Abstract:
A delivery system for use within a lithographic system. The beam delivery system comprises optical elements arranged to receive a radiation beam from a radiation source and to reflect portions of radiation along one or more directions to form a one or more branch radiation beams for provision to one or more tools.
Abstract:
A method of patterning lithographic substrates that includes using a free electron laser to generate EUV radiation and delivering the EUV radiation to a lithographic apparatus which projects the EUV radiation onto lithographic substrates. The method further includes reducing fluctuations in the power of EUV radiation delivered to the lithographic substrates by using a feedback-based control loop to monitor the free electron laser and adjust operation of the free electron laser accordingly, and applying variable attenuation to EUV radiation that has been output by the free electron laser in order to further control the power of EUV radiation delivered to the lithographic apparatus.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a substrate support for an apparatus of the type which projects a beam of EUV radiation onto a target portion of a substrate (400). The substrate support comprises a substrate table constructed to hold the substrate, a support block (420) for supporting the substrate table, and a cover plate (450′) disposed around the substrate table. The top surface of the cover plate and the top surface of a substrate mounted on the substrate table are all substantially at the same level. At least one sensor unit (430) is located on the substrate support and its top surface is also at the same level as that of the cover plate and substrate. Also disclosed is an EUV lithographic apparatus comprising such a substrate support.