An aperture plate for lithography systems capable of improving NILS. The aperture
plate includes a light-intercepting region and a light-transmitting region. The
light-intercepting region has a reference center point. A horizontal reference
line and a vertical reference line are defined on the light-intercepting region
and intersect the reference center point. The light-transmitting region includes
four pole apertures defining a central area. Two of the pole apertures are positioned
on the horizontal reference line, and the other pole apertures are positioned on
the vertical reference line. The light-transmitting region further includes at
least a symmetric pattern aperture positioned in the central area, wherein the
symmetric pattern aperture has a symmetric center overlapping the reference center point.