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    Laser output beam wavefront splitter for bandwidth spectrum control
    3.
    发明申请
    Laser output beam wavefront splitter for bandwidth spectrum control 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20050286598A1

    公开(公告)日：2005-12-29

    申请号：US10875662

    申请日：2004-06-23

    申请人： Richard Sandstrom ,  Daniel Brown ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  William Partlo

    发明人： Richard Sandstrom ,  Daniel Brown ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  William Partlo

    IPC分类号： G03F7/20 ,  H01S3/08 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/13 ,  H01S3/22

    CPC分类号： H01S3/0812 ,  G03F7/70025 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/08059 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/1305

    摘要： An apparatus and method for providing bandwidth control in a narrow band short pulse duration gas discharge laser output light pulse beam producing system, producing a beam comprising laser output light pulses at a selected pulse repetition rate, is disclosed which may comprise a dispersive bandwidth selection optic selecting at least one center wavelength for each pulse determined at least in part by the angle of incidence of the laser light pulse beam containing the respective pulse on the dispersive wavelength selection optic; a tuning mechanism operative to select at least one angle of incidence of the a laser light pulse beam containing the respective pulse upon the dispersive center wavelength selection optic; the tuning mechanism comprising a plurality of incidence angle selection elements each defining an angle of incidence for a different spatially separated but not temporally separated portion of the laser light pulse to return from the dispersive center wavelength selection optic a laser light pulse comprising a plurality of spatially separated but not temporally separated portions, each portion having one of at least two different selected center wavelengths. The tuning mechanism may comprise a temporal angle of incidence selection element defining an angle of incidence for different temporally separated portions of the pulse to return from the dispersive bandwidth selection optic a laser beam comprising a plurality of temporally separated portions of each pulse, each temporally separated portion of each pulse having one of at least two different selected center wavelengths. The tuning mechanism may comprise a plurality of spatial incidence angle selection elements each defining an angle of incidence for a spatially separated but not temporally separated portion of the laser light pulse, and a plurality of temporal angle of incidence selection elements each defining at least a first angle of incidence for at least a first temporally separated portion of each spatially separated but not temporally separated portion of the pulse and a second angle of incidence for a second temporally separated but not spatially separated portion of each spatially separated portion of the pulse.

    Method and apparatus for EUV plasma source target delivery
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for EUV plasma source target delivery 有权
    用于EUV等离子体源目标传递的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号：US20060192154A1

    公开(公告)日：2006-08-31

    申请号：US11067124

    申请日：2005-02-25

    申请人： J. Algots ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  Alexander Ershov ,  William Partlo ,  Richard Sandstrom ,  Oscar Hemberg ,  Alexander Bykanov ,  Dennis Cobb

    发明人： J. Algots ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  Alexander Ershov ,  William Partlo ,  Richard Sandstrom ,  Oscar Hemberg ,  Alexander Bykanov ,  Dennis Cobb

    IPC分类号： H05G2/00

    CPC分类号： H05G2/003 ,  H05G2/005 ,  H05G2/006

    摘要： An EUV plasma formation target delivery system and method is disclosed which may comprise: a target droplet formation mechanism comprising a magneto-restrictive or electro-restrictive material, a liquid plasma source material passageway terminating in an output orifice; a charging mechanism applying charge to a droplet forming jet stream or to individual droplets exiting the passageway along a selected path; a droplet deflector intermediate the output orifice and a plasma initiation site periodically deflecting droplets from the selected path, a liquid target material delivery mechanism comprising a liquid target material delivery passage having an input opening and an output orifice; an electromotive disturbing force generating mechanism generating a disturbing force within the liquid target material, a liquid target delivery droplet formation mechanism having an output orifice; and/or a wetting barrier around the periphery of the output orifice.

    摘要翻译： 公开了一种EUV等离子体形成靶递送系统和方法，其可以包括：目标液滴形成机构，其包括磁阻或电子限制材料，终止于输出孔的液体等离子体源材料通道; 将电荷施加到液滴形成喷射流或沿着选定路径离开通道的各个液滴的充电机构; 在输出孔之间的液滴偏转器和等离子体引发位置周期性地偏转来自所选择的路径的液滴;液体靶材料输送机构，包括具有输入开口和输出孔的液体靶材料输送通道; 产生在液体目标材料内的干扰力的电动干扰力产生机构，具有输出孔的液体目标传送液滴形成机构; 和/或围绕输出孔周边的润湿屏障。

    EUV collector debris management
    5.
    发明申请
    EUV collector debris management 失效
    EUV收集器碎片管理

    公开(公告)号：US20060091109A1

    公开(公告)日：2006-05-04

    申请号：US10979945

    申请日：2004-11-01

    申请人： William Partlo ,  Richard Sandstrom ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  Alexander Ershov ,  William Oldham ,  William Marx ,  Oscar Hemberg

    发明人： William Partlo ,  Richard Sandstrom ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  Alexander Ershov ,  William Oldham ,  William Marx ,  Oscar Hemberg

    IPC分类号： H01L21/306 ,  B08B6/00 ,  B44C1/22

    CPC分类号： B08B7/00

    摘要： A method and apparatus that may comprise an EUV light producing mechanism utilizing an EUV plasma source material comprising a material that will form an etching compound, which plasma source material produces EUV light in a band around a selected center wavelength comprising: an EUV plasma generation chamber; an EUV light collector contained within the chamber having a reflective surface containing at least one layer comprising a material that does not form an etching compound and/or forms a compound layer that does not significantly reduce the reflectivity of the reflective surface in the band; an etchant source gas contained within the chamber comprising an etchant source material with which the plasma source material forms an etching compound, which etching compound has a vapor pressure that will allow etching of the etching compound from the reflective surface. The etchant source material may comprises a halogen or halogen compound. The etchant source material may be selected based upon the etching being stimulated in the presence of photons of EUV light and/or DUV light and/or any excited energetic photons with sufficient energy to stimulate the etching of the plasma source material. The apparatus may further comprise an etching stimulation plasma generator providing an etching stimulation plasma in the working vicinity of the reflective surface; and the etchant source material may be selected based upon the etching being stimulated by an etching stimulation plasma. There may also be an ion accelerator accelerating ions toward the reflective surface. The ions may comprise etchant source material. The apparatus and method may comprise a part of an EUV production subsystem with an optical element to be etched of plasma source material.

    摘要翻译： 可以包括使用EUV等离子体源材料的EUV发光机构的方法和装置，所述EUV等离子体源材料包括将形成蚀刻化合物的材料，所述等离子体源材料在所选择的中心波长周围的带内产生EUV光，包括：EUV等离子体产生室 ; 包含在室内的EUV光收集器具有反射表面，该反射表面包含至少一层，该层包含不形成蚀刻化合物的材料和/或形成不显着降低该带中的反射表面的反射率的化合物层; 包含在腔室内的蚀刻剂源气体包括蚀刻剂源材料，等离子体源材料与蚀刻剂源材料形成蚀刻化合物，该蚀刻化合物具有允许从反射表面蚀刻蚀刻化合物的蒸气压。 蚀刻剂源材料可以包含卤素或卤素化合物。 蚀刻剂源材料可以基于在存在EUV光和/或DUV光的光子和/或具有足够能量以激发等离子体源材料的蚀刻的任何激发能量光子的情况下被激发的蚀刻来选择。 该装置还可以包括在反射表面的工作附近提供蚀刻刺激等离子体的蚀刻刺激等离子体发生器; 并且蚀刻剂源材料可以基于通过蚀刻刺激等离子体刺激的蚀刻来选择。 还可以存在离子加速剂将离子朝向反射表面加速。 离子可以包括蚀刻剂源材料。 该装置和方法可以包括具有待蚀刻的等离子体源材料的光学元件的EUV生产子系统的一部分。

    EUV light source
    6.
    发明申请
    EUV light source 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20050199829A1

    公开(公告)日：2005-09-15

    申请号：US10900839

    申请日：2004-07-27

    申请人： William Partlo ,  Norbert Bowering ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  David Myers ,  Ian Oliver ,  John Viatella ,  Robert Jacques

    发明人： William Partlo ,  Norbert Bowering ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  David Myers ,  Ian Oliver ,  John Viatella ,  Robert Jacques

    IPC分类号： G03F7/20 ,  G21K1/06 ,  H01J35/20 ,  H05G2/00 ,  H01J65/04

    CPC分类号： G03F7/70033 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  G03F7/70175 ,  G03F7/70916 ,  G21K1/062 ,  G21K2201/061 ,  G21K2201/065 ,  G21K2201/067 ,  H05G2/003 ,  H05G2/005 ,  H05G2/006 ,  H05G2/008

    摘要： An apparatus and method for EUV light production is disclosed which may comprise a laser produced plasma (“LPP”) extreme ultraviolet (“EUV”) light source control system comprising a target delivery system adapted to deliver moving plasma initiation targets and an EUV light collection optic having a focus defining a desired plasma initiation site, comprising: a target tracking and feedback system comprising: at least one imaging device providing as an output an image of a target stream track, wherein the target stream track results from the imaging speed of the camera being too slow to image individual plasma formation targets forming the target stream imaged as the target stream track; a stream track error detector detecting an error in the position of the target stream track in at least one axis generally perpendicular to the target stream track from a desired stream track intersecting the desired plasma initiation site. At least one target crossing detector may be aimed at the target track and detecting the passage of a plasma formation target through a selected point in the target track. A drive laser triggering mechanism utilizing an output of the target crossing detector to determine the timing of a drive laser trigger in order for a drive laser output pulse to intersect the plasma initiation target at a selected plasma initiation site along the target track at generally its closest approach to the desired plasma initiation site. A plasma initiation detector may be aimed at the target track and detecting the location along the target track of a plasma initiation site for a respective target. An intermediate focus illuminator may illuminate an aperture formed at the intermediate focus to image the aperture in the at least one imaging device. The at least one imaging device may be at least two imaging devices each providing an error signal related to the separation of the target track from the vertical centerline axis of the image of the intermediate focus based upon an analysis of the image in the respective one of the at least two imaging devices. A target delivery feedback and control system may comprise a target delivery unit; a target delivery displacement control mechanism displacing the target delivery mechanism at least in an axis corresponding to a first displacement error signal derived from the analysis of the image in the first imaging device and at least in an axis corresponding to a second displacement error signal derived from the analysis of the image in the second imaging device.

    LPP EUV light source
    7.
    发明申请
    LPP EUV light source 失效
    LPP EUV光源

    公开(公告)号：US20050205811A1

    公开(公告)日：2005-09-22

    申请号：US10979919

    申请日：2004-11-01

    申请人： William Partlo ,  Daniel Brown ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  Norbert Bowering ,  Curtis Rettig ,  Joseph MacFarlane ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Bjorn Hansson

    发明人： William Partlo ,  Daniel Brown ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  Norbert Bowering ,  Curtis Rettig ,  Joseph MacFarlane ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Bjorn Hansson

    IPC分类号： G01J1/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05G2/00

    CPC分类号： B82Y10/00 ,  G03F7/70033 ,  H05G2/003 ,  H05G2/008

    摘要： An apparatus and method is described for effectively and efficiently providing plasma irradiation laser light pulses in an LPP EUV light source which may comprise a laser initial target irradiation pulse generating mechanism irradiating a plasma initiation target with an initial target irradiation pulse to form an EUV generating plasma having an emission region emitting in-band EUV light; a laser plasma irradiation pulse generating mechanism irradiating the plasma with a plasma irradiation pulse after the initial target irradiation pulse so as to compress emission material in the plasma toward the emission region of the plasma. The plasma irradiation pulse may comprise a laser pulse having a wavelength that is sufficiently longer than a wavelength of the initial target irradiation pulse to have an associated lower critical density resulting in absorption occurring within the plasma in a region of the plasma defined by the wavelength of the plasma irradiation pulse sufficiently separated from an initial target irradiation site to achieve compression of the emission material, and the may compress the emission region. The laser plasma irradiation pulse may produce an aerial mass density in the ablating cloud of the plasma sufficient to confine the favorably emitting plasma for increased conversion efficiency. The deposition region for the plasma irradiation pulse may be is removed enough from the initial target surface so as to insure compression of the favorably emitting plasma. A high conversion efficiency laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet (“EUV”) light source may comprise a laser initial target irradiation pulse generating mechanism irradiating a plasma initiation target with a target irradiation pulse to form an EUV generating plasma emitting in-band EUV light; a plasma tamper substantially surrounding the plasma to constrain the expansion of the plasma.

    摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于在LPP EUV光源中有效且有效地提供等离子体照射激光脉冲的装置和方法，其可以包括用初始目标照射脉冲照射等离子体引发目标的激光初始靶照射脉冲发生机构以形成产生EUV的等离子体 具有发射带内EUV光的发射区域; 激光等离子体照射脉冲发生机构在初始目标照射脉冲之后用等离子体照射脉冲照射等离子体，以将等离子体中的发射材料压缩到等离子体的发射区域。 等离子体照射脉冲可以包括具有足够长于初始靶照射脉冲的波长的波长的激光脉冲，以具有相关联的较低的临界密度，从而在由等离子体的波长定义的等离子体的区域内的等离子体内发生吸收 等离子体照射脉冲从初始目标照射位置充分分离，以实现发射材料的压缩，并且可以压缩发射区域。 激光等离子体照射脉冲可以在等离子体的消融云中产生足够的空气质量密度以限制有利的发射等离子体以提高转换效率。 可以从初始目标表面去除等离子体照射脉冲的沉积区域，以确保有利地发射等离子体的压缩。 高转换效率的激光产生的等离子体极紫外（“EUV”）光源可以包括激光初始靶照射脉冲发生机构，用目标照射脉冲照射等离子体引发目标，以形成产生EUV的发射等离子体的带内EUV光; 等离子体篡改基本上围绕等离子体以约束等离子体的膨胀。

    LLP EUV drive laser
    8.
    发明申请
    LLP EUV drive laser 审中-公开
    LLP EUV驱动激光

    公开(公告)号：US20060146906A1

    公开(公告)日：2006-07-06

    申请号：US11324104

    申请日：2005-12-29

    申请人： Daniel Brown ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Vladimir Fleurov ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  William Partlo

    发明人： Daniel Brown ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Vladimir Fleurov ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  William Partlo

    IPC分类号： H01S3/22 ,  H01S3/223

    CPC分类号： H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/094 ,  H01S3/10015 ,  H01S3/10023 ,  H01S3/109 ,  H01S3/1611 ,  H01S3/1653 ,  H01S3/2255 ,  H01S3/2308 ,  H01S3/2333 ,  H01S3/2366 ,  H01S3/2375 ,  H01S3/2383 ,  H05G2/003 ,  H05G2/005 ,  H05G2/008

    摘要： An apparatus and method is disclosed which may comprise an EUV drive laser system comprising: a solid state seed laser master oscillator laser; a gas discharge excimer laser gain generator producing a drive laser output light beam. The solid state seed laser may comprise a third harmonic Nd:YLF laser, which may be tunable. The gas discharge excimer gain generator laser may comprise a XeF excimer laser power amplifier or power oscillator. The solid state laser may comprise a tunable laser tuned by changing the temperature of a laser crystal comprising the solid state laser, or by utilizing a wavelength selection element, e.g., a Lyot filter or an etalon.

    摘要翻译： 公开了一种可以包括EUV驱动激光系统的装置和方法，该系统包括：固态种子激光主振荡器激光器; 产生驱动激光输出光束的气体放电准分子激光增益发生器。 固态种子激光器可以包括可调谐的三次谐波Nd：YLF激光器。 气体放电准分子增益发生器激光器可以包括XeF准分子激光功率放大器或功率振荡器。 固体激光器可以包括通过改变包括固态激光器的激光晶体的温度或通过利用波长选择元件例如Lyot滤光器或标准具来调节的可调谐激光器。

    Gas discharge laser output light beam parameter control
    9.
    发明申请
    Gas discharge laser output light beam parameter control 有权
    气体放电激光输出光束参数控制

    公开(公告)号：US20060227839A1

    公开(公告)日：2006-10-12

    申请号：US11095293

    申请日：2005-03-31

    申请人： Herve Besaucele ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  William Partlo ,  Fedor Trintchouk ,  Hao Ton That

    发明人： Herve Besaucele ,  Igor Fomenkov ,  William Partlo ,  Fedor Trintchouk ,  Hao Ton That

    IPC分类号： H01S3/22

    CPC分类号： H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/038 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/09702 ,  H01S3/134

    摘要： A line narrowed gas discharge laser system and method of operation are disclosed which may comprise: an oscillator cavity; a laser chamber comprising a chamber housing containing a lasing medium gas; at least one peaking capacitor electrically connected to the chamber housing and to a first one of a pair of electrodes; a second one of the pair of electrodes connected to an opposite terminal of the at least one peaking capacitor; a current return path connected to the chamber housing; the one terminal, the first one of the electrodes, the lasing medium gas, the second one of the electrodes, the current return path and the second terminal forming a head current inductive loop having an inductance unique to the particular head current inductive loo; a spectral quality tuning mechanism comprising a mechanism for changing the particular head current inductive loop inductance value for the particular head current inductance loop.

    摘要翻译： 公开了一种窄气体放电激光系统和操作方法，其可以包括：振荡器腔; 激光室，包括容纳激光介质气体的腔室; 至少一个峰值电容器电连接到所述腔室壳体和一对电极中的第一电极; 所述一对电极中的第二个连接到所述至少一个峰值电容器的相对端子; 连接到所述腔室壳体的电流返回路径; 一个端子，第一个电极，激光介质气体，第二个电极，电流返回路径和第二个端子，形成具有特定头电流电感槽独有的电感的头电流感应回路; 光谱质量调谐机构包括用于改变特定头电流电感回路的特定头电流感应环电感值的机构。

    Relax gas discharge laser lithography light source
    10.
    发明申请
    Relax gas discharge laser lithography light source 有权
    放气放电激光光刻光源

    公开(公告)号：US20050083983A1

    公开(公告)日：2005-04-21

    申请号：US10956784

    申请日：2004-10-01

    申请人： Richard Sandstrom ,  William Partlo ,  Daniel Brown ,  Thomas Yager ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Robert Rafac ,  German Rylov

    发明人： Richard Sandstrom ,  William Partlo ,  Daniel Brown ,  Thomas Yager ,  Alexander Ershov ,  Robert Rafac ,  German Rylov

    IPC分类号： B23K26/06 ,  B23K26/40 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01J9/02 ,  G02B26/00 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G03F7/20 ,  H01S20060101 ,  H01S3/00 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/22 ,  H01S3/225

    CPC分类号： G01J1/429 ,  B23K26/0622 ,  B23K2101/40 ,  G01J9/02 ,  G02B26/002 ,  G02B26/0875 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/005 ,  H01S3/0057 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/225

    摘要： An apparatus and method are disclosed for operating a narrow band short pulse duration gas discharge laser output light pulse beam producing system, producing a beam comprising laser output light pulses at a selected pulse repetition rate, which may comprise: a dispersive center wavelength selection optic selecting at least one center wavelength for each pulse determined at least in part by the angle of incidence of the laser light pulse beam containing the respective pulse on the dispersive wavelength selection optic; a tuning mechanism operative to select at least one angle of incidence of a first spatially defined portion of the laser light pulse beam containing the respective pulse upon the dispersive center wavelength selection optic; and, the tuning mechanism comprising a variably refractive optical element defining a plurality of refractive angular displacements of the first spatially defined portion of the laser light pulse beam passing through the variably refractive optical element at one of a plurality of positions of incidence of the laser light pulse beam on the variably refractive optical element. The variably refractive optical element may comprise: a first generally flat face defining a surface of incidence for the laser light pulse beam; and, a second multifaceted or curved face defining a plurality of generally flat surfaces of exit or a continuously varying surface of exit for the laser light beam. Other aspects of pulse parameter metrology and pulse modulation control, including in response to signals from the utilization tool are disclosed, e.g., relating to proper dose control with differing center wavelength spectra.

    摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于操作窄带短脉冲持续时间气体放电激光输出光脉冲束产生系统的装置和方法，产生包括选定脉冲重复频率的激光输出光脉冲的光束，其可以包括：色散中心波长选择光学选择 用于每个脉冲的至少一个中心波长至少部分地由分散波长选择光学器件上包含相应脉冲的激光束的入射角确定; 调谐机构，用于在色散中心波长选择光学器件上选择包含相应脉冲的激光束脉冲光束的第一空间限定部分的至少一个入射角; 并且所述调谐机构包括可变折射光学元件，所述可变折射光学元件限定所述激光束的所述第一空间限定部分的多个折射角位移通过所述可变折射光学元件在所述激光的入射的多个位置中的一个位置 脉冲光束在可变折射光学元件上。 可变折射光学元件可以包括：限定用于激光束脉冲束的入射面的第一大致平坦的面; 以及限定用于激光束的出口的多个大致平坦的表面或出口的连续变化的表面的第二多面或弯曲面。 脉冲参数测量和脉冲调制控制的其它方面包括响应来自利用工具的信号，例如涉及具有不同中心波长光谱的适当剂量控制。