Combination stop for catoptric projection arrangement
    101.
    发明授权
    Combination stop for catoptric projection arrangement 有权
    组合停止投影安排

    公开(公告)号:US08436985B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-07

    申请号:US13479768

    申请日:2012-05-24

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an optical projection arrangement that can be used to image a reticle onto a substrate. The projection arrangement includes reflective elements, by which a ray path is defined. A combination stop is in a pupil of the ray path. The combination stop has a first opening (aperture opening) for use as an aperture stop. The combination stop also has a second opening for allowing passage of a ray bundle of the ray path, such that the combination stop acts as a combined aperture stop and stray light stop. In addition, the disclosure relates to a corresponding combination stop for optical arrangements, as well as related systems, components and methods.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及一种可用于将掩模版成像到基底上的光学投影装置。 投影装置包括反射元件,通过该反射元件定义光线路径。 光束路径中的光瞳组合停止。 组合止动件具有用作孔径光阑的第一开口(孔口)。 组合挡块还具有用于允许射线路径的射线束通过的第二开口,使得组合挡块用作组合孔径光阑和杂散光挡块。 此外,本公开涉及用于光学布置的相应组合停止,以及相关系统,部件和方法。

    Optical system
    102.
    发明授权
    Optical system 有权
    光学系统

    公开(公告)号:US08379188B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-19

    申请号:US12782831

    申请日:2010-05-19

    IPC分类号: G03B27/72 G03B27/54

    摘要: The disclosure provides an optical system having an optical axis, where the optical system includes a polarization manipulator which includes first and second subelements. The first subelement has a non-planar, optically effective surface. For light passing through the first subelement, the first subelement causes a change in the polarization state. A maximum effective retardation introduced by the first subelement along the optical axis is less than a quarter of the working wavelength of the optical system. The first subelement and the second subelement have mutually facing surfaces which are mutually complementary. The optical system also includes a position manipulator to manipulate the relative position of the first and second subelements.

    摘要翻译: 本公开提供了一种具有光轴的光学系统,其中光学系统包括包括第一和第二子元件的偏振操纵器。 第一个子元件具有非平面的光学有效表面。 对于通过第一子元件的光,第一子元件导致极化状态的变化。 由第一子元件沿着光轴引入的最大有效延迟小于光学系统的工作波长的四分之一。 第一子元件和第二子元件具有相互互补的相互面对的表面。 光学系统还包括位置操纵器来操纵第一和第二子元件的相对位置。

    Illumination system for a microlithography projection exposure apparatus
    103.
    发明授权
    Illumination system for a microlithography projection exposure apparatus 有权
    用于微光刻投影曝光装置的照明系统

    公开(公告)号:US08305558B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-06

    申请号:US12390676

    申请日:2009-02-23

    IPC分类号: G03B27/54 G03B27/72

    摘要: An illumination system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an EUV light source which generates an emission beam of linearly polarized EUV illumination light. An illumination optics guides the emission beam along an optical axis which causes an illumination field in a reticle plane to be illuminated by the emission beam. The illumination system also includes an illumination subunit of the illumination system. The illumination subunit includes at least the EUV light source and a polarization setting device for setting a defined polarization of the EUV emission beam of the illumination subunit.

    摘要翻译: 用于微光刻投影曝光装置的照明系统包括产生线偏极化EUV照明光的发射光束的EUV光源。 照明光学器件沿着光轴引导发射光束,其使得光栅平面中的照明场被发射光束照射。 照明系统还包括照明系统的照明子单元。 照明子单元至少包括EUV光源和用于设定照明子单元的EUV发射光束的限定极化的偏振设置装置。

    Catadioptric projection objective
    104.
    发明授权
    Catadioptric projection objective 有权
    反射折射投影物镜

    公开(公告)号:US08300211B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-30

    申请号:US12748862

    申请日:2010-03-29

    IPC分类号: G03B27/54 G03B27/42

    摘要: Catadioptric projection objective (1) for microlithography for imaging an object field (3) in an object plane (5) onto an image field (7) in an image plane (9), including a first partial objective (11) imaging the object field onto a first real intermediate image (13), a second partial objective (15) imaging the first intermediate image onto a second real intermediate image (17) and a third partial objective (19) imaging the second intermediate image onto the image field (7). The second partial objective (15) has exactly one concave mirror (21) and at least one lens (23). The minimum distance between an optically utilized region of the concave mirror (21) and an optically utilized region of a surface (25)—facing the concave mirror—of a lens (23) adjacent to the concave mirror is greater than 10 mm.

    摘要翻译: 用于微光刻的反折射投影物镜(1),用于将物平面(5)中的物场(3)成像到图像平面(9)中的图像场(7),包括对物场进行成像的第一部分物镜(11) 到第一实际中间图像(13),将第一中间图像成像到第二实际中间图像(17)上的第二部分目标(15)和将第二中间图像成像到图像场(7)上的第三部分目标(19) )。 第二部分物镜(15)具有正好一个凹面镜(21)和至少一个透镜(23)。 凹面镜(21)的光学利用区域与与凹面镜相邻的透镜(23)的凹面镜的表面(25)的光学利用区域之间的最小距离大于10mm。

    CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE COMPRISING DEFLECTION MIRRORS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD
    105.
    发明申请
    CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE COMPRISING DEFLECTION MIRRORS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD 有权
    包含反射镜和投影曝光方法的目标投影目标

    公开(公告)号:US20120236277A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-20

    申请号:US13431681

    申请日:2012-03-27

    IPC分类号: G03B27/42 G02B17/08

    摘要: A catadioptric projection objective has a multiplicity of lenses and at least one concave mirror, and also two deflection mirrors in order to separate a partial beam path running from the object field to the concave mirror from the partial beam path running from the concave mirror to the image field. The deflection mirrors are tilted relative to the optical axis of the projection objective about tilting axes running parallel to a first direction (x-direction). The first deflection mirror is arranged in optical proximity to a first field plane and the second deflection mirror is arranged in optical proximity to a second field plane, which is optically conjugate with respect to the first field plane. A displacement device for the synchronous displacement of the deflection mirrors is provided. The deflection mirrors have different local distributions of their reflection properties in first and second reflection regions, respectively.

    摘要翻译: 反射折射投射物镜具有多个透镜和至少一个凹面镜,以及两个偏转镜,以便将从物镜场延伸的部分光束路径与从凹面镜到 图像字段。 偏转镜相对于投影物镜的光轴相对于平行于第一方向(x方向)延伸的倾斜轴线倾斜。 第一偏转镜被布置成光接近第一场平面,并且第二偏转镜布置成光学接近于相对于第一场平面光学共轭的第二场平面。 提供了用于偏转镜的同步位移的位移装置。 偏转镜在第一反射区域和第二反射区域中的反射特性分别具有不同的局部分布。

    COMBINATION STOP FOR CATOPTRIC PROJECTION ARRANGEMENT
    106.
    发明申请
    COMBINATION STOP FOR CATOPTRIC PROJECTION ARRANGEMENT 有权
    用于投影安排的组合停止

    公开(公告)号:US20120236272A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-20

    申请号:US13479768

    申请日:2012-05-24

    IPC分类号: G03B27/32

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an optical projection arrangement that can be used to image a reticle onto a substrate. The projection arrangement includes reflective elements, by which a ray path is defined. A combination stop is in a pupil of the ray path. The combination stop has a first opening (aperture opening) for use as an aperture stop. The combination stop also has a second opening for allowing passage of a ray bundle of the ray path, such that the combination stop acts as a combined aperture stop and stray light stop. In addition, the disclosure relates to a corresponding combination stop for optical arrangements, as well as related systems, components and methods.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及一种可用于将掩模版成像到基底上的光学投影装置。 投影装置包括反射元件,通过该反射元件定义光线路径。 光束路径中的光瞳组合停止。 组合止动件具有用作孔径光阑的第一开口(孔口)。 组合挡块还具有用于允许射线路径的射线束通过的第二开口,使得组合挡块用作组合孔径光阑和杂散光挡块。 此外,本公开涉及用于光学布置的相应组合停止,以及相关系统,部件和方法。

    Optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
    107.
    发明授权
    Optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus 有权
    微光刻投影曝光装置的光学系统

    公开(公告)号:US08237918B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-07

    申请号:US12498475

    申请日:2009-07-07

    IPC分类号: G03B27/72

    CPC分类号: G03F7/70566

    摘要: An optical system, such as an illumination device or a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, is disclosed. The optical system can include a polarization compensator which has at least one polarization-modifying partial element. The optical system can also include a manipulator by which the position of the at least one partial element can be altered. At least one operating mode of the optical system can be set in which the intensity, over a region which belongs to a plane perpendicular to the optical axis and which can be illuminated with light from the light source, does not exceed 20% of the maximum intensity in the plane, and the manipulator is arranged in the region.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种光学系统,例如微光刻投影曝光装置的照明装置或投影物镜。 光学系统可以包括具有至少一个偏振修正部分元件的偏振补偿器。 光学系统还可以包括操纵器,通过该操纵器可以改变至少一个部分元件的位置。 可以设置光学系统的至少一种操作模式,其中在属于垂直于光轴并且可以用来自光源的光照射的平面的区域上的强度不超过最大值的20% 平面内的强度,机械手配置在该区域。

    PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS
    109.
    发明申请
    PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS 审中-公开
    微波投影曝光装置投影目标

    公开(公告)号:US20110228246A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-22

    申请号:US13115741

    申请日:2011-05-25

    摘要: Another approach to decrease the resolution is to introduce an immersion liquid having high refractive index into the gap that remains between a final lens element on the image side of the projection objective and the photoresist or another photosensitive layer to be exposed. Projection objectives that are designed for immersion operation and are therefore also referred to as immersion objective may reach numerical apertures of more than 1, for example 1.3 or 1.4. The term “immersion liquid” shall, in the context of this application, relate also to what is commonly referred to as “solid immersion”. In the case of solid immersion, the immersion liquid is in fact a solid medium that, however, does not get in direct contact with the photoresist but is spaced apart from it by a distance that is only a fraction of the wavelength used. This ensures that the laws of geometrical optics do not apply such that no total reflection occurs.

    摘要翻译: 降低分辨率的另一种方法是将具有高折射率的浸没液体引入保留在投影物镜的像侧上的最终透镜元件与待曝光的光致抗蚀剂或另一光敏层之间的间隙中。 为浸入式操作设计的投影物镜,因此也称为浸没物镜,可达到大于1,例如1.3或1.4的数值孔径。 在本申请的上下文中,术语“浸没液体”还涉及通常称为“固体浸没”的内容。 在固体浸渍的情况下,浸没液实际上是固体介质,然而,其不会与光致抗蚀剂直接接触,而是与其隔开距离,其仅是所使用波长的一部分。 这确保几何光学的定律不适用于不发生全反射。