Fine-Tooth Iron-Core Linear Synchronous Motor for Low Acoustic Noise Applications.

The design of a novel low-noise high-force linear motor for precision positioning applications, such as in semiconductor lithography, is presented in this paper. New magnetic designs achieve low noise and vibration by reducing high spatial-frequency magnetic field components, which cause harmonic vibrations of a moving stage. To reduce such force harmonic content, our new motor has fine teeth, nar...