公开(公告)号：US20180239240A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15752302

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Zomer Silvester HOUWELING ,  Eric Willem Felix CASIMIRI ,  Tamara DRUZHININA ,  JANSSEN Paul ,  Michael Alfred Josephus KUIJKEN ,  Martinus Hendrikus Antonius LEENDERS ,  Sicco OOSTERHOFF ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Beatrijs Louise Marie-Joseph Katrie VERBRUGGE ,  Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN ,  David Ferdinand VLES ,  Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN

IPC: G03F1/62 ,  G03F7/20

CPC classification number: G03F1/62 ,  G03F7/70983

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method comprising: providing a stack comprising a planar substrate and at least one membrane layer, wherein the planar substrate comprises an inner region and a border region around the inner region; positioning the stack on a support such that the inner region of the planar substrate is exposed; and selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate using a non-liquid etchant, such that the membrane assembly comprises: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer; and a border holding the membrane, the border formed from the border region of the planar substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20240004283A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18227833

申请日：2023-07-28

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich ,  Erik Achilles ABEGG ,  Nirupam BANERJEE ,  Michiel Alexander BLAUW ,  Derk Servatius Gertruda BROUNS ,  Paul JANSSEN ,  Matthias KRUIZINGA ,  Egbert LENDERINK ,  Nicolae MAXIM ,  Andrey NIKIPELOV ,  Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM ,  Claudia PILIEGO ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Gijsbert RISPENS ,  Nadja SCHUH ,  Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Antonius Willem VERBURG ,  Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN ,  David Ferdinand VLES ,  Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN ,  Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV

IPC: G03F1/62 ,  G03F7/00 ,  G03F1/82 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/28

CPC classification number: G03F1/62 ,  G03F7/70191 ,  G03F7/70983 ,  G03F1/82 ,  G03F7/70916 ,  G03F7/70958 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B5/283

Abstract: Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane has a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer including an oxide of a first metal; a base layer including a compound having a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer including an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.

公开(公告)号：US20220252974A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17728608

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. ,  ASML HOLDING N.V.

Inventor： David Ferdinand VLES ,  Erik Achilles ABEGG ,  Aage BENDIKSEN ,  Derk Servatius Gertruda BROUNS ,  Pradeep K. GOVIL ,  Paul JANSSEN ,  Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH ,  Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN ,  Willlem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN ,  James Norman WILEY

IPC: G03F1/64 ,  G03F1/22 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F1/62

Abstract: A pellicle suitable for use with a patterning device for a lithographic apparatus. The pellicle comprising at least one breakage region which is configured to preferentially break, during normal use in a lithographic apparatus, prior to breakage of remaining regions of the pellicle. At least one breakage region comprises a region of the pellicle which has a reduced thickness when compared to surrounding regions of the pellicle.

公开(公告)号：US20220121111A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17548944

申请日：2021-12-13

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： David Ferdinand VLES ,  Chaitanya Krishna ANDE ,  Antonius Franciscus Johannes DE GROOT ,  Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS ,  Johannes Joseph JANSSEN ,  Paul JANSSEN ,  Johan Hendrik KLOOTWIJK ,  Peter Simon Antonius KNAPEN ,  Evgenia KURGANOVA ,  Marcel Peter MEIJER ,  Wouter Rogier MEIJERINK ,  Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH ,  Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM ,  Raymond OLSMAN ,  Hrishikesh PATEL ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Gerrit VAN DEN BOSCH ,  Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes VAN DEN EINDEN ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN ,  Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN ,  Hendrikus Jan WONDERGEM ,  Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV

IPC: G03F1/64

Abstract: The invention relates to a pellicle assembly comprising a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is attached. The pellicle assembly comprises one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. The invention also relates to a pellicle assembly for a patterning device comprising one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.

公开(公告)号：US20210208500A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17206649

申请日：2021-03-19

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. ,  ASML HOLDING N.V.

Inventor： David Ferdinand VLES ,  Erik Achilles ABEGG ,  Aage BENDIKSEN ,  Derk Servatius Gertruda BROUNS ,  Pradeep K. GOVIL ,  Paul JANSSEN ,  Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH ,  Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN ,  Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN ,  James Norman WILEY

IPC: G03F1/64 ,  G03F1/22 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F1/62

Abstract: A pellicle suitable for use with a patterning device for a lithographic apparatus. The pellicle comprising at least one breakage region which is configured to preferentially break, during normal use in a lithographic apparatus, prior to breakage of remaining regions of the pellicle. At least one breakage region comprises a region of the pellicle which has a reduced thickness when compared to surrounding regions of the pellicle.

公开(公告)号：US20200159107A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16634910

申请日：2018-06-26

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Evgenia KURGANOVA ,  Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS ,  Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH ,  Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  David Ferdinand VLES ,  Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN

IPC: G03F1/62 ,  G03F1/38 ,  G03F7/20 ,  C01B32/186 ,  G02B5/08 ,  H01L21/027

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pellicle for a lithographic apparatus, the method including locally heating the pellicle using radiative heating, and depositing coating material simultaneously on both sides of the pellicle, and pellicles manufactured according to this method. Also disclosed is the use of a multilayer graphene pellicle with a double-sided hexagonal boron nitride coating in a lithographic apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20190137861A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16300370

申请日：2017-05-30

Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.

Inventor： Pieter Cristiaan DE GROOT ,  Gerard Frans Jozef SCHASFOORT ,  Maksym Yuriiovych SLADKOV ,  Manfred Petrus Johannes Maria DIKKERS ,  Jozef Maria FINDERS ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Johannes Jacobus Matheus BASELMANS ,  Stefan Michael Bruno BAUMER ,  Laurentius Cornelius DE WINTER ,  Wouter Joep ENGELEN ,  Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF ,  Robbert Jan VOOGD

IPC: G03F1/24 ,  G02B5/02 ,  G03F1/42 ,  G03F1/44 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F9/00

CPC classification number: G03F1/24 ,  G02B5/0278 ,  G02B5/0284 ,  G02B5/22 ,  G02B2005/1804 ,  G03F1/42 ,  G03F1/44 ,  G03F7/706 ,  G03F7/70683 ,  G03F9/7076

Abstract: A patterning device comprising a reflective marker, wherein the marker comprises: a plurality of reflective regions configured to preferentially reflect radiation having a given wavelength; and a plurality of absorbing regions configured to preferentially absorb radiation having the given wavelength; wherein the absorbing and reflective regions are arranged to form a patterned radiation beam reflected from the marker when illuminated with radiation, and wherein the reflective regions comprise a roughened reflective surface, the roughened reflective surface being configured to diffuse radiation reflected from the reflective regions, and wherein the roughened reflective surface has a root mean squared roughness of about an eighth of the given wavelength or more.

公开(公告)号：US20190011828A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16060635

申请日：2016-12-02

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V

Inventor： Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Dennis DE GRAAF ,  Paul JANSSEN ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  David Ferdinand VLES ,  Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN

IPC: G03F1/24 ,  G03F1/62 ,  G03F7/20

Abstract: A membrane for EUV lithography, the membrane having a thickness of no more than 200 nm and including a stack having: at least one silicon layer; and at least one silicon compound layer made of a compound of silicon and an element selected from the group consisting of boron, phosphorous, bromine.

公开(公告)号：US20170205704A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15320749

申请日：2015-07-02

Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.

Inventor： Andrey Alexandrovich NIKIPELOV ,  Vadim Yevgenyevich BANINE ,  Jozef Petrus Henricus BENSCHOP ,  Arjen BOOGAARD ,  Florian Didier Albin DHALLUIN ,  Alexey Sergeevich KUZNETSOV ,  Mária PÉTER ,  Luigi SCACCABAROZZI ,  Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE ,  Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Andrei Mikhailovich YAKUNIN

IPC: G03F1/62 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G03F1/38 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G03F1/24 ,  G03F7/20

CPC classification number: G03F1/62 ,  G02B5/1838 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G03F1/24 ,  G03F1/38 ,  G03F7/70191 ,  G03F7/70316 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  G03F7/70891 ,  G03F7/70916 ,  G03F7/70958 ,  G03F7/70983

Abstract: A membrane transmissive to EUV radiation, which may be used as a pellicle or spectral filter in a lithographic apparatus. The membrane includes one or more high doped regions wherein the membrane is doped with a dopant concentration greater than 1017 cm−3, and one or more regions with low (or no) doping. The membrane may have a main substrate having low doping and one or more additional layers, wherein the high doped regions are comprised within some or all of the additional layers.

公开(公告)号：US20240369920A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18774721

申请日：2024-07-16

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL ,  Sander Baltussen ,  Dennis De Graaf ,  Johannes Christiaan Leonardus Franken ,  Adrianus Johannes Maria Giesbers ,  Alexander Ludwig Klein ,  Johan Hendrik Klootwijk ,  Peter Simon Antonius Knapen ,  Evgenia Kurganova ,  Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov ,  Arnoud Willem Notenboom ,  Mahdiar Valefi ,  Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof ,  Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes Van Den Einden ,  Ties Wouter Van Der Woord ,  Hendrikus Jan Wondergem ,  Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov

IPC: G03F1/64 ,  G03F7/00

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method including: providing a stack including: at least one membrane layer supported by a planar substrate, wherein the planar substrate has an inner region and a border region around the inner region; and a first sacrificial layer between the planar substrate and the membrane layer; selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate such that the membrane assembly has: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer, and a border holding the membrane, the border having the border region of the planar substrate and the first sacrificial layer situated between the border region and the membrane layer, wherein the selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate includes using an etchant which has a similar etch rate for the membrane layer and its oxide and a substantially different etch rate for the first sacrificial layer.