Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluorine detection in a gas discharge light source
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Application No.: US16646201Application Date: 2018-09-10
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Publication No.: US11754541B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Joshua Jon Thornes , Rahul Ahlawat , Edward Siqi Luo , Gamaralalage G. Padmabandu
- Applicant: Cymer, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Cymer, LLC
- Current Assignee: Cymer, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: DiBerardino McGovern IP Group LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/050301 2018.09.10
- International Announcement: WO2019/060164A 2019.03.28
- Date entered country: 2020-03-11
- Main IPC: G01N7/00
- IPC: G01N7/00 ; G01N33/00 ; H01S3/036 ; H01S3/225

Abstract:
An apparatus includes: a gas maintenance system having a gas supply system fluidly connected to one or more gas discharge chambers; a detection apparatus fluidly connected to each gas discharge chamber; and a control system connected to the gas maintenance system and the detection apparatus. The detection apparatus includes: a vessel defining a reaction cavity that houses a metal oxide and is fluidly connected to the gas discharge chamber for receiving mixed gas including fluorine from the gas discharge chamber in the reaction cavity, the vessel enabling a reaction between the fluorine of the received mixed gas and the metal oxide to form a new gas mixture including oxygen; and an oxygen sensor fluidly connected to the new gas mixture to sense an amount of oxygen within the new gas mixture. The control system is configured to estimate a concentration of fluorine in the received mixed gas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200340965A1 FLUORINE DETECTION IN A GAS DISCHARGE LIGHT SOURCE Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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