Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus
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Application No.: US12385245Application Date: 2009-04-02
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Publication No.: US08481983B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Masato Moriya , Hiroshi Komori , Takeshi Asayama
- Applicant: Masato Moriya , Hiroshi Komori , Takeshi Asayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tochigi
- Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tochigi
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2008-099406 20080407
- Main IPC: G21K5/04
- IPC: G21K5/04

Abstract:
An extreme ultra violet light source apparatus in which debris moving within a chamber are prevented from reducing reflectance or transmittance of optical elements of an EUV collector mirror, etc, and extreme ultra violet light can stably be generated in a long period. The apparatus includes: a target supply unit for supplying a target to a predetermined position within a chamber; a driver laser for applying a laser beam to the target to generate first plasma; a collector mirror provided within the chamber, for collecting extreme ultra violet light radiated from the first plasma; a gas supply unit for supplying a gas into the chamber; an excitation unit for exciting the gas to generate second plasma around a region where the first plasma is generated; and an exhaust unit for exhausting the chamber and ejecting debris emitted from the first plasma to outside of the chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090250641A1 Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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