Abstract
This article discusses the theoretical feasibility of applying optical aperture synthesis to lithography. A technique involving the insertion of three phase gratings into a conventional projection system is described. While this approach paraxially yields imaging with doubled spatial bandwidth, aberrations introduced by the gratings are shown to be a serious limitation. Image simulations demonstrated that for very restricted pattern types, resolution down to 0.1 μm is theoretically achievable.
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