Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Particle counter and immersion exposure system including the same
- Patent Title (中): 粒子计数器和浸入曝光系统包括相同
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Application No.: US14080977Application Date: 2013-11-15
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Publication No.: US09250544B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Jinho Kim , Jiyoung Kim , Jeong-In Yoon , Kwangshin Lim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0028114 20130315
- Main IPC: G03B27/54
- IPC: G03B27/54 ; G03F7/20 ; G01N15/00 ; G01N15/14

Abstract:
A particle counter may include a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a window therebetween. The inlet and the outlet may be configured such that a fluid can be flowed therethrough. A plurality of light sources may be arranged outside the housing to provide lights of different wavelengths into the housing through the window. Sensors may be provided outside the housing to detect fractions of the lights scattered by a bubble and/or a particle in the fluid. A control part may be configured to monitor intensities of the lights detected by the sensors and to analyze a difference in intensity between the scattered lights, thereby distinguishing the particles from the bubbles in the fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140268079A1 PARTICLE COUNTER AND IMMERSION EXPOSURE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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