Title:
ILLUMINATOR AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM EQUIPPED THEREWITH
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3919419
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain the uniformity of the intensity distribution of the light from a light source on a surface to be irradiated regardless of the fluctuation of the light and, at the same time, to improve the efficiency of the light.
SOLUTION: An illuminator which illuminates the surface 16 to be irradiated by using the beam from the laser source 1 is provided with an optical element 6 for maintaining the emitting angle of the beam from the source 1 at a fixed divergent angle, and a diffracting optical element 10 which forms a desired intensity distribution of the beam on the incident plane of a multiple beam generating means 14. The optical element 10 is set up near the position where the luminous flux from the optical element 6 is condensed.
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Inventors:
Toshihiko Tsuji
Application Number:
JP2000093688A
Publication Date:
May 23, 2007
Filing Date:
March 30, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
G02B5/32; H01L21/027; G02B19/00; G03B27/54; G03F7/20; (IPC1-7): H01L21/027; G02B5/32; G02B19/00; G03F7/20
Domestic Patent References:
JP11176721A | ||||
JP4225359A | ||||
JP7263313A | ||||
JP10070070A | ||||
JP2001135560A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Keizo Nishiyama
Yuichi Uchio
Yuichi Uchio