECTOR-POLARIZED-ILLUMINATION SOURCE IN AN OPTICAL LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
#208FORMING REVERSE ILLUMINATION PATTERNS
#209Effective light source shape database generation method, optical image calculation method, recording medium, exposure method, and device fabrication method
#210Illumination system or projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#211Exposure method and apparatus, and method for fabricating device with light amount distribution having light larger and different linear polarization states in an on-axis area and a plurality of off-axis areas
#212Beam transforming element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with two optical elements having different thicknesses
#213Beam transforming element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with two optical elements having different thicknesses
#214Beam transforming element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with two optical elements having different thicknesses
#215EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
#216Controller for optical device, exposure method and apparatus, and method for manufacturing device
#217Method of achieving dense-pitch interconnect patterning in integrated circuits
#218Calculation program, and exposure method for calculating light intensity distribution formed on image plane
#219Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
#220STORAGE MEDIUM STORING EXPOSURE CONDITION DETERMINATION PROGRAM, EXPOSURE CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
#221Modeling an arbitrarily polarized illumination source in an optical lithography system
#222Source and mask optimization by changing intensity and shape of the illumination source
#223Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#224EXPOSURE APPARATUS, ADJUSTING METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD
#225Illuminating optical apparatus, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
#226EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD
#227Optical imaging device having at least one system diaphragm
#228Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
#229METHOD OF MANFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
#230Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#231Illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
#232EUV diffractive optical element for semiconductor wafer lithography and method for making same
#233Method of evaluating optical beam source of exposure device, method of designing illumination shape of exposure device, and software for optimizing illumination shape of exposure device
#234Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method
#235Multiple exposure method
#236Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#237Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#238Projection objective and method for optimizing a system aperture stop of a projection objective
#239Method for determining exposure condition and computer-readable storage media storing program for determining exposure condition
#240EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD
#241Uniformity correction system having light leak and shadow compensation
#242Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#243Enhancing the image contrast of a high resolution exposure tool
#244Filter device for the compensation of an asymmetric pupil illumination
#245Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with polarized state fluctuation correcting device
#246Methods and systems to compensate for a stitching disturbance of a printed pattern
#247Methods and systems to compensate for a stitching disturbance of a printed pattern
#248Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with polarized state detection result and adjustment
#249Exposure method and apparatus, and method for fabricating device with light amount distribution having light larger in four areas
#250Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
#251DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
#252Exposure method and apparatus, and method for fabricating device with light amount distribution having light larger in first and second pairs of areas
#253Correction of spatial instability of an EUV source by laser beam steering
#254Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics
#255In-situ interferometer arrangement
#256Projection exposure apparatus and method for operating the same
#257Optical system, exposure system, and exposure method
#258Mask arrangement, optical projection system and method for obtaining grating parameters and absorption properties of a diffractive optical element
#259Aperture changing apparatus and method
#260Photon sieve for optical systems in micro-lithography
#261Diffractive optical element, illumination system comprising the same, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using illumination system
#262Semiconductor device manufacturing method
#263Phase shifting photolithography system
#264Advanced Illumination System for Use in Microlithography
#265Methods and systems to compensate for a stitching disturbance of a printed pattern in a maskless lithography system utilizing overlap of exposure zones with attenuation of the aerial image in the overlap region
#266Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#267Changeable Slit to Control Uniformity of Illumination
#268Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#269Optical system, lithographic apparatus and method for projecting
#270Method of determining a focus position for a substrate exposure process and substrate exposure apparatus capable of performing the same
#271System and method for photolithography in semiconductor manufacturing
#272Using a center pole illumination scheme to improve symmetry for contact hole lithography
#273Masks, lithography device and semiconductor component
#274Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and semiconductor device manufacturing method
#275Optical element for use in lithography apparatus and method of conditioning radiation beam
#276Customer illumination aperture structure
#277Exposure apparatus, setting method, and exposure method having the same
#278Exposure apparatus and method for manufacturing device using the exposure apparatus
#279Variable illumination source
#280Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#281Manufacturing aware design of integrated circuit layouts
#282Uniformity correction system having light leak and shadow compensation
#283System and method utilizing an illumination beam adjusting system
#284Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#285Speckle reduction optical mount device
#286Optimized optical lithography illumination source for use during the manufacture of a semiconductor device
#287Methods and systems for controlling radiation beam characteristics for microlithographic processing
#288System and method utilizing an electrooptic modulator
#289Exposure apparatus and method
#290Beam transforming element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method
#291Uniformity correction system having light leak and shadow compensation
#292Polarized radiation in lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#293Exposure system, exposure method and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
#294Illumination system for a microlithography projection exposure apparatus
#295Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#296Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#297Adjustable illumination blade assembly for photolithography scanners
#298Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#299Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
#300Exposure method and apparatus, and method for fabricating device