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公开(公告)号:US12096543B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US18151930
申请日:2023-01-09
发明人: Chiao-Hua Cheng , Hsin-Feng Chen , Yu-Fa Lo , Yu-Kuang Sun , Wei-Shin Cheng , Yu-Huan Chen , Ming-Hsun Tsai , Cheng-Hao Lai , Cheng-Hsuan Wu , Shang-Chieh Chien , Heng-Hsin Liu , Li-Jui Chen , Sheng-Kang Yu
CPC分类号: H05G2/006 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/7055 , H05G2/008
摘要: A method for using an extreme ultraviolet radiation source is provided. The method includes performing a lithography process using an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation source; after the lithography processes, inserting an extraction tube into a vessel of the EUV radiation source; and cleaning a collector of the EUV radiation source by using the extraction tube.
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公开(公告)号:US20230288819A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-14
申请号:US18197393
申请日:2023-05-15
发明人: Tzu-Jung Pan , Sheng-Kang Yu , Shang-Chieh Chien , Li-Jui Chen , Heng-Hsin Liu
IPC分类号: G03F7/20
CPC分类号: G03F7/70875 , G03F7/70525 , G03F7/705 , G03F7/70891
摘要: A system and method for dynamically controlling a temperature of a thermostatic reticle. A thermostatic reticle assembly that includes a reticle, temperature sensors located in proximity to the reticle, and one or more heating elements. A thermostat component that is in communication with the temperature sensors and the heating element monitors the current temperature of the reticle relative to a steady-state temperature. In response to the current temperature of the reticle being lower than the steady-state temperature, the heating elements are activated to preheat the reticle to the steady-state temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US11537053B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-27
申请号:US17450100
申请日:2021-10-06
发明人: Chiao-Hua Cheng , Yu-Kuang Sun , Wei-Shin Cheng , Yu-Huan Chen , Ming-Hsun Tsai , Cheng-Hao Lai , Cheng-Hsuan Wu , Yu-Fa Lo , Shang-Chieh Chien , Heng-Hsin Liu , Li-Jui Chen , Sheng-Kang Yu
摘要: Some implementations herein include a detection circuit and a fast and accurate in-line method for detecting blockage on a droplet generator head of an extreme ultraviolet exposure tool without impacting the flow of droplets of a target material through the droplet generator head. In some implementations described herein, the detection circuit includes a switch circuit that is configured in an open configuration, in which the switch is electrically open between two electrode elements. When an accumulation of the target material occurs across two or more electrode elements on the droplet generator head, the accumulation functions as a switch that closes the detection circuit. A controller may detect closure of the detection circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US12066761B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-20
申请号:US17461491
申请日:2021-08-30
发明人: Chiao-Hua Cheng , Sheng-Kang Yu , Shang-Chieh Chien , Wei-Chun Yen , Heng-Hsin Liu , Ming-Hsun Tsai , Yu-Fa Lo , Li-Jui Chen , Wei-Shin Cheng , Cheng-Hsuan Wu , Cheng-Hao Lai , Yu-Kuang Sun , Yu-Huan Chen
IPC分类号: G03F7/00
CPC分类号: G03F7/70483 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/7085
摘要: In a method of inspecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation source, during an idle mode, a borescope mounted on a fixture is inserted through a first opening into a chamber of the EUV radiation source. The borescope includes a connection cable attached at a first end to a camera. The fixture includes an extendible section mounted from a first side on a lead screw, and the camera of the borescope is mounted on a second side, opposite to the first side, of the extendible section. The extendible section is extended to move the camera inside the chamber of the EUV radiation source. One or more images are acquired by the camera from inside the chamber of the EUV radiation source at one or more viewing positions. The one or more acquired images are analyzed to determine an amount of tin debris deposited inside the chamber of the EUV radiation source.
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公开(公告)号:US11650512B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-16
申请号:US17655877
申请日:2022-03-22
发明人: Che-Chang Hsu , Sheng-Kang Yu , Shang-Chieh Chien , Li-Jui Chen , Heng-Hsin Liu
CPC分类号: G03F7/70925 , G03F1/62 , G03F1/82 , G03F7/70033
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220326624A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-13
申请号:US17382955
申请日:2021-07-22
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.
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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
CPC分类号: G03F7/7085 , G03F7/70533 , G03F7/70858 , G03F7/70925
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.
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公开(公告)号:US12019378B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-25
申请号:US17751570
申请日:2022-05-23
发明人: Cho-Ying Lin , Tai-Yu Chen , Chieh Hsieh , Sheng-Kang Yu , Shang-Chieh Chien , Li-Jui Chen , Heng-Hsin Liu
IPC分类号: G03F7/00
CPC分类号: G03F7/70916 , G03F7/70925
摘要: A method includes: removing debris on a collector of a lithography equipment by changing physical structure of the debris with a cleaner, the cleaner being at a temperature less than about 13 degrees Celsius; forming a cleaned collector by exhausting the removable debris from the collector; and forming openings in a mask layer on a substrate by removing regions of the mask layer exposed to radiation from the cleaned collector.
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公开(公告)号:US11906902B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17655708
申请日:2022-03-21
发明人: Tai-Yu Chen , Shang-Chieh Chien , Sheng-Kang Yu , Li-Jui Chen , Heng-Hsin Liu
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230215594A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US18120905
申请日:2023-03-13
IPC分类号: G03F7/20
CPC分类号: G03F7/702 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70916
摘要: An extreme ultra violet (EUV) light source apparatus includes a metal droplet generator, a collector mirror, an excitation laser inlet port for receiving an excitation laser, a first mirror configured to reflect the excitation laser that passes through a zone of excitation, and a second mirror configured to reflect the excitation laser reflected by the first mirror.
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