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公开(公告)号:US20170102621A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-13
申请号:US15385584
申请日:2016-12-20
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Joeri LOF , Hans BUTLER , Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus DONDERS , Aleksey Yurievich KOLESNYCHENKO , Erik Roelof LOOPSTRA , Hendricus Johannes Maria MEIJER , Johannes Catherinus Hubertus MULKENS , Roelof Aeilko Siebranc RITSEMA , Frank VAN SCHAIK , Timotheus Franciscus SENGERS , Klaus SIMON , Joannes Theodoor DE SMIT , Alexander STRAAIJER , Bob STREEFKERK , Erik Theodorus Maria BIJLAART , Christiaan Alexander HOOGENDAM , Helmar VAN SANTEN , Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Mark KROON , Arie Jeffrey DEN BOEF , Joost Jeroen OTTENS , Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria MERTENS
IPC: G03F7/20
CPC classification number: G03F7/70141 , G03F7/70341 , G03F7/7085 , G03F7/70883
Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space between the projection system and a sensor is filled with a liquid.
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公开(公告)号:US20160252465A1
公开(公告)日:2016-09-01
申请号:US15056410
申请日:2016-02-29
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF
IPC: G01N21/956 , G01N21/21
CPC classification number: G03F7/70633 , G01N21/211 , G01N21/9501 , G01N21/956 , G01N2201/06113 , G01N2201/10 , G03F7/70616
Abstract: A system detects targets located within patterns. It operates in the pupil plane by filtering the received signal from the surrounding pattern. A method includes illuminating a target and a surrounding pattern with radiation, detecting the radiation reflected by the target and the surrounding pattern and forming a first set of data based on the detected radiation, removing portions of the first set of data which correspond to the target to form reduced data, interpolating the remaining portions of the reduced data over the removed portions to form product data, and subtracting the product data from the first set of data to form target data.
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公开(公告)号:US20240369919A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18552645
申请日:2022-03-09
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF
Abstract: A patterning device for a lithographic apparatus arranged to project a pattern from the patterning device onto a substrate, the patterning device comprising: an imaging area having opposing first sides extending parallel to a scanning direction of the lithographic apparatus and opposing second sides extending perpendicularly to the scanning direction, and at least one sensing mark located adjacent to at least one second side of the imaging area; wherein the at least one sensing mark is located a predetermined distance in the scanning direction away from the at least one second side of the imaging area and extends a width in the scanning direction such that the at least one sensing mark, when projected onto the substrate, fits within a scribe line on the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20240329546A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18578947
申请日:2022-06-28
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF
IPC: G03F7/00
CPC classification number: G03F7/70783 , G03F7/70525 , G03F7/707 , G03F7/70758 , G03F7/7085
Abstract: A system includes a support table having one or more protrusions and a pressure device. The one or more protrusions contact and support a substrate such that the substrate is suspended with respect to the support table. Sagging of the substrate when supported by the support table is based on a material and/or dimensions of the substrate. The pressure adjusts a pressure on a side of the substrate such that the sagging is reduced.
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公开(公告)号:US20230311173A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US18206887
申请日:2023-06-07
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Andrey NIKIPELOV , Dmitry KURILOVICH , Fabio SBRIZZAI , Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Ties Wouter VAN DER WOORD , Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE , Jeroen VAN DUIVENBODE , David Ferdinand VLES
Abstract: A membrane cleaning apparatus for removing particles from a membrane, the apparatus including a membrane support and an electric field generating mechanism. The membrane support is for supporting the membrane. The electric field generating mechanism is for generating an electric field in the vicinity of the membrane when supported by the membrane support. The electric field generating mechanism may include: one or more collector electrodes; and a mechanism for applying a voltage across a membrane supported by the membrane support and the or each of the one or more collector electrodes.
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公开(公告)号:US20220035239A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-03
申请号:US17278356
申请日:2019-10-02
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL , Sander BALTUSSEN , Dennis DE GRAAF , Johannes Christiaan Leonardus FRANKEN , Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS , Alexander Ludwig KLEIN , Johan Hendrik KLOOTWIJK , Peter Simon Antonius KNAPEN , Evgenia KURGANOVA , Alexey Sergeevich KUZNETSOV , Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM , Mahdiar VALEFI , Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes VAN DEN EINDEN , Ties Wouter VAN DER WOORD , Hendrikus Jan WONDERGEM , Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method including: providing a stack including: at least one membrane layer supported by a planar substrate, wherein the planar substrate has an inner region and a border region around the inner region; and a first sacrificial layer between the planar substrate and the membrane layer; selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate such that the membrane assembly has: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer, and a border holding the membrane, the border having the border region of the planar substrate and the first sacrificial layer situated between the border region and the membrane layer, wherein the selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate includes using an etchant which has a similar etch rate for the membrane layer and its oxide and a substantially different etch rate for the first sacrificial layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20200341366A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16765339
申请日:2018-11-27
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. , ASML HOLDING N.V
Inventor: Derk Servatius Gertruda BROUNS , Joshua ADAMS , Aage BENDIKSEN , Richard JACOBS , Andrew JUDGE , Veera Venkata Narasimha Narendra Phani KOTTAPALLI , Joseph Harry LYONS , Theodorus Marinus MODDERMAN , Manish RANJAN , Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Xugang XIONG
Abstract: An apparatus for determining a condition associated with a pellicle for use in a lithographic apparatus, the apparatus including a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to measure a property associated with the pellicle, the property being indicative of the pellicle condition.
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公开(公告)号:US20200285155A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16881109
申请日:2020-05-22
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Anton Bernhard VAN OOSTEN , Hans BUTLER , Erik Roelof LOOPSTRA , Marc Wilhelmus Maria VAN DER WIJST , Koen Jacobus Johannes Maria ZAAL
Abstract: Disclosed is a system configured to project a beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate within a lithographic apparatus. The system includes a radiation source. The radiation source includes a grating structure operable to suppress the zeroth order of reflected radiation for at least a first component wavelength. The grating structure has a periodic profile including regularly spaced structures providing three surface levels, such that radiation diffracted by the grating structure includes radiation of three phases which destructively interfere for at least the zeroth order of the reflected radiation for the first component wavelength. The grating structure is on a radiation collector within the source.
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公开(公告)号:US20200064731A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-27
申请号:US16667956
申请日:2019-10-30
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. , ASML HOLDING N.V.
Inventor: David Ferdinand VLES , Erik Achilles ABEGG , Aage BENDIKSEN , Derk Servatius Gertruda BROUNS , Pradeep K. GOVIL , Paul JANSSEN , Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH , Arnould Willem NOTENBOOM , Mária PÉTER , Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE , Pieter-Jan VAN-ZWOL , Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN , Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN , James Norman WILEY
Abstract: A pellicle suitable for use with a patterning device for a lithographic apparatus. The pellicle comprising at least one breakage region which is configured to preferentially break, during normal use in a lithographic apparatus, prior to breakage of remaining regions of the pellicle. At least one breakage region comprises a region of the pellicle which has a reduced thickness when compared to surrounding regions of the pellicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20190324365A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-24
申请号:US16502674
申请日:2019-07-03
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Pieter Cristiaan DE GROOT , Gerard Frans Jozef SCHASFOORT , Maksym Yuriiovych SLADKOV , Manfred Petrus Johannes M DIKKERS , Jozef Maria FINDERS , Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL , Johannes Jacobus Matheus BASELMANS , Stefan Michael Bruno BAUMER , Laurentius Cornelius DE WINTER , Wouter Joep ENGELEN , Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF , Robbert Jan VOOGD
Abstract: A patterning device comprising a reflective marker, wherein the marker comprises: a plurality of reflective regions configured to preferentially reflect radiation having a given wavelength; and a plurality of absorbing regions configured to preferentially absorb radiation having the given wavelength; wherein the absorbing and reflective regions are arranged to form a patterned radiation beam reflected from the marker when illuminated with radiation, and wherein the reflective regions comprise a roughened reflective surface, the roughened reflective surface being configured to diffuse radiation reflected from the reflective regions, and wherein the roughened reflective surface has a root mean squared roughness of about an eighth of the given wavelength or more.
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