METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMALLY CONTROLLING AT LEAST PART OF AN ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20250103855A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18723265

    申请日:2022-12-15

    Inventor: Wenjie JIN

    Abstract: A method of generating control actions for controlling a production system, such as by transmitting the control actions to a control system of the production system. The method includes receiving, by a memory unit, a set of observation data characterizing a current state of the production system; processing, by a first neural network module of the memory unit, an input based on at least part of the observation data to generate encoded observation data; updating, by a second neural network module of the memory unit, history information stored in an internal memory of the second module using an input based on at least part of the observation data; obtaining, based on the encoded observation data and the updated history information, state data; and generating, based on the state data, one or more control actions.

    THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, MODELS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IN LITHOGRAPHY

    公开(公告)号:US20250028298A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18713127

    申请日:2022-11-30

    Abstract: Dynamic aberration control in a semiconductor manufacturing process is described. In some embodiments, wavefront data representing a wavefront provided by an optical projection system of a semiconductor processing apparatus may be received. Wavefront drift may be determined based on a comparison of the wavefront data and target wavefront data. Based on the wavefront drift, one or more process parameters may be determined. The one or more process parameters include parameters associated with a thermal device, where the thermal device is configured to provide thermal energy to the optical projection system during operation.

    AN ILLUMINATION SOURCE AND ASSOCIATED METROLOGY APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220382124A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17769725

    申请日:2020-10-07

    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination source comprising a gas delivery system comprising a gas nozzle. The gas nozzle comprises an opening in an exit plane of the gas nozzle. The gas delivery system is configured to provide a gas flow from the opening for generating an emitted radiation at an interaction region. The illumination source is configured to receive a pump radiation having a propagation direction and to provide the pump radiation in the gas flow. A geometry shape of the gas nozzle is adapted to shape a profile of the gas flow such that gas density of the gas flow first increases to a maximum value and subsequently falls sharply in a cut-off region along the propagation direction.

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