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公开(公告)号:US20140264093A1
公开(公告)日:2014-09-18
申请号:US14294048
申请日:2014-06-02
发明人: Georgiy O. Vaschenko
CPC分类号: H05H1/42 , G03F7/70033 , H01J35/20 , H05G2/005 , H05G2/006 , H05G2/008 , Y10T29/49 , Y10T156/10
摘要: Methods and apparatus for producing irradiation targets in an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source having an irradiation target generating system that includes a nozzle configured for ejecting droplets of a target material, and a subsystem having an electro-actuable element producing a modulation waveform to cause disturbance to the droplets thereby causing at least some of the droplets to coalesce into irradiation targets. There is included a laser producing a beam for irradiating the irradiation targets to generate an EUV-producing plasma, wherein the electro-actuable element is biased against the nozzle to enable transfer of the disturbance to the droplets while permitting relative movement between the electro-actuable element and the nozzle.
摘要翻译: 在具有包括喷射目标材料的液滴的喷嘴的照射目标产生系统的极紫外(EUV)光源中产生照射靶的方法和装置以及具有产生调制波形的电致动元件的子系统, 对液滴的干扰,从而使至少一些液滴聚结成辐射靶。 包括产生用于照射照射目标以产生产生EUV的等离子体的光束的激光,其中电致动元件被偏置在喷嘴上,以使干扰能够传递到液滴,同时允许电致动的等离子体之间的相对运动 元件和喷嘴。
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公开(公告)号:US20240361702A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18621218
申请日:2024-03-29
发明人: Anagnostis TSIATMAS , Paul Christiaan Hinnen , Elliott Gerard MC NAMARA , Thomas Theeuwes , Maria Isabel DE LA FUENTE VALENTIN , Mir Homayoun SHAHRJERDY , Arie Jeffrey DEN BOEF , Shu-jin WANG
CPC分类号: G03F7/70633 , G03F7/70625 , G03F7/70683 , G06T7/0006 , G03F7/20 , G06T2207/30148
摘要: A method including: obtaining a detected representation of radiation redirected by each of a plurality of structures from a substrate additionally having a device pattern thereon, wherein each structure has an intentional different physical configuration of the respective structure than the respective nominal physical configuration of the respective structure, wherein each structure has geometric symmetry at the respective nominal physical configuration, wherein the intentional different physical configuration of the structure causes an asymmetric optical characteristic distribution and wherein a patterning process parameter measures change in the physical configuration; and determining a value, based on the detected representations and based on the intentional different physical configurations, to setup, monitor or correct a measurement recipe for determining the patterning process parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US12130246B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17419653
申请日:2019-12-19
CPC分类号: G01N23/20 , G03F7/70633 , G06T5/10 , G06T2207/30148
摘要: A method includes receiving an image formed in a metrology apparatus wherein the image comprises at least the resulting effect of at least two diffraction orders, and processing the image wherein the processing comprises at least a filtering step, for example a Fourier filter. The process of applying a filter may be obtained also by placing an aperture in the detection branch of the metrology apparatus.
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公开(公告)号:US20240355578A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-24
申请号:US18761319
申请日:2024-07-02
发明人: Te-Sheng WANG , Szu-Po WANG , Kai-Yuan CHI
CPC分类号: H01J37/222 , H01J37/28
摘要: Disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable media, systems, and computer-implemented methods that describe obtaining hot spot (HS) location information with respect to a printed pattern; obtaining LFP search criteria for searching the printed pattern to determine a local focus point (LFP) for an imaging device; selecting a HS area in the printed pattern that contains a HS; and determining the LFP proximate to the HS area based on the LFP search criteria, the LFP not containing the HS.
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公开(公告)号:US12124177B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17782622
申请日:2020-11-18
CPC分类号: G03F7/706851 , G03F7/70633 , G03F7/7085 , G03F9/7046 , G03F9/7088
摘要: A detection system (200) includes an illumination system (210), a first optical system (232), a phase modulator (220), a lock-in detector (255), and a function generator (230). The illumination system is configured to transmit an illumination beam (218) along an illumination path. The first optical system is configured to transmit the illumination beam toward a diffraction target (204) on a substrate (202). The first optical system is further configured to transmit a signal beam including diffraction order sub-beams (222, 224, 226) that are diffracted by the diffraction target. The phase modulator is configured to modulate the illumination beam or the signal beam based on a reference signal. The lock-in detector is configured to collect the signal beam and to measure a characteristic of the diffraction target based on the signal beam and the reference signal. The function generator is configured to generate the reference signal for the phase modulator and the lock-in detector.
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公开(公告)号:US20240345487A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18681613
申请日:2022-08-02
发明人: Rencheng SUN , Feng YANG , Meng LIU , Fei YAN
IPC分类号: G03F7/00
CPC分类号: G03F7/705 , G03F7/70441
摘要: Systems and methods for evaluating selected set of patterns of a design layout. A method herein includes obtaining (i) a first pattern set resulting from a pattern selection process, (ii) first pattern data associated with the first pattern set, (iii) characteristic data associated with the first pattern data, and (iv) second pattern data associated with a second pattern set. A machine learning model is trained based on the characteristic data, where the machine learning model being configured to predict pattern data for an input pattern. The second pattern set is input to the trained machine learning model to predict second pattern data of the second pattern set. The first pattern set is evaluated by comparing the second pattern data and the predicted second pattern data. If the evaluation indicates insufficient pattern coverage, additional patterns can be included to improve the pattern coverage.
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公开(公告)号:US12117739B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17629202
申请日:2020-06-30
CPC分类号: G03F7/70783 , G03F7/70266 , G03F7/70716 , G03F7/70891 , H02N2/009 , H02N2/028 , H02N2/062
摘要: Disclosed is a thermo-mechanical actuator (100) comprising a piezo¬electric module (110), the piezo-electric module comprising at least one piezo-electric element (120), wherein the thermo-mechanical actuator is configured to: •o receive a thermal actuation signal (132) for controlling a thermal behaviour of the piezo-electric module, or •o provide a thermal sensing signal (132) representative of a thermal state of the piezo-electric module, and, wherein the thermo-mechanical actuator is configured to: •o receive a mechanical actuation (134) signal for controlling a mechanical behaviour of the piezo-electric module, or •o provide a mechanical sensing signal (134) representative of a mechanical state of the piezo-electric module.
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公开(公告)号:US12117726B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US18220799
申请日:2023-07-11
发明人: David Ferdinand Vles , Chaitanya Krishna Ande , Antonius Franciscus Johannes De Groot , Adrianus Johannes Maria Giesbers , Johannes Joseph Janssen , Paul Janssen , Johan Hendrik Klootwijk , Peter Simon Antonius Knapen , Evgenia Kurganova , Marcel Peter Meijer , Wouter Rogier Meijerink , Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich , Arnoud Willem Notenboom , Raymond Olsman , Hrishikesh Patel , Mária Péter , Gerrit van den Bosch , Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes van den Einden , Willem Joan Van Der Zande , Pieter-Jan Van Zwol , Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen , Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen , Hendrikus Jan Wondergem , Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
IPC分类号: G03F1/64
CPC分类号: G03F1/64
摘要: A pellicle assembly includes a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is, or to be, attached. The pellicle assembly includes one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. A pellicle assembly for a patterning device, the pellicle assembly includes one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.
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公开(公告)号:US12117721B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US18087320
申请日:2022-12-22
发明人: Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper , Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders , Joost Jeroen Ottens , Edwin Cornelis Kadijk , Sergei Shulepov
CPC分类号: G03B27/42 , G03F7/70341 , G03F7/70716
摘要: Embodiments of a drain in a lithographic projection apparatus are described that have, for example, a feature which reduces inflow of gas into the drain during a period when no liquid is present in the drain. In one example, a passive liquid removal mechanism is provided such that the pressure of gas in the drain is equal to the ambient gas pressure and in another embodiment a flap is provided to close off a chamber during times when no liquid needs removing.
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公开(公告)号:US20240339292A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18748758
申请日:2024-06-20
IPC分类号: H01J37/244 , H01J37/10 , H01J37/28
CPC分类号: H01J37/244 , H01J37/10 , H01J37/28
摘要: There is provided a charged particle device for a charged particle inspection apparatus for projecting an array of sub-beams towards a sample, the charged particle device comprising: a charged particle optical element and a detector. The charged particle optical element has an up-beam surface having a plurality of openings to generate an array of sub-beams from a charged particle beam. In the charged particle optical element are defined: sub-beam apertures and monitoring apertures. The sub-beam aperture extend through the charged particle element for paths of the array of sub-beams towards a sample. The monitoring aperture extends through the charged particle element. The detector is in the monitoring aperture. At least part of the detector is down-beam of the up-beam surface. The detector measures a parameter of a portion of the charged particle beam incident on the detector.
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