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公开(公告)号:US07405416B2
公开(公告)日:2008-07-29
申请号:US11067124
申请日:2005-02-25
申请人: J. Martin Algots , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Oscar Hemberg , Alexander N. Bykanov , Dennis W. Cobb
发明人: J. Martin Algots , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Oscar Hemberg , Alexander N. Bykanov , Dennis W. Cobb
IPC分类号: H05G2/00
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。
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公开(公告)号:US07838854B2
公开(公告)日:2010-11-23
申请号:US12220560
申请日:2008-07-25
申请人: J. Martin Algots , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Oscar Hemberg , Alexander N. Bykanov , Dennis W. Cobb
发明人: J. Martin Algots , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Oscar Hemberg , Alexander N. Bykanov , Dennis W. Cobb
IPC分类号: H01J35/20
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。
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公开(公告)号:US20080283776A1
公开(公告)日:2008-11-20
申请号:US12220560
申请日:2008-07-25
申请人: J. Martin Algots , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Oscar Hemberg , Alexander N. Bykanov , Dennis W. Cobb
发明人: J. Martin Algots , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Oscar Hemberg , Alexander N. Bykanov , Dennis W. Cobb
IPC分类号: G21K5/00
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.
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公开(公告)号:US08075732B2
公开(公告)日:2011-12-13
申请号:US10979945
申请日:2004-11-01
申请人: William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William Oldham , William F. Marx , Oscar Hemberg
发明人: William N. Partlo , Richard L. Sandstrom , Igor V. Fomenkov , Alexander I. Ershov , William Oldham , William F. Marx , Oscar Hemberg
IPC分类号: C23F1/00
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。
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公开(公告)号:US20070291350A1
公开(公告)日:2007-12-20
申请号:US11452558
申请日:2006-06-14
申请人: Alexander I. Ershov , Alexander N. Bykanov , Jerzy R. Hoffman , Igor V. Fomenkov , William N. Partlo
发明人: Alexander I. Ershov , Alexander N. Bykanov , Jerzy R. Hoffman , Igor V. Fomenkov , William N. Partlo
IPC分类号: H01S3/00
CPC分类号: H01S3/2316 , H01S3/0057 , H01S3/11 , H01S3/2232 , H01S3/225 , H05G1/54 , H05G2/008
摘要: A laser light source is disclosed having a laser oscillator producing an output beam; a first amplifier amplifying the output beam to produce a first amplified beam, and a second amplifier amplifying the first amplified beam to produce a second amplified beam. For the source, the first amplifier may have a gain medium characterized by a saturation energy (Es, 1) and a small signal gain (go, 1); and the second amplifier may have a gain medium characterized by a saturation energy (Es, 2) and a small signal gain (go, 2), with (go, 1)>(go, 2) and (Es, 2)>(Es, 1). In another aspect, a laser oscillator of a laser light source may be a cavity dumped laser oscillator, e.g. a mode-locked laser oscillator, q-switched laser oscillator and may further comprising a temporal pulse stretcher.
摘要翻译: 公开了具有产生输出光束的激光振荡器的激光源; 放大所述输出光束以产生第一放大光束的第一放大器,以及放大所述第一放大光束以产生第二放大光束的第二放大器。 对于源极,第一放大器可以具有以饱和能量(E S,S 1)和小信号增益(g 1,...)为特征的增益介质; 并且第二放大器可以具有特征在于饱和能量(E SUB,2 N)和小信号增益(g 0,o 2)的增益介质,其中(g < (o,SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB >)。 在另一方面,激光光源的激光振荡器可以是空腔倾覆的激光振荡器,例如。 模式锁定激光振荡器,q切换激光振荡器,并且还可以包括时间脉冲展开器。
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公开(公告)号:US08633459B2
公开(公告)日:2014-01-21
申请号:US13088166
申请日:2011-04-15
申请人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Silvia De Dea , Alexander I. Ershov , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Igor V. Fomenkov , William N. Partlo
发明人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Silvia De Dea , Alexander I. Ershov , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Igor V. Fomenkov , William N. Partlo
IPC分类号: H05G2/00
CPC分类号: H05G2/008 , G03F7/70925 , H05G2/005
摘要: An extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light source is described herein comprising an optic; a primary EUV light radiator generating an EUV light emitting plasma and producing a deposit on said optic; and a cleaning system comprising a gas and a secondary light radiator, the secondary light radiator generating a laser produced plasma and producing a cleaning species with the gas.
摘要翻译: 本文描述了一种极光紫外(EUV)光源,其包括光学元件; 产生EUV发光等离子体并在所述光学器件上产生沉积物的主要EUV光辐射体; 以及包括气体和次级光辐射器的清洁系统,所述次级光辐射体产生激光产生的等离子体并且产生具有气体的清洁物质。
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公开(公告)号:US07671349B2
公开(公告)日:2010-03-02
申请号:US11786145
申请日:2007-04-10
申请人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Norbert Bowering , Igor V. Fomenkov , David C. Brandt , Alexander I. Ershov , Oleh Khodykin , William N. Partlo
发明人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Norbert Bowering , Igor V. Fomenkov , David C. Brandt , Alexander I. Ershov , Oleh Khodykin , William N. Partlo
IPC分类号: H04H1/04
CPC分类号: G03F7/70916 , B82Y10/00 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70908 , G03F7/70983 , H05G2/003 , H05G2/008
摘要: A device is disclosed which may comprise a system generating a plasma at a plasma site, the plasma producing EUV radiation and ions exiting the plasma. The device may also include an optic, e.g., a multi-layer mirror, distanced from the site by a distance, d, and a flowing gas disposed between the plasma and optic, the gas establishing a gas pressure sufficient to operate over the distance, d, to reduce ion energy below a pre-selected value before the ions reach the optic. In one embodiment, the gas may comprise hydrogen and in a particular embodiment, the gas may comprise greater than 50 percent hydrogen by volume.
摘要翻译: 公开了一种可以包括在等离子体位置处产生等离子体的系统,等离子体产生EUV辐射和离开等离子体的离子的装置。 该装置还可以包括一个光学元件,例如多个远离现场的多层反射镜,以及设置在等离子体和光学元件之间的流动气体,该气体建立足以在该距离上操作的气体压力, d,在离子到达光学器件之前,将离子能量降低到预先选定的值以下。 在一个实施方案中,气体可以包含氢气,并且在一个具体实施方案中,气体可以包含大于50体积%的氢气。
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公开(公告)号:US20120223256A1
公开(公告)日:2012-09-06
申请号:US13088166
申请日:2011-04-15
申请人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Silvia De Dea , Alexander I. Ershov , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Igor V. Fomenkov , William N. Partlo
发明人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Silvia De Dea , Alexander I. Ershov , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Igor V. Fomenkov , William N. Partlo
IPC分类号: H05G2/00
CPC分类号: H05G2/008 , G03F7/70925 , H05G2/005
摘要: An extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light source is described herein comprising an optic; a primary EUV light radiator generating an EUV light emitting plasma and producing a deposit on said optic; and a cleaning system comprising a gas and a secondary light radiator, the secondary light radiator generating a laser produced plasma and producing a cleaning species with the gas.
摘要翻译: 本文描述了一种极光紫外(EUV)光源,其包括光学元件; 产生EUV发光等离子体并在所述光学器件上产生沉积物的主要EUV光辐射体; 以及包括气体和次级光辐射器的清洁系统,所述次级光辐射体产生激光产生的等离子体并且产生具有气体的清洁物质。
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公开(公告)号:US20100127186A1
公开(公告)日:2010-05-27
申请号:US12655987
申请日:2010-01-11
申请人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Norbert Bowering , Igor V. Fomenkov , David C. Brandt , Alexander I. Ershov , Oleh Khodykin , William N. Partlo
发明人: Alexander N. Bykanov , Norbert Bowering , Igor V. Fomenkov , David C. Brandt , Alexander I. Ershov , Oleh Khodykin , William N. Partlo
CPC分类号: G03F7/70916 , B82Y10/00 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70908 , G03F7/70983 , H05G2/003 , H05G2/008
摘要: A device is disclosed which may comprise a system generating a plasma at a plasma site, the plasma producing EUV radiation and ions exiting the plasma. The device may also include an optic, e.g., a multi-layer mirror, distanced from the site by a distance, d, and a flowing gas disposed between the plasma and optic, the gas establishing a gas pressure sufficient to operate over the distance, d, to reduce ion energy below a pre-selected value before the ions reach the optic. In one embodiment, the gas may comprise hydrogen and in a particular embodiment, the gas may comprise greater than 50 percent hydrogen by volume.
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公开(公告)号:US20110102759A1
公开(公告)日:2011-05-05
申请号:US12987039
申请日:2011-01-07
申请人: Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Daniel J. W. Brown , Igor V. Fomenkov , Robert A. Bergstedt , Richard L. Sandstrom , Ivan Lalovic
发明人: Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Daniel J. W. Brown , Igor V. Fomenkov , Robert A. Bergstedt , Richard L. Sandstrom , Ivan Lalovic
IPC分类号: G03B27/54
CPC分类号: H01S3/225 , H01S3/005 , H01S3/0057 , H01S3/08004 , H01S3/08009 , H01S3/083 , H01S3/10092 , H01S3/2251 , H01S3/2258 , H01S3/2333 , H01S3/2383 , H01S2301/02
摘要: A method and apparatus may comprise a line narrowed pulsed excimer or molecular fluorine gas discharge laser system which may comprise a seed laser oscillator producing an output comprising a laser output light beam of pulses which may comprise a first gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber; a line narrowing module within a first oscillator cavity; a laser amplification stage containing an amplifying gain medium in a second gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber receiving the output of the seed laser oscillator and amplifying the output of the seed laser oscillator to form a laser system output comprising a laser output light beam of pulses, which may comprise a ring power amplification stage.
摘要翻译: 一种方法和装置可以包括线变窄的脉冲准分子或分子氟气放电激光系统,其可以包括种子激光振荡器,其产生包括可以包括第一气体放电准分子或分子氟激光室的脉冲的激光输出光束的输出; 第一振荡器腔内的线窄模块; 在第二气体放电准分子或分子氟激光室中包含放大增益介质的激光放大级,其接收种子激光振荡器的输出并放大种子激光振荡器的输出,以形成激光系统输出,其包括激光输出光束 脉冲,其可以包括环形功率放大级。
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