公开(公告)号：US09606429B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US14498883

申请日：2014-09-26

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Joost Jeroen Ottens ,  Marcel Beckers ,  Marco Polizzi ,  Michel Riepen ,  Anthonie Kuijper ,  Koen Steffens ,  Adrianes Johannes Baeten ,  Anca Mihaela Antonevici

IPC: G03B27/52 ,  G03F7/20 ,  B01D19/00

CPC classification number: G03F7/70866 ,  B01D19/0021 ,  G03B27/52 ,  G03F7/70341

Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is described in which a two-phase flow is separated into liquid-rich and gas-rich flows by causing the liquid-rich flow to preferentially flow along a surface.

公开(公告)号：US09588437B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-07

申请号：US14975481

申请日：2015-12-18

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena Cortie ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset ,  Michel Riepen ,  Henricus Jozef Castelijns ,  Cornelius Maria Rops ,  Jim Vincent Overkamp

IPC: G03F7/20

CPC classification number: G03F7/70866 ,  G03F7/70341

Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.

Abstract translation: 一种用于光刻设备的流体处理结构，所述流体处理结构在从被配置为将浸没流体包含在流体处理结构外部的区域的空间的边界处具有：弯液面锁定特征，以阻止浸没流体在径向向外 方向从空间; 以及线性阵列中的至少部分地围绕并径向向外的一个或多个弯液面钉扎特征的多个气体供应开口，其中线性阵列中的多个气体供应开口具有相似或相同的尺寸。

公开(公告)号：US09507278B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-29

申请号：US14806395

申请日：2015-07-22

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

Inventor： Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper ,  Henrikus Herman Marie Cox ,  Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders ,  Roelof Frederik de Graaf ,  Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders ,  Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens ,  Frits Van Der Meulen ,  Joost Jeroen Ottens ,  Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen ,  Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn ,  Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen ,  Marco Polizzi ,  Edwin Augustinus Matheus Van Gompel ,  Johannes Petrus Maria Smeulers ,  Stefan Philip Christiaan Belfroid ,  Herman Vogel

IPC: G03B27/52 ,  G03B27/42 ,  G03F7/20

CPC classification number: G03F7/70883 ,  G03F7/70341 ,  G03F7/70858 ,  G03F7/70866 ,  G03F7/7095

Abstract: A porous member is used in a liquid removal system of an immersion lithographic projection apparatus to smooth uneven flows. A pressure differential across the porous member may be maintained at below the bubble point of the porous member so that a single-phase liquid flow is obtained. Alternatively, the porous member may be used to reduce unevenness in a two-phase flow.

公开(公告)号：US09448494B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-20

申请号：US14792143

申请日：2015-07-06

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper ,  Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders ,  Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Sergei Shulepov

IPC: G03B27/58 ,  G03F7/20 ,  H01L21/67

CPC classification number: G03F7/70866 ,  G03F7/70341 ,  H01L21/67034

Abstract: A gas knife configured to dry a surface in an immersion lithographic apparatus is optimized to remove liquid by ensuring that a pressure gradient is built up in the liquid film on the surface being dried.

公开(公告)号：US12032296B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17776369

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Yang-Shan Huang ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate

IPC: G03F7/00

CPC classification number: G03F7/70341 ,  G03F7/709

Abstract: A fluid handling system that includes a liquid confinement structure configured to confine immersion liquid to a space between at least a part of the liquid confinement structure and a surface of a substrate. The fluid handling system also includes a mechanism configured to vibrate a vibration component in contact with the immersion liquid.

公开(公告)号：US11754929B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17856520

申请日：2022-07-01

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre ,  Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina ,  Yogesh Pramod Karade ,  Elisabeth Corinne Rodenburg

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/00 ,  B23K26/354 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B22F10/00 ,  B22F10/20 ,  B23Q3/18 ,  B05D3/06 ,  B05D5/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F7/06 ,  B22F10/25 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/66

CPC classification number: G03F7/70341 ,  B05D3/06 ,  B05D5/00 ,  B22F7/062 ,  B22F10/00 ,  B22F10/20 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B23K26/354 ,  B23Q3/18 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/707 ,  G03F7/708 ,  G03F7/70416 ,  G03F7/70708 ,  G03F7/70716 ,  G03F7/70733 ,  B22F10/25 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/66

Abstract: A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus, the substrate holder including: a main body; a plurality of first burls provided on a first side of the main body and having end surfaces to support a substrate, wherein the first burls each include CrN; and a plurality of second burls provided on a second side of the main body.

公开(公告)号：US11378893B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US17098073

申请日：2020-11-13

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee ,  Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Erik Roelof Loopstra ,  Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes Van Meer ,  Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens ,  Christianus Gerardus Maria De Mol ,  Marcel Johannus Elisabeth Hubertus Muitjens ,  Antonius Johannus Van Der Net ,  Joost Jeroen Ottens ,  Johannes Anna Quaedackers ,  Maria Elisabeth Reuhman-Huisken ,  Marco Koert Stavenga ,  Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans ,  Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen ,  Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay ,  Frederik Eduard De Jong ,  Koen Goorman ,  Boris Menchtchikov ,  Herman Boom ,  Stoyan Nihtianov ,  Richard Moerman ,  Martin Frans Pierre Smeets ,  Bart Leonard Peter Schoondermark ,  Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen ,  Michel Riepen

IPC: G03F7/20

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is described having a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between a projection system of the lithographic apparatus and a substrate with liquid, a barrier member arranged to substantially contain the liquid within the space, and a heater.

公开(公告)号：US11376663B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US17132084

申请日：2020-12-23

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre ,  Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina ,  Yogesh Pramod Karade ,  Elisabeth Corinne Rodenburg

IPC: B22F7/06 ,  B23K26/354 ,  B23K26/342 ,  G03F7/20 ,  B22F10/20 ,  B22F10/00 ,  B23Q3/18 ,  B05D3/06 ,  B05D5/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: An object holder for a lithographic apparatus has a main body having a surface. A plurality of burls to support an object is formed on the surface or in apertures of a thin-film stack. At least one of the burls is formed by laser-sintering. At least one of the burls formed by laser-sintering may be a repair of a damaged burl previously formed by laser-sintering or another method.

公开(公告)号：USRE48676E1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16203799

申请日：2018-11-29

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset ,  Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Sergei Shulepov ,  Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre

IPC: G03B27/32 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03B27/58 ,  G03B27/52

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus including a fluid handling structure configured to contain immersion fluid in a space adjacent to an upper surface of the substrate table and/or a substrate located in a recess of the substrate table, a cover having a planar main body that, in use, extends around a substrate from the upper surface to a peripheral section of an upper major face of the substrate in order to cover a gap between an edge of the recess and an edge of the substrate, and an immersion fluid film disruptor, configured to disrupt the formation of a film of immersion fluid between an edge of the cover and immersion fluid contained by the fluid handling structure during movement of the substrate table relative to the fluid handling structure.

公开(公告)号：US10955757B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16531220

申请日：2019-08-05

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre

IPC: G03F7/20

Abstract: A table for a lithographic apparatus, the table having a catchment opening formed in an upper surface of the table, the catchment opening in fluid communication through the table with the environment of the table at a drain opening in a surface of the table other than the upper surface.