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公开(公告)号:US20240085809A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US18515952
申请日:2023-11-21
Inventor: Lei ZHOU , David L. TRUMPER , Ruvinda GUNAWARDANA
CPC classification number: G03F7/70758 , G03F7/70741 , H02K41/033
Abstract: A reticle transport system having a magnetically levitated transportation stage is disclosed. Such a system may be suitable for use in vacuum environments, for example, ultra-clean vacuum environments. A magnetic levitated linear motor functions to propel the transportation stage in a linear direction along a defined axis of travel and to magnetically levitate the transportation stage
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公开(公告)号:US20240077380A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18262511
申请日:2022-01-05
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Marinus Maria Johannes VAN DE WAL , Koos VAN BERKEL , Victor Sebastiaan DOLK , Stijn Clyde Natalia THISSEN , Mauritius Gerardus Elisabeth SCHNEIDERS , Adrianus Hendrik KOEVOETS
CPC classification number: G01M11/0242 , G01K1/026 , G03F7/705 , G03F7/706 , G03F7/70891
Abstract: A method of predicting thermally induced aberrations of a projection system for projecting a radiation beam, the method comprising: calculating an irradiance profile for at least one optical element of the projection system from a power and illumination source pupil of the radiation beam, estimating a temperature distribution as a function of time in the at least one optical element of the projection system using the calculated irradiance profile for the at least one optical element of the projection system; calculating the thermally induced aberrations of the projection system based on the estimated temperature distribution and a thermal expansion parameter map associated with the at least one optical element of the projection system, wherein the thermal expansion parameter map is a spatial map indicating spatial variations of thermal expansion parameters in the at least one optical element of the projection system or a uniform map.
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公开(公告)号:US20240071713A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18270707
申请日:2021-12-09
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Niels Johannes Maria BOSCH , Xu WANG , Peter Paul HEMPENIUS , Yongqiang WANG , Hans BUTLER , Youjin WANG , Jasper Hendrik GRASMAN , Jianzi SUI , Tianming CHEN , Aimin WU
IPC: H01J37/20
CPC classification number: H01J37/20 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/20235
Abstract: There is provided a charged particle apparatus comprising: a particle beam generator, optics, a first and a second positioning device, both configured for positioning the substrate relative to the particle beam generator along its optical axis, and a controller configured for switching between a first operational mode and a second operational mode. The apparatus is configured, when operating in the first operational mode, for irradiating the substrate by the particle beam at a first landing energy of the particle beam and, when operating in the second operational mode, for irradiating the substrate at a second, different landing energy. When operating in the first operational mode, the second positioning device is configured to position the substrate relative to the particle beam generator at a first focus position of the particle beam and in the second operational mode, to position the substrate at a second, different focus position.
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公开(公告)号:US20240069450A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18267734
申请日:2021-12-08
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Nabeel Noor MOIN , Chenxi LIN , Yi ZOU
CPC classification number: G03F7/7065 , G03F7/706841 , G06N20/20
Abstract: A method and apparatus for training a defect location prediction model to predict a defect for a substrate location is disclosed. A number of datasets having data regarding process-related parameters for each location on a set of substrates is received. Some of the locations have partial datasets in which data regarding one or more process-related parameters is absent. The datasets are processed to generate multiple parameter groups having data for different sets of process-related parameters. For each parameter group, a sub-model of the defect location prediction model is created based on the corresponding set of process-related parameters and trained using data from the parameter group. A trained sub-model(s) may be selected based on process-related parameters available in a candidate dataset and a defect prediction may be generated for a location associated with the candidate dataset using the selected sub-model.
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公开(公告)号:US11914942B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US18206029
申请日:2023-06-05
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
IPC: G06F30/30 , G06F30/28 , G03F7/00 , G06F30/398 , G06F30/3308 , G06F119/18 , G06F111/10
CPC classification number: G06F30/398 , G03F7/705 , G06F30/28 , G06F30/3308 , G03F7/70608 , G03F7/70625 , G06F2111/10 , G06F2119/18
Abstract: A method for determining a deformation of a resist in a patterning process. The method involves obtaining a resist deformation model of a resist having a pattern, the resist deformation model configured to simulate a fluid flow of the resist due to capillary forces acting on a contour of at least one feature of the pattern; and determining, via the resist deformation model, a deformation of a resist pattern to be developed based on an input pattern to the resist deformation model.
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公开(公告)号:US20240062362A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18268953
申请日:2021-12-08
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Zhe WANG , Liangjiang YU , Lingling PU
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G06T11/00 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/30148 , G06T2207/10061
Abstract: An improved systems and methods for generating a synthetic defect image are disclosed. An improved method for generating a synthetic defect image comprises acquiring a machine learning-based generator model; providing a defect-free inspection image and a defect attribute combination as inputs to the generator model; and generating by the generator model, based on the defect-free inspection image, a predicted synthetic defect image with a predicted defect that accords with the defect attribute combination.
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公开(公告)号:US11908656B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17497761
申请日:2021-10-08
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Han Willem Hendrik Severt , Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn , Ronald Van Der Wilk , Allard Eelco Kooiker
CPC classification number: H01J37/20 , H01J37/261 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/0206 , H01J2237/04756 , H01J2237/24592
Abstract: A stage apparatus for a particle-beam apparatus is disclosed. A particle beam apparatus may comprise a conductive object and an object table, the object table being configured to support an object. The object table comprises a table body and a conductive coating, the conductive coating being provided on at least a portion of a surface of the table body. The conductive object is disposed proximate to the conductive coating and the table body is provided with a feature proximate to an edge portion of the conductive coating. Said feature is arranged so as to reduce an electric field strength in the vicinity of the edge portion of the conductive coating when a voltage is applied to both the conductive object and the conductive coating.
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公开(公告)号:US11908591B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17283823
申请日:2019-09-13
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Abstract: A combined enrichment and radioisotope production apparatus comprising an electron source arranged to provide an electron beam, the electron source comprising an electron injector and an accelerator, an undulator configured to generate a radiation beam using the electron beam, a molecular stream generator configured to provide a stream of molecules which is intersected by the radiation beam, a receptacle configured to receive molecules or ions selectively received from the stream of molecules, and a target support structure configured to hold a target upon which the electron beam is incident in use.
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公开(公告)号:US20240055221A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US18257736
申请日:2021-12-13
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Jan Louis SUNDERMEYER , Leonhard Martin KLEIN , Matthias OBERST , Harald Gert Helmut NEUBAUER
IPC: H01J37/244
CPC classification number: H01J37/244 , H01J2237/24495
Abstract: An improved readout circuit for a charged particle detector and a method for operating the readout circuit are disclosed. An improved circuit comprises an amplifier configured to receive a signal representing an output of a sensor layer and comprising a first input terminal and an output terminal, a capacitor connected between the first input terminal and the output terminal, and a resistor connected in parallel with the capacitor between the first input terminal and the output terminal. The circuit can be configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The capacitor can be adjustable using a capacitance value of the capacitor to enable control of a gain of the circuit operating in the first mode and control of a bandwidth of the circuit operating in the second mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20240047173A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US18258522
申请日:2021-12-10
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Matthias OBERST , Harald Gert Helmut NEUBAUER , Thomas SCHWEIGER
IPC: H01J37/244
CPC classification number: H01J37/244 , H01J2237/2441 , H01J2237/24495 , H01J2237/2446
Abstract: A monolithic detector may be used in a charged particle beam apparatus. The detector may include a plurality of sensing elements formed on a first side of a semiconductor substrate, each of the sensing elements configured to receive charged particles emitted from a sample and to generate carriers in proportion to a first property of a received charged particle, and a plurality of signal processing components formed on a second side of the semiconductor substrate, the plurality of signal processing components being part of a system configured to determine a value that represents a second property of the received charged particle. The substrate may have a thickness in a range from about 10 to 30 μm. The substrate may include a region configured to insulate the plurality of sensing elements formed on the first side from the plurality of signal processing components formed on the second side.
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