Planar electric motor with two sided magnet array
First Claim
1. A magnet array for use in a planar motor having two opposing coil arrays;
- the magnet array having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising a plurality of wedge magnets disposed in a plane, each wedge magnet having a magnetic polarity oriented at an angle relative to said plane, the magnets being arranged in groups, each group forming an upper resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said upper surface of the magnet array and a lower resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said lower surface of the magnet array.
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Abstract
An electric motor comprising an upper coil array, a lower coil array and a magnet array movable relative to the coil arrays and interposed therebetween. The magnet array has an upper surface and a lower surface and comprises a plurality of wedge magnets disposed in a plane. Each wedge magnet has a magnetic polarity oriented at an angle relative to the plane. The magnets are arranged in groups, each group forming an upper resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to the plane from said upper surface of the magnet array and a lower resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said lower surface of the magnet array. The upper coil array is operable to interact with the upper resultant magnetic flux and the lower coil array is operable to interact with the lower resultant magnetic flux to move the magnet array.
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29 Claims
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1. A magnet array for use in a planar motor having two opposing coil arrays;
- the magnet array having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising a plurality of wedge magnets disposed in a plane, each wedge magnet having a magnetic polarity oriented at an angle relative to said plane, the magnets being arranged in groups, each group forming an upper resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said upper surface of the magnet array and a lower resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said lower surface of the magnet array.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electric motor comprising:
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an upper coil array;
a lower coil array; and
a magnet array movable relative to the upper and lower coil arrays and interposed therebetween, the magnet array having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising a plurality of wedge magnets disposed in a plane, each wedge magnet having a magnetic polarity oriented at an angle relative to said plane, the magnets being arranged in groups, each group forming an upper resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said upper surface of the magnet array and a lower resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said lower surface of the magnet array;
the upper coil array being operable to interact with said upper resultant magnetic flux and the lower coil array being operable to interact with said lower resultant magnetic flux to move the magnet array relative to the coil arrays. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An exposure apparatus comprising:
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an irradiation system for irradiating an article with radiation to form a pattern on the article; and
a stage positioning device for positioning the article relative to the irradiation system, the stage positioning device comprising;
a stage movable relative to the irradiation system and adapted for supporting the article;
an upper coil array;
a lower coil array; and
a magnet array attached to the stage, the magnet array having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising a plurality of wedge magnets disposed in a plane, each wedge magnet having a magnetic polarity oriented at an angle relative to said plane, the magnets being arranged in groups, each group forming an upper resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said upper surface of the magnet array and a lower resultant magnetic flux extending substantially perpendicular to said plane from said lower surface of the magnet array;
the magnet array and stage being interposed between the upper and lower coil arrays, the upper coil array being operable to interact with said upper resultant magnetic flux and the lower coil array being operable to interact with said lower resultant magnetic flux to move the stage relative to the upper and lower coil arrays. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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