High-temperature plasma raw material supply apparatus and extreme ultra violet light source apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10609802B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-31

    申请号:US16304066

    申请日:2017-05-11

    IPC分类号: H05G2/00 G03F7/20 H05H1/24

    摘要: Disclosed herein a high temperature plasma raw material supply apparatus capable of appropriately supplying high temperature plasma raw materials in which impurities are suppressed to a reservoir reserving high temperature plasma raw material in a liquid state. A tin filling mechanism includes a raw material reservoir unit rotatably arranged and configured to reserve a plurality of high temperature plasma raw materials in a solid state; a supply nozzle configured to supply the high temperature plasma raw materials to an outside of the raw material reservoir unit; a load lock unit provided between a housing and a chamber; and a supply path unit configured to guide the high temperature plasma raw materials supplied from the supply nozzle to the load lock unit. At least a part of the supply path unit is provided with a hole formed smaller than the high temperature plasma raw material in the solid state.

    STORAGE AND DRAINAGE MECHANISM, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE AND DRAINAGE METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230049650A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17859894

    申请日:2022-07-07

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A storage and drainage mechanism includes a storage vessel, a drainage section, and a temperature controller. The storage vessel stores a stored material containing metal of plasma raw material at a temperature at which the stored material is in a liquid-phase state. The drainage section includes a drain pipe including an inlet through which the stored material flows in, and an outlet through which the stored material drains away, the drain pipe being communicated with an interior of the storage vessel, and a temperature control element that adjusts a temperature of the drain pipe. The temperature controller controls the temperature control element to switch the temperature of the drain pipe in a manner that the stored material in the drain pipe is in either a liquid-phase state or a solid-phase state.