Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120182537 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTER, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A spectral purity filter, in particular for use in a lithographic apparatus using EUV radiation for the projection beam, includes a plurality of apertures in a substrate. The apertures are defined by walls having side surfaces that are inclined to the normal to a front surface of the substrate. | 07-19-2012 |
20120229785 | MULTILAYER MIRROR, LITHOGRAPIC APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTILAYER MIRROR AND A PRODUCT - A multilayer mirror is configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation while absorbing a second radiation having a wavelength substantially-longer than that of the EUV radiation. The mirror includes a plurality of layer pairs stacked on a substrate. Each layer pair comprises a first layer that includes a first material, and a second layer that includes a second material. The first layer is modified to reduce its contribution to reflection of the second radiation, compared with a simple layer of the same metal having the same thickness. Modifications can include doping with a third material in or around the metal layer to reduce its electric conductivity by chemical bonding or electron trapping, and/or splitting the metal layer into sub-layers with insulating layers. The number of layers in the stack is larger than known multilayer mirrors and may be tuned to achieve a minimum in IR reflection. | 09-13-2012 |
20120307224 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTER - A spectral purity filter includes a body of material, through which a plurality of apertures extend. The apertures are arranged to suppress radiation having a first wavelength and to allow at least a portion of radiation having a second wavelength to be transmitted through the apertures. The second wavelength of radiation is shorter than the first wavelength of radiation. The body of material is formed from tungsten-molybdenum alloy or a molybdenum-rhenium alloy or a tungsten-rhenium alloy or a tungsten-molybdenum-rhenium alloy. | 12-06-2012 |
20120320354 | MULTILAYER MIRROR AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A multilayer mirror constructed to reflect radiation having a wavelength in the range of 6.4 nm to 7.2 nm. The multilayer mirror has alternating layers, including a first layer and a second layer. The first and second layers are selected from the group consisting of: U, or a compound or nitride thereof, and B | 12-20-2012 |
20130077073 | METHODS TO CONTROL EUV EXPOSURE DOSE AND EUV LITHOGRAPHIC METHODS AND APPARATUS USING SUCH METHODS - EUV exposure dose in a lithographic apparatus is controlled pulse to pulse by varying a conversion efficiency with which a pulse of EUV radiation is generated from an excitation of a fuel material by a corresponding pulse of excitation laser radiation. Conversion efficiency can be varied in several different ways, by varying the proportion of a fuel material that intersects a laser beam, and/or by varying a quality of the interaction. Mechanisms to vary the conversion efficiency can be based on variation of a laser pulse timing, variation of pre-pulse energy, and/or variable displacement of a main laser beam in one or more directions. Steps to maintain symmetry of the generated EUV radiation can be included. | 03-28-2013 |
20140078486 | Grazing Incidence Reflectors, Lithographic Apparatus, Methods for Manufacturing a Grazing Incidence Reflector and Methods for Manufacturing a Device - A grazing incidence reflector ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140085619 | Lithographic Apparatus, Spectral Purity Filter and Device Manufacturing Method - A lithographic apparatus for patterning a beam of radiation and projecting it onto a substrate, comprising at least two spectral purity filters configured to reduce the intensity of radiation in the beam of radiation in at least one undesirable range of radiation wavelength, wherein the two spectral purity filters are provided with different radiation filtering structures from each other. | 03-27-2014 |
20140198306 | MULTILAYER MIRROR, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MULTILAYER MIRROR AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A multilayer mirror for use in device lithography is configured to reflect and/or pattern radiation having a wavelength in the range of about 6.4 nm to about 7.2 nm. The multilayer mirror has a plurality of alternating layers of materials. The plurality of alternating layers of materials include first layers of materials and second layers of materials. The second layers have a higher refractive index for the radiation than the first layers. The materials of the first layers and the materials of the second layers are mutually chemically unreactive at an interface therebetween at temperatures less than 300° C. This may allow the mirrors to have a narrow boundary region of intermingled materials from alternating layers between the layers, for example of 0.5 nm or less in width, which may improve sharpness of the boundary region and improve reflectivity. | 07-17-2014 |
20140212819 | LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNING PROCESS AND RESISTS TO USE THEREIN - A lithographic process includes the use of a silicon-containing polymer or a compound that includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of: Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Ni, Cu or Zn in a resist material for an EUV lithographic process. The wavelength of the EUV light used in the process is less than 11 nm, for example 6.5-6.9 nm. The invention further relates to novel silicon-containing polymers. | 07-31-2014 |
20140368802 | RADIATION SOURCE - A radiation source ( | 12-18-2014 |
20140375974 | SOURCE-COLLECTOR DEVICE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A source-collector device is constructed and arranged to generate a radiation beam, The device includes a target unit constructed and arranged to present a target surface of plasma-forming material; a laser unit constructed and arranged to generate a beam of radiation directed onto the target surface so as to form a plasma from said plasma-forming material; a contaminant trap constructed and arranged to reduce propagation of particulate contaminants generated by the plasma; a radiation collector comprising a plurality of grazing-incidence reflectors arranged to collect radiation emitted by the plasma and form a beam therefrom; and a filter constructed and arranged to attenuate at least one wavelength range of the beam. | 12-25-2014 |