公开(公告)号：US20230273533A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18300094

申请日：2023-04-13

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： NICOLAAS TEN KATE ,  Joost Jeroen Ottens ,  Bastiaan Andreas Wilhelmus Hubertus Knarren ,  Robbert Jan Voogd ,  Giovanni Francisco Nino ,  Marinus Jan Remie ,  Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen

IPC: G03F7/00

CPC classification number: G03F7/70875 ,  G03F7/7085

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a substrate table configured to support a substrate on a substrate supporting area and a heater and/or temperature sensor on a surface adjacent the substrate supporting area.

公开(公告)号：US11687007B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US17423325

申请日：2020-01-09

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Arnaud Hubaux ,  Johan Franciscus Maria Beckers ,  Dylan John David Davies ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen ,  Willem Richard Pongers ,  Ajinkya Ravindra Daware ,  Chung-Hsun Li ,  Georgios Tsirogiannis ,  Hendrik Cornelis Anton Borger ,  Frederik Eduard De Jong ,  Juan Manuel Gonzalez Huesca ,  Andriy Hlod ,  Maxim Pisarenco

IPC: G03F1/70 ,  G03F7/30 ,  G03F7/00 ,  G06F30/392

CPC classification number: G03F7/70508 ,  G03F1/70 ,  G03F7/70616 ,  G06F30/392 ,  G05B2219/45028 ,  G05B2219/45031

Abstract: A method for categorizing a substrate subject to a semiconductor manufacturing process including multiple operations, the method including: obtaining values of functional indicators derived from data generated during one or more of the multiple operations on the substrate, the functional indicators characterizing at least one operation; applying a decision model including one or more threshold values to the values of the functional indicators to obtain one or more categorical indicators; and assigning a category to the substrate based on the one or more categorical indicators.

公开(公告)号：US10191377B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15482526

申请日：2017-04-07

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Hrishikesh Patel ,  Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs ,  Gerardus Adrianus Antonius Maria Kusters ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Marcio Alexandre Cano Miranda ,  Ruud Hendricus Martinus Johannes Bloks ,  Peng Feng ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/30 ,  H01L21/027 ,  H01L21/67

Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided having a substrate table including a drain configured to receive immersion fluid which leaks into a gap between an edge of a substrate on the substrate table and an edge of a recess in which the substrate is located. A thermal conditioning system is provided to thermally condition at least the portion of the recess supporting the substrate by directing one or more jets of fluid onto a reverse side of the section supporting the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US09971252B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15681679

申请日：2017-08-21

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen ,  Martijn Houben ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Hendrikus Johannes Marinus Van Abeelen ,  Armand Rosa Jozef Dassen ,  Sander Catharina Reinier Derks

IPC: G03B27/52 ,  G03B27/58 ,  H02K41/02 ,  G03F7/20 ,  H01L21/687

CPC classification number: G03F7/70716 ,  G03F7/707 ,  G03F7/70875 ,  H01L21/68 ,  H01L21/6875

Abstract: A support table for a lithographic apparatus, the support table having a support section and a conditioning system, wherein the support section, the conditioning system, or both, is configured such that heat transfer to or from a substrate supported on the support table, resulting from the operation of the conditioning system, is greater in a region of the substrate adjacent an edge of the substrate than it is in a region of the substrate that is at the center of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US12204255B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18300094

申请日：2023-04-13

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Nicolaas Ten Kate ,  Joost Jeroen Ottens ,  Bastiaan Andreas Wilhelmus Hubertus Knarren ,  Robbert Jan Voogd ,  Giovanni Francisco Nino ,  Marinus Jan Remie ,  Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen

IPC: G03F7/00

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a substrate table configured to support a substrate on a substrate supporting area and a heater and/or temperature sensor on a surface adjacent the substrate supporting area.

公开(公告)号：USRE48668E1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US15711901

申请日：2017-09-21

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Gerardus Adrianus Antonius Maria Kusters ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen ,  Sander Catharina Reinier Derks

IPC: G03B27/52 ,  G01K13/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G03B27/42

Abstract: A temperature sensing probe including a temperature sensor in an elongate housing wherein the elongate housing of the probe is elongate in a first direction and the elongate housing is comprised of a material which has a thermal conductivity of at least 500 W/mK at 20° C. in at least one direction.

公开(公告)号：US10747126B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US16437760

申请日：2019-06-11

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen ,  Martijn Houben ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Hendrikus Johannes Marinus Van Abeelen ,  Armand Rosa Jozef Dassen ,  Sander Catharina Reinier Derks

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  H01L21/68 ,  H01L21/687

Abstract: A support table for a lithographic apparatus, the support table having a support section and a conditioning system, wherein the support section, the conditioning system, or both, is configured such that heat transfer to or from a substrate supported on the support table, resulting from the operation of the conditioning system, is greater in a region of the substrate adjacent an edge of the substrate than it is in a region of the substrate that is at the center of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US10324382B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15958714

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen ,  Martijn Houben ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Hendrikus Johannes Marinus Van Abeelen ,  Armand Rosa Jozef Dassen ,  Sander Catharina Reinier Derks

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  H01L21/68 ,  H01L21/687

Abstract: A support table for a lithographic apparatus, the support table having a support section and a conditioning system, wherein the support section, the conditioning system, or both, is configured such that heat transfer to or from a substrate supported on the support table, resulting from the operation of the conditioning system, is greater in a region of the substrate adjacent an edge of the substrate than it is in a region of the substrate that is at the center of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US10281830B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15742179

申请日：2016-06-17

Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V. ,  ASML Holding N.V.

Inventor： Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven ,  Christopher Charles Ward ,  Marc Léon Van Der Gaag ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen

IPC: G03F7/20

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus (100) includes a patterning device support structure (104) configured to support a patterning device (110), a gas inlet (116) configured to provide a gas flow (114) across a surface of the patterning device, and a temperature conditioning device (134) configured to condition the temperature of the gas flow based on a set point. The apparatus also includes a sensor (132) configured to measure a parameter indicative of an amount of heat added to at least one of the patterning device and a volume (126) between the patterning device and a lens (124) of a projection system (106) during operational use of the lithographic system. Further, the apparatus includes a controller (130) operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to adjust the set point based on the parameter measured by the sensor to control a temperature of the patterning device.

公开(公告)号：USRE49297E1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16656627

申请日：2019-10-18

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Hrishikesh Patel ,  Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs ,  Gerardus Adrianus Antonius Maria Kusters ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent ,  Marcio Alexandre Cano Miranda ,  Ruud Hendricus Martinus Johannes Bloks ,  Peng Feng ,  Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/30 ,  H01L21/027 ,  H01L21/67

Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided having a substrate table including a drain configured to receive immersion fluid which leaks into a gap between an edge of a substrate on the substrate table and an edge of a recess in which the substrate is located. A thermal conditioning system is provided to thermally condition at least the portion of the recess supporting the substrate by directing one or more jets of fluid onto a reverse side of the section supporting the substrate.