Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithography projection apparatus having an exposure device and a measurement device the accuracy and the device manufacturing method of which have been improved. SOLUTION: The exposure device projects patterned beams to the target part of a first substrate and on the other hand, the measurement device projects measurement beams to the target part of a second substrate. When a movable part of the device moves, due to the displacement of air, for example, a disturbance is caused to occur at the other movable part of the device. This error can be corrected by calculating a correction signal that is a function of a state of either or both of the movable parts. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an immersion lithography apparatus having an improved positioning method of a liquid supply system. SOLUTION: The lithography apparatus includes a substrate table for holding a substrate, and a projection system for projecting a radiation beam patterned in a target portion of the substrate. The lithography apparatus has a fluid supply system for supplying fluid between the substrate and a final optical element of the projection system, and a positional control system for controlling a position of the fluid supply system. The positional control system is formed such that it is provided with a positional amount of the substrate, adds offset of a position to the positional amount of the substrate and thus determines a desirable position of the fluid supply system, and performs positioning of the fluid supply system based on the desirable position. The positional amount may include all or one of a position of the substrate, a rotational position of the substrate table, and a height function of height of the substrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithographic apparatus, a projection apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. SOLUTION: A lithographic apparatus has a control system to control a position of a substrate table. The control system includes: a first detection device for generating a projection system position signal showing a position of a projection system; a second detection device for generating a projection system feed/forward signal; a comparison unit for deducting a signal showing the actual position of the substrate table from a substrate table position reference signal, and generating a servo error signal by adding the projection system position signal; a control unit for generating a first control signal based on the servo error signal; an addition unit for generating a second control signal by adding the feed/forward signal and the first control signal; and an actuator unit for driving the substrate table to a desired substrate table position based on a second control signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide lithography equipment comprising a position amount deciding system for deciding a position amount of a movable part which is at least partially surrounded by an area containing a fluid in operation. SOLUTION: The position amount deciding system comprises an interferometer system, a global sensor for deciding the local value of the physical value of the fluid in the area, and a local sensor for deciding the local value of the physical value of the fluid in a part of the area. The position amount deciding system is constituted so as to decide the position amount from the output of an interferometer, the global value of the physical value, and the local value of the physical value. The physical value sometimes contains pressure, temperature, etc. A local physical value deciding system can contain a sensor such as a high speed sensor and a computation hydrokinetics model or a linear approximation model. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
On-the-Fly leveling in a lithographic apparatus is conducted using a setpoint derived by filtering the output of the combination of the output of a level sensor and another position sensor (LVDT or IFM). The level sensor may include look-ahead. The filter may be a low pass filter to cut-off level variations of wavelength shorter than the width of the slit during a scanning exposure. The filter may also be selected to reduce cross-talk between tilt movements and horizontal displacements.
Abstract:
A lithographic projection apparatus comprises an exposure system and a measurement system. The exposure system projects a patterned beam onto a target portion of a first substrate, while the measurement system projects a measurement beam on a target portion of a second substrate. Movement of a movable part of the apparatus generates a disturbance in a position of another movable part of the apparatus, e.g. due to displacement of air. This error can be compensated by calculating a compensation signal which is a function of states of one or both of the movable parts.
Abstract:
On-the-Fly leveling in a lithographic apparatus is conducted using a setpoint derived by filtering the output of the combination of the output of a level sensor and another position sensor (LVDT or IFM). The level sensor may include look-ahead. The filter may be a low pass filter to cut-off level variations of wavelength shorter than the width of the slit during a scanning exposure. The filter may also be selected to reduce cross-talk between tilt movements and horizontal displacements.