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公开(公告)号：US20200305263A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-24
申请号：US16840714
申请日：2020-04-06
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , Daniel John William Brown , Alexander Anthony Schafgans , Palash Parijat Das
Abstract: An optical source for a photolithography tool includes a source configured to emit a first beam of light and a second beam of light, the first beam of light having a first wavelength, and the second beam of light having a second wavelength, the first and second wavelengths being different; an amplifier configured to amplify the first beam of light and the second beam of light to produce, respectively, a first amplified light beam and a second amplified light beam; and an optical isolator between the source and the amplifier, the optical isolator including: a plurality of dichroic optical elements, and an optical modulator between two of the dichroic optical elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20180081280A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-22
申请号：US15270072
申请日：2016-09-20
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Alexander Anthony Schafgans , Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov , Yezheng Tao , Rostislav Rokitski , Robert Jay Rafac , Daniel John William Brown , Cory Alan Stinson
Abstract: An optical source for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography tool includes a light-generation system including a light-generation module; an optical amplifier including a gain medium associated with a gain band, the gain medium configured to amplify light having a wavelength in the gain band; and a wavelength-based optical filter system on a beam path between the light-generation module and the optical amplifier, the wavelength-based optical filter system including at least one optical element configured to allow light having a wavelength in a first set of wavelengths to propagate on the beam path and to remove light having a wavelength in a second set of wavelengths from the beam path, the first set of wavelengths and the second set of wavelengths including different wavelengths in the gain band of the optical amplifier.
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公开(公告)号：US09826616B2
公开(公告)日：2017-11-21
申请号：US15148255
申请日：2016-05-06
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , John Tom Stewart, IV , Jordan Jur , Daniel Brown
IPC: H05G2/00
Abstract: An initial pulse of radiation is generated; a section of the initial pulse of radiation is extracted to form a modified pulse of radiation, the modified pulse of radiation including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being temporally connected to the second portion, and the first portion having a maximum energy that is less than a maximum energy of the second portion; the first portion of the modified pulse of radiation is interacted with a target material to form a modified target; and the second portion of the modified pulse of radiation is interacted with the modified target to generate plasma that emits extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light.
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公开(公告)号：US09462668B2
公开(公告)日：2016-10-04
申请号：US14874164
申请日：2015-10-02
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , Robert Jay Rafac , Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov , Daniel John William Brown , Daniel James Golich
Abstract: Techniques for forming a target and for producing extreme ultraviolet light include releasing an initial target material toward a target location, the target material including a material that emits extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light when converted to plasma; directing a first amplified light beam toward the initial target material, the first amplified light beam having an energy sufficient to form a collection of pieces of target material from the initial target material, each of the pieces being smaller than the initial target material and being spatially distributed throughout a hemisphere shaped volume; and directing a second amplified light beam toward the collection of pieces to convert the pieces of target material to plasma that emits EUV light.
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公开(公告)号：US09380691B2
公开(公告)日：2016-06-28
申请号：US14194027
申请日：2014-02-28
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , Daniel J. W. Brown , Alexander Schafgans , Michael David Caudill , Daniel J. Golich , Richard L. Sandstrom , Yoshiho Amada
CPC classification number: H05G2/008 , H01S3/1003 , H01S3/1301 , H01S3/1305 , H05G2/003
Abstract: A system for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes an optical amplifier including a gain medium positioned on a beam path, the optical amplifier configured to receive a light beam at an input and to emit an output light beam for an EUV light source at an output; a feedback system that measures a property of the output light beam and produces a feedback signal based on the measured property; and an adaptive optic positioned in the beam path and configured to receive the feedback signal and to adjust a property of the output light beam in response to the feedback signal.
Abstract translation: 一种用于极紫外（EUV）光源的系统包括光放大器，其包括位于光束路径上的增益介质，所述光放大器被配置为在输入处接收光束并且向EUV光源发射输出光束 输出 反馈系统，其测量输出光束的性质并基于测量的属性产生反馈信号; 以及位于所述光束路径中并被配置为接收所述反馈信号并响应于所述反馈信号调整所述输出光束的特性的自适应光学器件。
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公开(公告)号：US09357625B2
公开(公告)日：2016-05-31
申请号：US14325153
申请日：2014-07-07
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , John Tom Stewart, IV , Jordan Jur , Andrew LaForge , Daniel Brown , Jason M. Arcand , Alexander A. Schafgans , Michael A. Purvis
IPC: H05G2/00
Abstract: An initial pulse of radiation is generated; a section of the initial pulse of radiation is extracted to form a modified pulse of radiation, the modified pulse of radiation including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being temporally connected to the second portion, and the first portion having a maximum energy that is less than a maximum energy of the second portion; the first portion of the modified pulse of radiation is interacted with a target material to form a modified target; and the second portion of the modified pulse of radiation is interacted with the modified target to generate plasma that emits extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light.
Abstract translation: 产生辐射的初始脉冲; 提取辐射的初始脉冲的一部分以形成修改的辐射脉冲，所述修改的辐射脉冲包括第一部分和第二部分，所述第一部分在时间上连接到所述第二部分，并且所述第一部分具有最大值 能量小于第二部分的最大能量; 修改的辐射脉冲的第一部分与靶材料相互作用以形成修饰的靶; 并且修改的辐射脉冲的第二部分与修饰的靶相互作用以产生发射极紫外（EUV）光的等离子体。
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公开(公告)号：US20150189729A1
公开(公告)日：2015-07-02
申请号：US14563186
申请日：2014-12-08
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor： Robert J. Rafac , Yezheng Tao
CPC classification number: H05G2/008 , G03F7/70033 , G21K5/00 , H05G2/005
Abstract: Techniques for generating EUV light include directing a first pulse of radiation toward a target material droplet to form a modified droplet, the first pulse of radiation having an energy sufficient to alter a shape of the target material droplet; directing a second pulse of radiation toward the modified droplet to form an absorption material, the second pulse of radiation having an energy sufficient to change a property of the modified droplet, the property being related to absorption of radiation; and directing an amplified light beam toward the absorption material, the amplified light beam having an energy sufficient to convert at least a portion of the absorption material into extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light.
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公开(公告)号：US20150189728A1
公开(公告)日：2015-07-02
申请号：US14563496
申请日：2014-12-08
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , John Tom Stewart, IV , Daniel J.W. Brown
IPC: H05G2/00
Abstract: A first remaining plasma that at least partially coincides with a target region is formed; a target including target material in a first spatial distribution to the target region is provided, the target material including material that emits EUV light when converted to plasma; the first remaining plasma and the initial target interact, the interaction rearranging the target material from the first spatial distribution to a shaped target distribution to form a shaped target in the target region, the shaped target including the target material arranged in the shaped spatial distribution; an amplified light beam is directed toward the target region to convert at least some of the target material in the shaped target to a plasma that emits EUV light; and a second remaining plasma is formed in the target region.
Abstract translation: 形成与目标区域至少部分重合的第一剩余等离子体; 提供了包括在目标区域的第一空间分布中的目标材料的目标，所述目标材料包括当转换成等离子体时发射EUV光的材料; 所述第一剩余等离子体和所述初始靶相互作用，所述相互作用将所述目标材料从所述第一空间分布重新排列成成形目标分布，以在所述目标区域中形成成形目标，所述成形靶包括布置在所述成形空间分布中的所述目标材料; 放大的光束被引向目标区域，以将成形靶中的目标材料中的至少一些转换成发射EUV光的等离子体; 并且在目标区域中形成第二剩余等离子体。
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公开(公告)号：US12245350B2
公开(公告)日：2025-03-04
申请号：US18075589
申请日：2022-12-06
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , Daniel John William Brown , Alexander Anthony Schafgans , Palash Parijat Das
Abstract: An optical source for a photolithography tool includes a source configured to emit a first beam of light and a second beam of light, the first beam of light having a first wavelength, and the second beam of light having a second wavelength, the first and second wavelengths being different; an amplifier configured to amplify the first beam of light and the second beam of light to produce, respectively, a first amplified light beam and a second amplified light beam; and an optical isolator between the source and the amplifier, the optical isolator including: a plurality of dichroic optical elements, and an optical modulator between two of the dichroic optical elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20230139746A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-04
申请号：US18075589
申请日：2022-12-06
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Yezheng Tao , Daniel John William Brown , Alexander Anthony Schafgans , Palash Parijat Das
Abstract: An optical source for a photolithography tool includes a source configured to emit a first beam of light and a second beam of light, the first beam of light having a first wavelength, and the second beam of light having a second wavelength, the first and second wavelengths being different; an amplifier configured to amplify the first beam of light and the second beam of light to produce, respectively, a first amplified light beam and a second amplified light beam; and an optical isolator between the source and the amplifier, the optical isolator including: a plurality of dichroic optical elements, and an optical modulator between two of the dichroic optical elements.
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