Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Module and method for producing extreme ultraviolet radiation
- Patent Title (中): 用于产生极紫外线辐射的模块和方法
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Application No.: US12197693Application Date: 2008-08-25
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Publication No.: US08901521B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Tjarko Adriaan Rudolf Van Empel , Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine , Vladimir Vitalevich Ivanov , Erik Roelof Loopstra , Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors , Jan Bernard Plechelmus Van Schoot , Yuri Johannes Gabriël Van De Vijver , Gerardus Hubertus Petrus Maria Swinkels , Hendrikus Gijsbertus Schimmel , Dzmitry Labetski
- Applicant: Tjarko Adriaan Rudolf Van Empel , Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine , Vladimir Vitalevich Ivanov , Erik Roelof Loopstra , Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors , Jan Bernard Plechelmus Van Schoot , Yuri Johannes Gabriël Van De Vijver , Gerardus Hubertus Petrus Maria Swinkels , Hendrikus Gijsbertus Schimmel , Dzmitry Labetski
- 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: G01J3/10
- IPC: G01J3/10 ; G03F7/20 ; H05G2/00

Abstract:
A module for producing extreme ultraviolet radiation includes a supply configured to supply droplets of an ignition material to a predetermined target ignition position and a laser arranged to be focused on the predetermined target ignition position and to produce a plasma by hitting such a droplet which is located at the predetermined target ignition position in order to change the droplet into an extreme ultraviolet producing plasma. Also, the module includes a collector mirror having a mirror surface constructed and arranged to reflect the radiation in order to focus the radiation on a focal point. A fluid supply is constructed and arranged to form a gas flow flowing away from the mirror surface in a direction transverse with respect to the mirror surface in order to mitigate particle debris produced by the plasma.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090090877A1 MODULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION Public/Granted day:2009-04-09
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