CORRECTION OF SPATIAL INSTABILITY OF AN EUV SOURCE BY LASER BEAM STEERING
    2.
    发明公开
    CORRECTION OF SPATIAL INSTABILITY OF AN EUV SOURCE BY LASER BEAM STEERING 有权
    EUV源的空间不稳定性的用激光束控制修正

    公开(公告)号:EP2041624A2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-01

    申请号:EP07747548.1

    申请日:2007-07-04

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A method to align a discharge axis of a discharge radiation source with respect to optics of the lithographic apparatus includes creating a discharge in a substance in a discharge space between an anode and a cathode to form a plasma so as to generate electromagnetic radiation. The discharge is triggered by irradiating an area on a surface proximate the discharge space with an energetic beam. The position of the area is controlled in response to a property of the radiation in the lithographic apparatus and/or the temperature of a collector of the lithographic apparatus. Controlling the position of the area which is irradiated improves alignment of the discharge axis with the different lithographic modules, such as the contamination barrier, the illumination system, the substrate table and/or the projection system.

    CORRECTION OF SPATIAL INSTABILITY OF AN EUV SOURCE BY LASER BEAM STEERING
    5.
    发明授权
    CORRECTION OF SPATIAL INSTABILITY OF AN EUV SOURCE BY LASER BEAM STEERING 有权
    EUV源的空间不稳定性的用激光束控制修正

    公开(公告)号:EP2041624B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-18

    申请号:EP07747548.1

    申请日:2007-07-04

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A method to align a discharge axis of a discharge radiation source with respect to optics of the lithographic apparatus includes creating a discharge in a substance in a discharge space between an anode and a cathode to form a plasma so as to generate electromagnetic radiation. The discharge is triggered by irradiating an area on a surface proximate the discharge space with an energetic beam. The position of the area is controlled in response to a property of the radiation in the lithographic apparatus and/or the temperature of a collector of the lithographic apparatus. Controlling the position of the area which is irradiated improves alignment of the discharge axis with the different lithographic modules, such as the contamination barrier, the illumination system, the substrate table and/or the projection system.