摘要:
Exposure unit (10) for exposing a relief plate precursor, said exposure unit (10) comprising: a support structure (12) with a support surface (14) configured for supporting a relief plate precursor; a plurality of UV light sources (16) arranged next to each other and configured to emit UV light to a side of the relief plate precursor, said plurality of UV light sources (16) covering a light source area (LA) parallel to the support surface (14); and a light adjustment structure (20) configured to block and/or reflect a portion of the light emitted by the plurality of UV light sources (16) so as to render a light intensity measured in the support surface (14) more uniform as compared to a situation without the light adjustment structure (20); wherein the light adjustment structure (20) is arranged at least partially between the light source area (LA) and the support surface (14).
摘要:
Disclosed is a lithographic apparatus and associated method of controlling a lithographic process. The lithographic apparatus comprises a controller configured to define a control grid associated with positioning of a substrate within the lithographic apparatus. The control grid is based on a device layout, associated with a patterning device, defining a device pattern which is to be, and/or has been, applied to the substrate in a lithographic process.
摘要:
A system and method provides high speed variable attenuators. The attenuators can be used within a lithographic apparatus to control intensity of radiation in one or more correction pulses used to correct a dose of the radiation following an initial pulse of radiation.
摘要:
A method forms a pattern of metallic nanofeatures that generates by plasmonic resonance a desired image having a distribution of colors. The method includes providing a substrate having a layer of photosensitive material, exposing the layer to a high-resolution periodic pattern of dose distribution, and determining a low-resolution pattern of dose distribution such that the sum of the low-resolution pattern and the high-resolution periodic pattern of dose distribution is suitable for forming the pattern of metallic nanofeatures. The lateral dimensions of the metallic nano-features have a spatial variation across the pattern that corresponds to the distribution of colors in the desired image. The layer of photosensitive material is exposed to the low-resolution pattern of dose distribution. The layer of photosensitive material is developed to produce a pattern of nanostructures in the developed photosensitive material. The pattern of nanostructures is processed so that the pattern of metallic nanofeatures is formed.
摘要:
An exposure device (100) having a vertically movable stage device (120) and adapted to effect exposure by projecting a pattern recorded on a hologram mask (130) onto an exposure subject substrate (110) formed with a photosensitive material film (112) and placed on the stage device, comprises a film thickness measuring mechanism (160, 162) that measures the thickness of the photosensitive material film (112), it being arranged that the quantity of exposure light from an exposure source (140) is controlled on the basis of the measured film thickness by a light quantity control mechanism (162). Since a proper quantity of light is set according to the film thickness, a correct pattern can be formed by a single exposure.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus (100) is provided with an optical system including a liquid (Lq1), a sensor system (46) for acquiring energy information of an energy beam (IL) which is incident on the liquid, and a controller 50 which predicts variation of optical properties of the optical system including the liquid due to energy absorption of the liquid based on the energy information acquired using the sensor system and controls exposure operation with respect to an object (W) based on the prediction results. According to the exposure apparatus, exposure operation without being influenced by the variation of the optical properties of the optical system including the liquid due to the energy absorption of the liquid becomes possible.
摘要:
An optical attenuator device operates to remove a part of a beam of radiation having a higher than average intensity using at least one optical attenuator element (4). The device has application in a radiation system, and/or a lithographic apparatus, in particular a scanning lithographic apparatus, wherein the optical attenuator element(s) are provided in a central part of the beam, for example perpendicularly to a scanning direction.