Abstract:
The invention provides a temperature conditioning system using conditioning liquid to condition a temperature of an object, comprising a conditioning conduit, a return conduit, a supply chamber, and a discharge chamber wherein the temperature conditioning system is arranged to provide a static pressure difference between the supply chamber outlet and the discharge chamber inlet to create a flow through the conditioning conduit. A lithography apparatus and a method of temperature conditioning an object is also described.
Abstract:
An EUV lithographic apparatus (100) comprises a source collector apparatus (SO) in which the extreme ultraviolet radiation is generated by exciting a fuel to provide a plasma (210) emitting the radiation. The source collector apparatus (SO) includes a chamber (310) in fluid communication with a guide way (320) external to the chamber (310). A pump (BPS) for circulating buffer gas is part of the guide way (320), and provides a closed loop buffer gas flow (222). The gas flowing through the guide way (302) traverses a gas decomposer (TD1) wherein a compound of fuel material and buffer gas material is decomposed, so that decomposed buffer gas material can be fed back into the closed loop flow path (222).