Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Target supply device, extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus, and electronic device manufacturing method
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Application No.: US16925567Application Date: 2020-07-10
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Publication No.: US11360391B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Fumio Iwamoto , Yutaka Shiraishi , Tsukasa Hori
- Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tochigi
- Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tochigi
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Main IPC: G03F7/20
- IPC: G03F7/20 ; H05G2/00

Abstract:
A target supply device includes a tank body portion holding a target substance; a communication portion connected to the tank body portion and including a filter that filters the melted target substance and a nozzle that discharges the target substance having passed through the filter; a main heater that heats the tank body portion; a sub-heater that heats the communication portion; and a control unit, the control unit being configured to set the main heater to a temperature higher than a melting point of the target substance before the target substance is melted, to set the sub-heater to a temperature lower than the melting point of the target substance until the target substance in the tank body portion is melted, and to set the sub-heater to a temperature higher than the melting point of the target substance after the target substance in the tank body portion is melted.
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