Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pellicle and pellicle assembly
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Application No.: US17548944Application Date: 2021-12-13
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Publication No.: US11754918B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: David Ferdinand Vles , Chaitanya Krishna Ande , Antonius Franciscus Johannes De Groot , Adrianus Johannes Maria Giesbers , Johannes Joseph Janssen , Paul Janssen , Johan Hendrik Klootwijk , Peter Simon Antonius Knapen , Evgenia Kurganova , Marcel Peter Meijer , Wouter Rogier Meijerink , Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich , Arnoud Willem Notenboom , Raymond Olsman , Hrishikesh Patel , Mária Péter , Gerrit Van Den Bosch , Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes Van Den Einden , Willem Joan Van Der Zande , Pieter-Jan Van Zwol , Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen , Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen , Hendrikus Jan Wondergem , Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
- Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- Priority: EP 176205 2017.06.15 EP 190503 2017.09.12
- Main IPC: G03F1/64
- IPC: G03F1/64
Abstract:
The invention relates to a pellicle assembly comprising a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is attached. The pellicle assembly comprises one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. The invention also relates to a pellicle assembly for a patterning device comprising one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220121111A1 PELLICLE AND PELLICLE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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