Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithographic apparatus provided with an improved motion control system for controlling the movement of a movable target object, where at least one of a patterning device and a supporting part of a substrate can be moved for instance. SOLUTION: The motion control system comprises a control device having a transfer function. The control device controls the position of a movable target object along a plurality of continuous positions. The transfer function is constituted of a sum of a plurality of position transfer functions each of which is determined in each of these positions, and each position transfer function is multiplied by a weighting function. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved control system.SOLUTION: A controller is provided for controlling an actuator system having a plurality of actuators arranged to act on an object. The controller uses a gain balancing matrix to convert a first control signal, representing a set of forces desired to be provided to the center of gravity of the object, into a second control signal, representing an equivalent set of forces to be provided by the plurality of actuators. The system is further configured such that a first gain balancing matrix is used at a first frequency band and a second gain balancing matrix is used at a second frequency band.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the dynamic performance of a stage. SOLUTION: A stage system for a lithographic apparatus includes a stage, actuators that act on the stage and the number of which is set in excess, and at least two sensors that measure position-dependent parameters of the stage and supply each sensor signal. At least two sensors are arranged so as to measure each position-dependent parameters with a same degree of freedom. A controller is provided so as to supply a controller output signal, to at least one of the actuators, according to the set value measured by at least one of the sensors and the position-dependent parameters. Another controller is supplied with the position-dependent parameters measured by the sensor. The other sensor is configured so as to determine a difference between the position-dependent parameters from the sensors and supply another controller output signal to at least one of the actuators, in response to the determined difference. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithography equipment which can improve robustness of an iterative learning control system against variation in setting values. SOLUTION: On a lithography equipment, a feedforward transfer function of a control system is determined by the following: (a) a feedforward output signal of the control system is iteratively learned to a specified setting value signal through iterative learning control, (b) a relationship between the learned feedforward output signal and the setting value signal is determined, and (c) such a relationship is applied as the feedforward transfer function of the control system. A feedforward learned only to one or more specific setting value signals can be adapted to give the feedforward output signal dependent on the setting value signals. The learned feedforward can be made more robust against variation in setting values. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD In a lithographic apparatus, a feedforward transfer function of a control system, is determined by : a) iteratively learning a feedforward output signal of the control system by iterative learning control for a given setpoint signal; b) determining a relation between the learned feedforward output signal and the setpoint signal; and c) applying the relation as the feedforward transfer function of the control system. A learned feedforward, which has been learned for one or more specific setpoint signals only, can be adapted to provide a setpoint signal dependent feedforward output signal. The learned feedforward can be made more robust against setpoint variations.