Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid jet and recovery system for immersion lithography
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Application No.: US15086675Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US09785057B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: W. Thomas Novak , Andrew J. Hazelton , Douglas C. Watson
- Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Main IPC: G03B27/52
- IPC: G03B27/52 ; G03B27/42 ; G03F7/20

Abstract:
A liquid immersion lithography apparatus includes a projection system including an optical member of which an incidence side has a convex lens shape, the projection system being configured to project an image through a liquid on a workpiece, and a liquid immersion member arranged below the optical member, the liquid immersion member having a plurality of openings through which the liquid is allowed to flow. A material of which the optical member is made is more resistant to the liquid than a material of which the liquid immersion member is made.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160209762A1 LIQUID JET AND RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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