LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE HANDLING METHOD.

    公开(公告)号:NL2009549A

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-07

    申请号:NL2009549

    申请日:2012-10-01

    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus arranged to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, the lithographic apparatus including a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate and a gripper arranged to position the substrate on the substrate table. The gripper includes a vacuum clamp arranged to clamp the substrate at a top side thereof. The vacuum clamp may be arranged to clamp at least part of a circumferential outer zone of the substrate top surface. There is also provided a substrate handling method including positioning the substrate using a gripper on a substrate table of a lithographic apparatus, the method including clamping the substrate at a top side thereof using a vacuum clamp of the gripper.

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