EUV light source with subsystem(s) for maintaining LPP drive laser output during EUV non-output periods

    公开(公告)号:US10966308B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US15208548

    申请日:2016-07-12

    IPC分类号: H05G2/00

    摘要: A device is disclosed herein which may comprise a droplet generator producing droplets of target material; a sensor providing an intercept time signal when a droplet reaches a preselected location; a delay circuit coupled with said sensor, the delay circuit generating a trigger signal delayed from the intercept time signal; a laser source responsive to a trigger signal to produce a laser pulse; and a system controlling said delay circuit to provide a trigger signal delayed from the intercept time by a first delay time to generate a light pulse that is focused on a droplet and a trigger signal delayed from the intercept time by a second delay time to generate a light pulse which is not focused on a droplet.

    Alignment of light source focus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09832853B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-28

    申请号:US14175730

    申请日:2014-02-07

    摘要: An extreme ultraviolet light system includes a steering system that steers and focuses an amplified light beam traveling along a propagation direction to a focal plane near a target location within an extreme ultraviolet light chamber, a detection system including at least one detector positioned to detect an image of a laser beam reflected from at least a portion of a target material within the chamber, a wavefront modification system in the path of the reflected laser beam and between the target location and the detection system, and a controller. The wavefront modification system is configured to modify the wavefront of the reflected laser beam as a function of a target focal plane position along the propagation direction. The controller includes logic for adjusting a location of the focal plane of the amplified light beam relative to the target material based on the detected image of the reflected laser beam.

    FILTER FOR MATERIAL SUPPLY APPARATUS OF AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE
    4.
    发明申请
    FILTER FOR MATERIAL SUPPLY APPARATUS OF AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE 有权
    超级紫外线光源的材料供应设备过滤器

    公开(公告)号:US20150209701A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-30

    申请号:US14674724

    申请日:2015-03-31

    IPC分类号: B01D29/56 H05H1/46 H05G2/00

    摘要: A filter is used in a target material supply apparatus and includes a sheet having a first flat surface and a second opposing flat surface, and a plurality of through holes. The first flat surface is in fluid communication with a reservoir that holds a target mixture that includes a target material and non-target particles. The through holes extend from the second flat surface and are fluidly coupled at the second flat surface to an orifice of a nozzle. The sheet has a surface area that is exposed to the target mixture, the exposed surface area being at least a factor of one hundred less than an exposed surface area of a sintered filter having an equivalent transverse extent to that of the sheet.

    摘要翻译: 在目标材料供给装置中使用过滤器,并且包括具有第一平面和第二相对平坦面的片,以及多个通孔。 第一平坦表面与储存包含目标材料和非目标颗粒的目标混合物的储存器流体连通。 通孔从第二平坦表面延伸并且在第二平坦表面处流体耦合到喷嘴的孔口。 片材具有暴露于目标混合物的表面积,暴露的表面积比具有与片材相当的横向程度的烧结过滤器的暴露表面积至少要低一百倍。