摘要:
A sensor for use at substrate level in a high numerical aperture lithographic apparatus, the sensor having a transparent plate that covers a sensing element and includes elements that improve coupling of radiation into the sensing element. The improved coupling elements include a flowing liquid medium disposed between the transparent plate and the sensing element.
摘要:
A sensor for use at substrate level in a high numerical aperature lithographic apparatus, the sensor having a transparent plate that covers a sensing element and includes elements that improve coupling of radiation into the sensing element. The elements include Fresnel lenses, holographic optical elements, inverted Winston Cones, spherical lenses and surface roughening.
摘要:
A sensor for use at substrate level in a high numerical aperature lithographic apparatus, the sensor having a transparent plate that covers a sensing element and includes elements that improve coupling of radiation into the sensing element. The elements include Fresnel lenses, holographic optical elements, inverted Winston Cones, spherical lenses and surface roughening.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring the apodization of projection optics for use in a lithographic apparatus, the projection optics having an object plane where, in use, a reticle is placed, a pupil plane, and an image plane where, in use, a wafer is placed. The method includes placing one or more Appropriate apertures in said object plane for creating a substantially uniform light distribution, illuminating the or each aperture and measuring the intensity distribution at a plane which is conjugate to the pupil plane in order to calculate the apodization of the projection optics.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring the apodization of projection optics for use in a lithographic apparatus, the projection optics having an object plane where, in use, a reticle is placed, a pupil plane, and an image plane where, in use, a wafer is placed. The method includes placing one or more Appropriate apertures in said object plane for creating a substantially uniform light distribution, illuminating the or each aperture and measuring the intensity distribution at a plane which is conjugate to the pupil plane in order to calculate the apodization of the projection optics.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring the apodization of projection optics for use in a lithographic apparatus, the projection optics having an object plane where, in use, a reticle is placed, a pupil plane, and an image plane where, in use, a wafer is placed. The method includes placing one or more Appropriate apertures in said object plane for creating a substantially uniform light distribution, illuminating the or each aperture and measuring the intensity distribution at a plane which is conjugate to the pupil plane in order to calculate the apodization of the projection optics.
摘要:
The invention provides a method for determining vibration-related information by projecting an aerial image at an image position in a projection plane, mapping an intensity of the aerial image into an image map, the image map arranged for comprising values of coordinates of sampling locations and of the intensity sampled at each sampling location, and measuring intensity of the aerial image received through a slot pattern. The method further includes determining from the image map a detection position of a slope portion of the image map, at the detection position of the slope portion, measuring of a temporal intensity of the aerial image and measuring of relative positions of the slot pattern and the image position, the relative positions of the slot being measured as position-related data of the slot pattern and determining from the temporal intensity of the aerial image vibration-related information for said aerial image.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method for determining information relating to vibration includes projecting an aerial image at an image position in a projection plane; mapping an intensity of the aerial image into an image map, the image map arranged for comprising values of coordinates of sampling locations and of the intensity sampled at each sampling location; and measuring intensity of the aerial image received through a slot pattern. Further, the method includes determining from the image map a detection position of a slope portion of the image map; at the detection position of the slope portion, measuring a temporal intensity of the aerial image and relative positions of the slot pattern and the image position, the relative positions of the slot being measured as position-related data of the slot pattern; and determining from the temporal intensity of the aerial image information relating to vibration for said aerial image.
摘要:
A lithographic apparatus is arranged to project a patterned radiation beam from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system. The lithographic apparatus comprises: an interferometric sensor for measuring the wavefront of the radiation beam at the level of the substrate, the interferometric sensor having a detector; an actuator for displacing the interferometric sensor in a direction along the optical axis; a first module for determining the change of phase of the wavefront at each of a plurality of locations on the detector of the interferometric sensor, the change of phase resulting from displacement of the interferometric sensor by the actuator between a first position and a second position; and a second module for determining, for each of the plurality of locations on the detector, the corresponding pupil location at the pupil plane of the projection system traversed by the radiation, using the change of phase determined by the first module and the value of the displacement of the interferometric sensor by the actuator, to produce a mapping between locations on the detector and corresponding pupil locations. Once the mapping has been obtained, the numerical aperture and telecentricity of the projection system can be measured.
摘要:
In one configuration of an arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention, a first grating patch on one module is aligned with a first grating patch on another module. In a different configuration of the arrangement, a second grating patch on the one module is aligned with a second grating patch on the other module. The two configurations do not exist at the same time.