LASER PRODUCED PLASMA EUV LIGHT SOURCE
    1.
    发明申请
    LASER PRODUCED PLASMA EUV LIGHT SOURCE 有权
    激光生产等离子体光源

    公开(公告)号:US20140264093A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14294048

    申请日:2014-06-02

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing irradiation targets in an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source having an irradiation target generating system that includes a nozzle configured for ejecting droplets of a target material, and a subsystem having an electro-actuable element producing a modulation waveform to cause disturbance to the droplets thereby causing at least some of the droplets to coalesce into irradiation targets. There is included a laser producing a beam for irradiating the irradiation targets to generate an EUV-producing plasma, wherein the electro-actuable element is biased against the nozzle to enable transfer of the disturbance to the droplets while permitting relative movement between the electro-actuable element and the nozzle.

    Abstract translation: 在具有包括喷射目标材料的液滴的喷嘴的照射目标产生系统的极紫外(EUV)光源中产生照射靶的方法和装置以及具有产生调制波形的电致动元件的子系统, 对液滴的干扰,从而使至少一些液滴聚结成辐射靶。 包括产生用于照射照射目标以产生产生EUV的等离子体的光束的激光,其中电致动元件被偏置在喷嘴上,以使干扰能够传递到液滴,同时允许电致动的等离子体之间的相对运动 元件和喷嘴。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT LOCATION BINNING IN CHARGED-PARTICLE SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20250166166A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US18838459

    申请日:2023-01-19

    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing beams for defect detection and defect location binning associated with a sample of charged particle beam systems. A method of image analysis may include obtaining an image of a sample, identifying a feature captured in the image of the sample, generating a template image from a design layout of the identified feature, comparing 5 the image of the sample with the template image, and processing the image based on the comparison. In some embodiments, a method of image analysis may include obtaining an image of a sample, identifying a feature captured in the obtained image of the sample, mapping the obtained image to a template image generated from a design layout of the identified feature, and analyzing the image based on the mapping.

    Objective lens system for fast scanning large FOV

    公开(公告)号:US12300458B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-13

    申请号:US18498984

    申请日:2023-10-31

    Abstract: The device includes a beam source for generating an electron beam, a beam guiding tube passed through an objective lens, an objective lens for generating a magnetic field in the vicinity of the specimen to focus the particles of the particle beam on the specimen, a control electrode having a potential for providing a retarding field to the particle beam near the specimen to reduce the energy of the particle beam when the beam collides with the specimen, a deflection system including a plurality of deflection units situated along the optical axis for deflecting the particle beam to allow scanning on the specimen with large area, at least one of the deflection units located in the retarding field of the beam, the remainder of the deflection units located within the central bore of the objective lens, and a detection unit to capture secondary electron (SE) and backscattered electrons (BSE).

    Monolithic particle inspection device

    公开(公告)号:US12298257B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-13

    申请号:US18012801

    申请日:2021-06-09

    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for detecting a particle on a substrate surface. An example method can include receiving, by a grating structure, coherent radiation from a radiation source. The method can further include generating, by the grating structure, a focused coherent radiation beam based on the coherent radiation. The method can further include transmitting, by the grating structure, the focused coherent radiation beam toward a region of a surface of a substrate. The method can further include receiving, by the grating structure, photons scattered from the region in response to illuminating the region with the focused coherent radiation beam. The method can further include measuring, by a photodetector, the photons received by the grating structure. The method can further include generating, by the photodetector and based on the measured photons, an electronic signal for detecting a particle located in the region of the surface of the substrate.

    INSPECTION TOOL AND BARRIER FOR USE THEREIN

    公开(公告)号:US20250146948A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-08

    申请号:US18838135

    申请日:2023-01-26

    Abstract: A sample inspection tool is described. The inspection tool includes a light source configured to produce effective inspection radiation below 200 nm, a sample holder, an imaging sub-system containing sub-system components that delivers light along an optical path from the light source to a sample to be held by the sample holder, and a barrier positioned between the last sub-system component in the optical path and the sample to be held by the sample holder. The barrier permits the radiation to pass therethrough while inhibiting impurities from reaching the sample to be held by the sample holder. In another embodiment, a barrier is provided for use in an inspection tool.

    Dark field microscope
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12287470B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US18441710

    申请日:2024-02-14

    Abstract: A dark field metrology device includes an objective lens arrangement and a zeroth order block to block zeroth order radiation. The objective lens arrangement directs illumination onto a specimen to be measured and collects scattered radiation from the specimen, the scattered radiation including zeroth order radiation and higher order diffracted radiation. The dark field metrology device is operable to perform an illumination scan to scan illumination over at least two different subsets of the maximum range of illumination angles; and simultaneously perform a detection scan which scans the zeroth order block and/or the scattered radiation with respect to each other over a corresponding subset of the maximum range of detection angles during at least part of the illumination scan.

    LENS DESIGNS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250125120A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-17

    申请号:US18984879

    申请日:2024-12-17

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an multi-array lens configured in use to focus a plurality of beamlets of charged particles along a multi-beam path, wherein each lens in the array comprises: an entrance electrode; a focussing electrode and a support. The focusing electrode is down beam of the entrance electrode along a beamlet path and is configured to be at a potential different from the entrance electrode. The support is configured to support the focusing electrode relative to the entrance electrode. The focusing electrode and support are configured so that in operation the lens generates a rotationally symmetrical field around the beamlet path.

    ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING PIEZO ACTUATORS OR ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20250123574A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-17

    申请号:US18983297

    申请日:2024-12-16

    Abstract: An actuator assembly including a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator. The piezo actuator has a correction unit configured to determine an output voltage difference representing a difference between a voltage at the output terminal of the first piezo actuator and a voltage at the output terminal of the second piezo actuator, and a first power correction for correcting the first power signal and/or a second power correction for correcting the second power signal, based on the output voltage difference.

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