摘要:
A sealing member is provided to prevent immersion liquid ingress to a gap between components. The sealing member has a plastic or polymer sealing portion that is adhered to the components forming the gap being sealed. The sealing member is constructed so as to reduce the force-coupling, in particular the time-related force-coupling, between the components being sealed.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of determining higher order distortions of a patterning device of a lithographic apparatus, and associated apparatus. The higher order distortions are measured using the transmission imaging device. In a main embodiment, enhanced reticles are used which may have additional alignment gratings in the perimeter, in the scribe lanes of the image field or in the image field itself.
摘要:
A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The apparatus also includes a barrier member, surrounding a space between the projection system and, in use, the substrate, to define in part with the projection system a reservoir for liquid. A radially outer surface of the barrier member facing a portion of projection system and a radially outer surface of the portion of the projection system facing the barrier member each have a liquidphobic outer surface. The liquidphobic outer surface of the barrier member and/or the liquidphobic outer surface of the portion of the projection system has an inner edge that defines in part the reservoir.
摘要:
A lithographic system includes a monitored lithographic projection apparatus arranged to project a patterned beam onto a substrate. A scatterometer measures a plurality of parameters of the pattern transferred to the substrate including at least one CD-profile parameter and at least one further parameter of the pattern transferred to the substrate which is indicative of a machine setting of the monitored lithographic projection apparatus. A matching system includes a database storing information representative of reference CD values and reference values for the further feature. A comparison arrangement compares the measured values with the corresponding stored values, a lithographic parameter calculation means calculating a corrected set of machine settings for the monitored lithographic apparatus dependent on the differences between the measured and reference values.
摘要:
A metrology apparatus is configured to measure a property of a substrate. The metrology apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, an objective lens configured to project radiation onto the substrate, a detector configured to detect radiation reflected from a surface of the substrate, and an image field selecting device in the path of the reflected radiation constructed and arranged to select an area of an image field associated with the substrate. The selected area corresponds with a predetermined portion of the substrate. This arrangement may enable selection of different shapes and sizes of targets on the substrate and may enable in-die measurement of selected parameters.
摘要:
In a method for determining one or more properties of a substrate, scatterometry spectra can be measured from one or more targets on the substrate. Reconstructions of each of said spectra can be performed to derive one or more values for the property of the substrate, by comparing representations of each of the measured spectra with one or more modeled representations of spectra calculated using variable parameter values. At least one parameter in the reconstruction for each spectrum can be linked to the value of the parameter used in the reconstruction for a different spectrum.
摘要:
Scatterometry for measuring overlay. A second set of superimposed gratings are superposed over a first set of superimposed gratings. The second set of gratings have a different periodicity from the first set of gratings or a different orientation. Consequently the first order diffraction pattern from the second set of superimposed gratings can be distinguished from the first order diffraction pattern from the first set of superimposed gratings.
摘要:
Measurement targets for use on substrates, and overlay targets are presented. The targets include an array of first regions alternating with second regions, wherein the first regions include structures oriented in a first direction and the second regions include structures oriented in a direction different from the first direction. The effective refractive index of the two sets of regions are thereby different when experienced by a polarized beam, which will act as a TM-polarized beam when reflected from the first set of regions, but as a TE-polarized beam when reflected from the second set of regions.
摘要:
A member is provided to prevent immersion liquid ingress to a gap between components or to adhere to at least one component to provide a surface to a feature of an immersion system. The member has a plastic sealing portion that is adhered to the component(s). The plastic sealing portion is opaque to DUV radiation. It may be resistant to degradation through exposure to DUV radiation. It may have a liquid phobic coating or property.
摘要:
End of line effect can occur during manufacture of components using a lithographic apparatus. These end of line effects can result in line end shortening of the features being manufactured. Such line end shortening may have an adverse impact on the component being manufactured. It is therefore desirable to predict and/or monitor the line end shortening. A test pattern is provided that has two separate areas such that, as designed, when the two areas are illuminated with radiation (for example from an angle-resolved scatterometer) they result in diffused radiation with asymmetry that is equal in sign to each other, but opposite in magnitude. When the test pattern is actually manufactured, line end shortening occurs, and so the asymmetry of the two areas are not equal and opposite. From the measured asymmetry of the manufactured test pattern, the amount of line end shortening that has occurred can be estimated.