ON CHIP SENSOR FOR WAFER OVERLAY MEASUREMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240361703A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18769032

    申请日:2024-07-10

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00 G02B6/122 G02B26/08

    摘要: A sensor apparatus includes a sensor chip, an illumination system, a first optical system, a second optical system, and a detector system. The illumination system is coupled to the sensor chip and transmits an illumination beam along an illumination path. The first optical system is coupled to the sensor chip and includes a first integrated optic to configure and transmit the illumination beam toward a diffraction target on a substrate, disposed adjacent to the sensor chip, and generate a signal beam including diffraction order sub-beams generated from the diffraction target. The second optical system is coupled to the sensor chip and includes a second integrated optic to collect and transmit the signal beam from a first side to a second side of the sensor chip. The detector system is configured to measure a characteristic of the diffraction target based on the signal beam transmitted by the second optical system.

    Lithographic apparatus, metrology systems, illumination sources and methods thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12124173B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17790344

    申请日:2020-12-08

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: A system includes an illumination system, an optical element, and a detector. The optical system is implemented on a substrate. The illumination system includes first and second sources and first and second generators. The illumination system generates a beam of radiation. The first and second sources generate respective first and second different wavelength bands. The first and second resonators are optically coupled to respective ones of the first and second sources and narrow respective ones of the first and second wavelength bands. The optical element directs the beam toward a target structure. The detector receives radiation from the target structure and to generate a measurement signal based on the received radiation.

    Phase modulators in alignment to decrease mark size

    公开(公告)号:US11803130B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US17633884

    申请日:2020-08-05

    IPC分类号: G03F9/00

    摘要: An alignment apparatus includes an illumination system configured to direct one or more illumination beams towards an alignment target and receive the diffracted beams from the alignment target. The alignment apparatus also includes a self-referencing Interferometer configured to generate two diffraction sub-beams, wherein the two diffraction sub-beams are orthogonally polarized, rotated 180 degrees with respect to each other around an alignment axis, and spatially overlapped. The alignment apparatus further includes a beam analyzer configured to generate interference between the overlapped components of the diffraction sub-beams and produce two orthogonally polarized optical branches, and a detection system configured to determine a position of the alignment target based on light intensity measurement of the optical branches, wherein the measured light intensity is temporally modulated by a phase modulator.

    Lithographic apparatus, metrology system, and illumination systems with structured illumination

    公开(公告)号:US11789368B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17764139

    申请日:2020-09-14

    申请人: ASML Holding N.V.

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: A system (500) includes an illumination system (502), a lens element (506), and a detector (504). The illumination system generates a beam of radiation (510) having a first spatial intensity distribution (800) at a pupil plane (528) and a second spatial intensity distribution (900) at a plane of a target (514). The first spatial intensity distribution comprises an annular intensity profile (802) or an intensity profile corresponding to three or more beams. The lens element focuses the beam onto the target. The second spatial intensity distribution is a conjugate of the first intensity distribution and has an intensity profile corresponding to a central beam (902) and one or more side lobes (904) that are substantially isolated from the central beam. The central beam has a beam diameter of approximately 20 microns or less at the target. The detector receives radiation scattered by the target and generates a measurement signal based on the received radiation.

    MONOLITHIC PARTICLE INSPECTION DEVICE
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230266255A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18012801

    申请日:2021-06-09

    IPC分类号: G01N21/956

    CPC分类号: G01N21/956 G01N2021/95676

    摘要: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for detecting a particle on a substrate surface. An example method can include receiving, by a grating structure, coherent radiation from a radiation source. The method can further include generating, by the grating structure, a focused coherent radiation beam based on the coherent radiation. The method can further include transmitting, by the grating structure, the focused coherent radiation beam toward a region of a surface of a substrate. The method can further include receiving, by the grating structure, photons scattered from the region in response to illuminating the region with the focused coherent radiation beam. The method can further include measuring, by a photodetector, the photons received by the grating structure. The method can further include generating, by the photodetector and based on the measured photons, an electronic signal for detecting a particle located in the region of the surface of the substrate.

    LITHOGRAPHIC PRE-ALIGNMENT IMAGING SENSOR WITH BUILD-IN COAXIAL ILLUMINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230236519A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18001258

    申请日:2021-05-20

    申请人: ASML Holding N.V.

    IPC分类号: G03F9/00 G02B3/00

    摘要: A patterning device pre-alignment sensor system is disclosed. The system comprises at least one illumination source configured to provide an incident beam along a normal direction towards a patterning device. The system further comprises an object lens group channel along the normal direction configured to receive a 0th order refracted beam from the patterning device. The system further comprises a first light reflector configured to redirect the 0th order refracted beam to form a first retroreflected beam. The system further comprises a first image lens group channel configured to transmit the first retroreflected beam to a first light sensor. The first light sensor is configured to detect the first retroreflected beam to determine a location feature of the patterning device.

    LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, METROLOGY SYSTEMS, ILLUMINATION SWITCHES AND METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230213868A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18012308

    申请日:2021-06-04

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A system includes an illumination system, an optical element, a switching element and a detector. The illumination system includes a broadband light source that generates a beam of radiation. The dispersive optical element receives the beam of radiation and generates a plurality of light beams having a narrower bandwidth than the broadband light source. The optical switch receives the plurality of light 5 beams and transmits each one of the plurality of light beams to a respective one of a plurality of alignment sensor of a sensor array. The detector receives radiation returning from the sensor array and to generate a measurement signal based on the received radiation.