Abstract:
A pellicle frame (17) for supporting a pellicle, the frame (17) comprising a first surface (17B) and a second surface (17A) opposite the first surface (17A), and structure (18) provided between the first and the second surfaces (17A, 17B); wherein the first and second surfaces (17A, 17B) and the structure (18) at least partially define at least one volume (28) therebetween that is devoid of the material that forms the frame (17).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and associated inspection apparatus for detecting variations on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises providing patterned inspection radiation to a surface of a substrate. The inspection radiation is patterned such that an amplitude of a corresponding enhanced field is modulated in a manner corresponding to the patterned inspection radiation. The scattered radiation resultant from interaction between the enhanced field and the substrate surface is received and variations on the surface of the substrate are detected based on the interaction between the enhanced field and the substrate surface. Also disclosed is a method of detecting any changes to at least one characteristic of received radiation, the said changes being induced by the generation of a surface plasmon at said surface of the optical element.
Abstract:
Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane comprises a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer comprising an oxide of a first metal; a base layer comprising a compound comprising a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer comprising an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.
Abstract:
A membrane for EUV lithography, the membrane having a thickness of no more than 200 nm and comprising a stack comprising: at least one silicon layer; and at least one silicon compound layer made of a compound of silicon and an element selected from the group consisting of boron, phosphorous, bromine
Abstract:
A radiation system comprises a fuel emitter configured to provide fuel to a plasma formation region, a laser arranged to provide a laser beam at the plasma formation region incident on the fuel to generate a radiation emitting plasma, and a reflective or transmissive device (30) arranged to receive radiation emitted by the plasma and to reflect or transmit at least some of the received radiation along a desired path, wherein the reflective or transmissive device comprises a body configured to reflect and/or transmit said at least some of the radiation, and selected secondary electron emission (SEE) material (34) arranged relative to the body such as to emit secondary electrons in response to the received radiation, thereby to clean material from a surface of the device.
Abstract:
Methods of manufacturing a pellicle for a lithographic apparatus are disclosed. In one arrangement the method comprises depositing at least one graphene layer on a planar surface of a substrate. The substrate comprises a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion. The method further comprises removing the first substrate portion to form a freestanding membrane from the at least one graphene layer. The freestanding membrane is supported by the second substrate portion.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a membrane transmissive to EUV radiation, which may be used as a pellicle or spectral filter in a lithographic apparatus. The membrane comprises one or more high doped regions wherein said membrane is doped with a dopant concentration greater than 10 17 cm -3 , and one or more regions with low (or no) doping. The membrane may have a main substrate having low doping and one or more additional layers, wherein said high doped regions are comprised within some or all of said additional layers.
Abstract:
A lithographic apparatus for projecting a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate comprises a patterning device support structure constructed to support a patterning device and a substrate support constructed to hold a substrate. The apparatus is configured to receive at an input to the lithographic apparatus a beam of radiation at an operating wavelength and to direct the beam of radiation at the operating wavelength along a radiation path, such that in operation when a patterning device is supported by the patterning device support structure and a substrate is held by the substrate support a pattern from the patterning device is projected onto the substrate. The operating wavelength is one of approximately 4.37nm, approximately 9.49nm, approximately 10.5nm, approximately 11.3nm, approximately 7.1nm, approximately 22.8nm, or in a range of approximately 22.8nm to approximately 25.2nm.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a membrane for EUV lithography. The membrane comprises a base layer. The base layer comprises one or more of the following: a stable stoichiometry of Mo and Si, a stable stoichiometry of Ru and Si, a stable stoichiometry of Zr and Si, a stable stoichiometry of La and Si, a stable stoichiometry of Y and Si, and a stable stoichiometry of Nb and Si. The membrane further comprises a capping layer providing an outer surface of the membrane. The invention further concerns a pellicle assembly comprising the membrane of the invention, a patterning device assembly comprising the pellicle assembly of the invention, and a dynamic gas lock assembly comprising the membrane of the invention.