Gas discharge laser output light beam parameter control
    1.
    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

    IPC分类号: H01S3/22

    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。

    Collector for EUV light source
    4.
    发明申请
    Collector for EUV light source 有权
    EUV光源收集器

    公开(公告)号:US20060131515A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-22

    申请号:US10798740

    申请日:2004-03-10

    IPC分类号: G01J1/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for debris removal from a reflecting surface of an EUV collector in an EUV light source is disclosed which may comprise the reflecting surface comprises a first material and the debris comprises a second material and/or compounds of the second material, the system and method may comprise a controlled sputtering ion source which may comprise a gas comprising the atoms of the sputtering ion material; and a stimulating mechanism exciting the atoms of the sputtering ion material into an ionized state, the ionized state being selected to have a distribution around a selected energy peak that has a high probability of sputtering the second material and a very low probability of sputtering the first material. The stimulating mechanism may comprise an RF or microwave induction mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于从EUV光源中的EUV收集器的反射表面去除碎屑的方法和装置,其可以包括反射表面,其包括第一材料,并且所述碎屑包括第二材料和/或第二材料的化合物,所述系统 并且方法可以包括受控的溅射离子源,其可以包括包含溅射离子材料的原子的气体; 以及将溅射离子材料的原子激发成离子化状态的刺激机构,所选择的离子化状态具有围绕选择的能量峰的分布,其具有溅射第二材料的可能性很高,并且溅射的可能性非常低 材料。 刺激机构可以包括RF或微波感应机构。

    Discharge produced plasma EUV light source

    公开(公告)号:US20070023711A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-01

    申请号:US11493945

    申请日:2006-07-26

    IPC分类号: G01J3/10

    摘要: An DPP EUV source is disclosed which may comprise a debris mitigation apparatus employing a metal halogen gas producing a metal halide from debris exiting the plasma. The EUV source may have a debris shield that may comprise a plurality of curvilinear shield members having inner and outer surfaces connected by light passages aligned to a focal point, which shield members may be alternated with open spaces between them and may have surfaces that form a circle in one axis of rotation and an ellipse in another. The electrodes may be supplied with a discharge pulse shaped to produce a modest current during the axial run out phase of the discharge and a peak occurring during the radial compression phase of the discharge. The light source may comprise a turbomolecular pump having an inlet connected to the generation chamber and operable to preferentially pump more of the source gas than the buffer gas from the chamber. The source may comprise a tuned electrically conductive electrode comprising: a differentially doped ceramic material doped in a first region to at least select electrical conductivity and in a second region at least to select thermal conductivity. The first region may be at or near the outer surface of the electrode structure and the ceramic material may be SiC or alumina and the dopant is BN or a metal oxide, including SiO or TiO2. The source may comprise a moveable electrode assembly mount operative to move the electrode assembly mount from a replacement position to an operating position, with the moveable mount on a bellows. The source may have a temperature control mechanism operatively connected to the collector and operative to regulate the temperature of the respective shell members to maintain a temperature related geometry optimizing the glancing angle of incidence reflections from the respective shell members, or a mechanical positioner to position the shell members. The shells may be biased with a voltage. The debris shield may be fabricated using off focus laser radiation. The anode may be cooled with a hollow interior defining two coolant passages or porous metal defining the passages. The debris shield may be formed of pluralities of large, intermediate and small fins attached either to a mounting ring or hub or to each other with interlocking tabs that provide uniform separation and strengthening and do not block any significant amount of light.

    EUV LIGHT SOURCE COLLECTOR EROSION MITIGATION
    6.
    发明申请
    EUV LIGHT SOURCE COLLECTOR EROSION MITIGATION 有权
    EUV光源收集器腐蚀减轻

    公开(公告)号:US20060289808A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-28

    申请号:US11238828

    申请日:2005-09-28

    IPC分类号: H01J61/62

    摘要: An EUV light source collector erosion mitigation system and method is disclosed which may comprise a collector comprising a multilayered mirror collector comprising a collector outer surface composed of a capping material subject to removal due to a removing interaction with materials created in an EUV light-creating plasma; a replacement material generator positioned to deliver replacement material comprising the capping material to the collector outer surface at a rate sufficient to replace the capping material removed due to the removing interaction. The replacement material generator may comprise a plurality of replacement material generators positioned to respectively deliver replacement material to a selected portion of the collector outer surface, which may comprise a sputtering mechanism sputtering replacement capping material onto the collector outer surface.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种EUV光源收集器侵蚀缓解系统和方法,其可以包括收集器,其包括多层反射镜收集器,该多层反射镜收集器包括由封装材料构成的收集器外表面,该封盖材料由于与EUV发光等离子体中产生的材料的去除相互作用而被去除 ; 替代材料发生器定位成将包含封盖材料的替换材料以足以代替由于去除相互作用而去除的封盖材料的速率传送到收集器外表面。 替代材料发生器可以包括多个替换材料发生器,其被定位成分别将替代材料递送到集电器外表面的选定部分,其可以包括溅射机构将溅射替换封盖材料涂覆到集电器外表面上。

    Laser output beam wavefront splitter for bandwidth spectrum control

    公开(公告)号:US20050286598A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-29

    申请号:US10875662

    申请日:2004-06-23

    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.

    Systems and methods for reducing the influence of plasma-generated debris on the internal components of an EUV light source
    8.
    发明申请
    Systems and methods for reducing the influence of plasma-generated debris on the internal components of an EUV light source 有权
    用于减少等离子体产生的碎片对EUV光源的内部部件的影响的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050269529A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-08

    申请号:US11174442

    申请日:2005-06-29

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20 G01J1/00

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing the influence of plasma generated debris on internal components of an EUV light source. In one aspect, an EUV metrology monitor is provided which may have a heater to heat an internal multi-layer filtering mirror to a temperature sufficient to remove deposited debris from the mirror. In another aspect, a device is disclosed for removing plasma generated debris from an EUV light source collector mirror having a different debris deposition rate at different zones on the collector mirror. In a particular aspect, an EUV collector mirror system may comprise a source of hydrogen to combine with Li debris to create LiH on a collector surface; and a sputtering system to sputter LiH from the collector surface. In another aspect, an apparatus for etching debris from a surface of a EUV light source collector mirror with a controlled plasma etch rate is disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于减少等离子体产生的碎片对EUV光源的内部部件的影响的系统和方法。 在一个方面,提供了一种EUV计量监测器,其可以具有加热器以将内部多层过滤镜加热到足以从反射镜去除沉积的碎屑的温度。 在另一方面,公开了一种用于从收集器反射镜上的不同区域处具有不同碎屑沉积速率的EUV光源收集镜去除等离子体产生的碎屑的装置。 在特定方面,EUV收集器镜系统可以包括氢源以与Li碎片结合以在收集器表面上产生LiH; 以及从收集器表面溅射LiH的溅射系统。 在另一方面,公开了一种用于从具有受控等离子体蚀刻速率的EUV光源收集镜的表面蚀刻碎片的装置。

    LPP EUV light source
    10.
    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

    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。