Electronic system, accelerometer, calibration method, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method

    公开(公告)号:US11561479B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17428223

    申请日:2020-01-03

    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic system for an accelerometer having a piezoelectric element and a first mechanical resonance frequency, comprising: a) a damping circuit configured to: —receive an acceleration signal from the piezoelectric element; —electronically dampen an amplitude of the first mechanical resonance frequency; and—generate a damped acceleration signal, b) an extender configured to: —receive the damped acceleration signal; —extend the frequency response; and—output an extended damped acceleration signal, wherein the extender is configured to have a first electronic anti-resonance frequency matching the damped first mechanical resonance frequency, and to have a frequency response between the first electronic anti-resonance frequency and a higher second frequency that is substantially opposite to a corresponding frequency response of the combination of the accelerometer and the damping circuit.

    Optical isolation module
    255.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11553582B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16840714

    申请日:2020-04-06

    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.

    SWITCH MATRIX DESIGN FOR BEAM IMAGE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230005707A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17944121

    申请日:2022-09-13

    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a detector array are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a substrate comprises a plurality of sensing elements including a first element and a second element. The detector comprises a switching element configured to connect the first element and the second element. The switching region may be controlled based on signals generated in response to the sensing elements receiving electrons with a predetermined amount of energy.

    SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING AND GROUNDING A MASK IN A CHARGED PARTICLE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230005698A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17778579

    申请日:2020-10-21

    Abstract: A system for grounding a mask using a grounding component are provided. Some embodiments of the system include a grounding component comprising a base and an extension protruding from the base and comprising a conductive prong configured to contact a conductive layer of the mask. Some embodiments of the system include a plurality of conductive prongs configured to contact multiple positions of a conductive layer of the mask. Some other embodiments of the system include an extension comprising various shapes.

    FIELD PROGRAMMABLE DETECTOR ARRAY
    258.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220415608A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17856848

    申请日:2022-07-01

    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a detector array are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a substrate comprises a plurality of sensing elements including a first element and a second element, and a switching region therebetween configured to connect the first element and the second element. The switching region may be controlled based on signals generated in response to the sensing elements receiving electrons with a predetermined amount of energy.

    Scatterometer and method of scatterometry using acoustic radiation

    公开(公告)号:US11536654B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17092397

    申请日:2020-11-09

    Abstract: An acoustic scatterometer has an acoustic source operable to project acoustic radiation onto a periodic structure and formed on a substrate. An acoustic detector is operable to detect the −1st acoustic diffraction order diffracted by the periodic structure and while discriminating from specular reflection (0th order). Another acoustic detector is operable to detect the +1st acoustic diffraction order diffracted by the periodic structure, again while discriminating from the specular reflection (0th order). The acoustic source and acoustic detector may be piezo transducers. The angle of incidence of the projected acoustic radiation and location of the detectors and are arranged with respect to the periodic structure and such that the detection of the −1st and +1st acoustic diffraction orders and discriminates from the 0th order specular reflection.

    LENS DESIGNS
    260.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220406563A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17897080

    申请日:2022-08-26

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an multi-array lens configured in use to focus a plurality of beamlets of charged particles along a multi-beam path, wherein each lens in the array comprises: an entrance electrode; a focusing electrode and a support. The focusing electrode is down beam of the entrance electrode along a beamlet path and is configured to be at a potential different from the entrance electrode. The support is configured to support the focusing electrode relative to the entrance electrode. The focusing electrode and support are configured so that in operation the lens generates a rotationally symmetrical field around the beamlet path.

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