Overlay measurement system using lock-in amplifier technique

    公开(公告)号:US12124177B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17782622

    申请日:2020-11-18

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00 G03F9/00

    摘要: A detection system (200) includes an illumination system (210), a first optical system (232), a phase modulator (220), a lock-in detector (255), and a function generator (230). The illumination system is configured to transmit an illumination beam (218) along an illumination path. The first optical system is configured to transmit the illumination beam toward a diffraction target (204) on a substrate (202). The first optical system is further configured to transmit a signal beam including diffraction order sub-beams (222, 224, 226) that are diffracted by the diffraction target. The phase modulator is configured to modulate the illumination beam or the signal beam based on a reference signal. The lock-in detector is configured to collect the signal beam and to measure a characteristic of the diffraction target based on the signal beam and the reference signal. The function generator is configured to generate the reference signal for the phase modulator and the lock-in detector.

    FAST UNIFORMITY DRIFT CORRECTION
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240319608A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18262467

    申请日:2022-01-16

    申请人: ASML Holding N.V.

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for adjusting illumination slit uniformity in a lithographic apparatus. An example method can include irradiating, by a radiation source, a portion of a finger assembly with radiation. The example method can further include receiving, by a radiation detector, at least a portion of the radiation in response to the irradiating of the portion of the finger assembly. The example method can further include determining, by a processor, a change in a shape of the finger assembly based on the received radiation. The example method can further include generating, by the processor, a control signal configured to modify a position of the finger assembly based on the determined change in the shape of the finger assembly. Subsequently, the example method can include transmitting, by the processor, the control signal to a motion control system coupled to the finger assembly.

    Optical component and clamp used in lithographic apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11892779B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-06

    申请号:US17772201

    申请日:2020-10-21

    申请人: ASML HOLDING N.V.

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00 G02B7/18

    摘要: An optical element and a lithographic apparatus including the optical element. The optical element includes a first member having a curved optical surface and a heat transfer surface, and a second member that comprises at least one recess, the at least one recess sealed against the heat transfer surface to form at least one closed channel between the first member and the second member to allow fluid to flow therethrough for thermal conditioning of the curved optical surface. In an embodiment, one or more regions of the heat transfer surface exposed to the at least one closed channel are positioned along a curved profile similar to that of the curved optical surface.

    METROLOGY SYSTEM AND COHERENCE ADJUSTERS
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240027913A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18255261

    申请日:2021-12-02

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: A metrology system (400) includes a multi-source radiation system. The multi-source radiation system includes a waveguide device (502) and the multi-source radiation system is configured to generate one or more beams of radiation. The metrology system (400) further includes a coherence adjuster (500) including a multimode waveguide device (504). The multimode waveguide device (504) includes an input configured to receive the one or more beams of radiation from the multi-source radiation system (514) and an output (518) configured to output a coherence adjusted beam of radiation for irradiating a target (418). The metrology system (400) further includes an actuator (506) coupled to the waveguide device (502) and configured to actuate the waveguide device (502) so as to change an impingement characteristic of the one or more beams of radiation at the input of the multimode waveguide device (504).

    POLARIZATION SELECTION METROLOGY SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230400782A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18033530

    申请日:2021-10-14

    申请人: ASML Holding N.V.

    IPC分类号: G03F7/00

    摘要: An inspection system, a lithographic apparatus, and a method are provided. The inspection system includes an illumination system, an optical system, a shutter system, an objective system and a detector. The illumination system is configured to generate an illumination beam. The optical system is configured to split the illumination beam into a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam. The shutter system is configured to independently control a transmittance of the first sub-beam and the second subbeam. The objective system is configured to receive the first sub-beam and the second beam from the optical system and direct the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam towards a substrate having a target structure. The detector is configured to receive an image or a diffracted image of the target structure.