Reticle cleaning device and method of use

    公开(公告)号:US11650512B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17655877

    申请日:2022-03-22

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20 G03F1/82 G03F1/62

    摘要: Some implementations described herein provide a reticle cleaning device and a method of use. The reticle cleaning device includes a support member configured for extension toward a reticle within an extreme ultraviolet lithography tool. The reticle cleaning device also includes a contact surface disposed at an end of the support member and configured to bond to particles contacted by the contact surface. The reticle cleaning device further includes a stress sensor configured to measure an amount of stress applied to the support member at the contact surface. During a cleaning operation in which the contact surface is moving toward the reticle, the stress sensor may provide an indication that the amount of stress applied to the support member satisfies a threshold. Based on satisfying the threshold, movement of the contact surface and/or the support member toward the reticle ceases to avoid damaging the reticle.

    INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) LIGHT SOURCE

    公开(公告)号:US20220326624A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17382955

    申请日:2021-07-22

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20 H04N5/232 G06T7/00

    摘要: A method for inspecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes: removing a collector mirror of the EUV light source from a collector chamber; installing an inspection apparatus within the collector chamber, the apparatus including a selectively extendable and retractable member and a camera at one end of the member; operating a first actuator to extend the member along a path through the interior chamber of the EUV light source, thereby moving the camera to a given position within the interior chamber of the EUV light source; operating a second actuator to pan the camera about an axis of rotation, thereby establishing a given camera orientation within the interior of the EUV light source; and, capturing an image of the interior chamber of the EUV light source with the camera while the camera is at the given position and orientation established by the operation of the first and second actuators.

    EUV LIGHT SOURCE CONTAMINATION MONITORING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240345491A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18133948

    申请日:2023-04-12

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A system for monitoring and controlling an EUV light source includes a first temperature sensor, a signal processor, and a process controller. The first temperature sensor includes a portion inserted into a space surrounded by a plurality of vanes through a vane of the plurality of vanes, and obtains an ambient temperature that decreases with time as a function of tin contamination coating on the inserted portion. The signal processor determines an excess tin debris deposition on the vane based on the obtained chamber ambient temperature. The process controller activates a vane cleaning action upon being informed of the excess tin debris deposition by the signal processor, thereby improving availability of the EUV light source tool and reducing risks of tin pollution on other tools such as a reticle.

    Semiconductor processing tool and methods of operation

    公开(公告)号:US11906902B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17655708

    申请日:2022-03-21

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00 H05G2/00

    CPC分类号: G03F7/70033 H05G2/008

    摘要: Example implementations described herein include a laser source and associated methods of operation that can balance or reduce uneven beam profile problem and even improve plasma heating efficiency to enhance conversion efficiency and intensity for extreme ultraviolet radiation generation. The laser source described herein generates an auxiliary laser beam to augment a pre-pulse laser beam and/or a main-pulse laser beam, such that uneven beam profiles may be corrected and/or compensated. This may improve an intensity of the laser source and also improve an energy distribution from the laser source to a droplet of a target material, effective to increase an overall operating efficiency of the laser source.