Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
- Patent Title (中): 平版印刷设备和器件制造方法
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Application No.: US11987569Application Date: 2007-11-30
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Publication No.: US08634053B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: Michel Riepen , Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam , Paulus Martinus Maria Liebregts , Ronald Van Der Ham , Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Simons , Daniel Jozef Maria Direcks , Paul Petrus Joannes Berkvens , Eva Mondt , Gert-Jan Gerardus Johannes Thomas Brands , Koen Steffens , Han Henricus Aldegonda Lempens , Mathieus Anna Karel Van Lierop , Christophe De Metsenaere , Marcio Alexandre Cano Miranda , Patrick Johannes Wilhelmus Spruytenburg , Joris Johan Anne-Marie Verstraete
- Applicant: Michel Riepen , Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam , Paulus Martinus Maria Liebregts , Ronald Van Der Ham , Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Simons , Daniel Jozef Maria Direcks , Paul Petrus Joannes Berkvens , Eva Mondt , Gert-Jan Gerardus Johannes Thomas Brands , Koen Steffens , Han Henricus Aldegonda Lempens , Mathieus Anna Karel Van Lierop , Christophe De Metsenaere , Marcio Alexandre Cano Miranda , Patrick Johannes Wilhelmus Spruytenburg , Joris Johan Anne-Marie Verstraete
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G03B27/52
- IPC: G03B27/52

Abstract:
A liquid confinement system for use in immersion lithography is disclosed in which the meniscus of liquid between the liquid confinement system and the substrate is pinned substantially in place by a meniscus pinning feature. The meniscus pinning feature comprises a plurality of discrete outlets arranged in a polygonal shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080212046A1 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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