The present invention comprises a lithographic apparatus and device
manufacturing method method that uses a patterning device that increase a
number of individually controllable elements that are programmed
simultaneously to increase an update rate of an array of individually
controllable elements. A number of required high speed analog inputs to
the array is reduced. The complexity of the array is reduced and the
maximum update speed of the array is increased. Furthermore, the number
of elements within an array can be readily expanded. The patterning
device can be divided into a plurality of groups of cells and the
lithographic apparatus can comprise a plurality of supply channels. Each
supply channel can be arranged to provide a voltage signal to each cell
in a respective group of cells. This can reduce the number of required
inputs to the patterning device for individually addressing each cell.