Light generator including debris shielding assembly, photolithographic apparatus including the light generator

    公开(公告)号:US11615956B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17365112

    申请日:2021-07-01

    发明人: Byeong-hwan Jeon

    摘要: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) device includes forming a photoresist layer on a substrate, and exposing the photoresist layer to light by using a photolithographic apparatus including a light generator. The light generator includes a chamber having a plasma generation space, an optical element in the chamber, and a debris shielding assembly between the optical element and the plasma generation space in the chamber, and the debris shielding assembly includes a protective film facing the optical element and being spaced apart from the optical element with a protective space therebetween, the protective space including an optical path, and a protective frame to support the protective film and to shield the protective space from the plasma generation space.

    EUV mask inspection apparatus and method, and EUV mask manufacturing method including EUV mask inspection method

    公开(公告)号:US10890527B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16235268

    申请日:2018-12-28

    发明人: Byeong-hwan Jeon

    IPC分类号: G01N21/55

    摘要: Provided are a method and an apparatus for inspecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask at a high speed with high optical efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the EUV mask, wherein the method of inspecting the EUV mask is included in the method of manufacturing the EUV mask. The apparatus for inspecting the EUV mask includes a light source configured to generate and output light, a linear zone plate configured to convert the light from the light source to light having a linear form, a slit plate configured to output the light having the linear form by removing a higher-order diffracted light component from the light having the linear form, a stage on which the EUV mask is located, and a detector configured to detect the light reflected from the EUV mask, in response to the light being irradiated onto and reflected from the EUV mask.