• Patent Title: METHOD OF REDUCING EFFECTS OF RETICLE HEATING AND/OR COOLING IN A LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS
  • Application No.: US15760629
    Application Date: 2016-08-26
  • Publication No.: US20180259859A1
    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
  • Inventor: Nick KANTMark Jan Hendrik LUTTIKHOF
  • 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
  • Priority: EP15186673.8 20150924; EP15196964.9 20151130; EP16170061.2 20160518
  • International Application: PCT/EP2016/070157 WO 20160826
  • Main IPC: G03F7/20
  • IPC: G03F7/20
METHOD OF REDUCING EFFECTS OF RETICLE HEATING AND/OR COOLING IN A LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS
Abstract:
A method of reducing effects of reticle heating and/or cooling in a lithographic process, the method including calibrating a linear time invariant reticle heating model using a system identification method; predicting distortions of the reticle using the reticle heating model and inputs in the lithographic process; and calculating and applying a correction in the lithographic process on the basis of the predicted distortions of the reticle.
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