Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems for cleaning a portion of a lithography apparatus
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Application No.: US17771044Application Date: 2020-10-20
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Publication No.: US12235595B2Publication Date: 2025-02-25
- Inventor: Daniel Paul Rodak
- Applicant: ASML HOLDING N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML HOLDING N.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML HOLDING N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/079526 WO 20201020
- International Announcement: WO2021/089320 WO 20210514
- Main IPC: G03F7/00
- IPC: G03F7/00 ; B08B1/14 ; B08B7/00 ; B08B13/00

Abstract:
A cleaning tool configured to be inserted into a lithography apparatus in a first configuration, configured to be engaged by a handler of the lithography apparatus, and used for cleaning a portion of the lithography apparatus. The cleaning tool is configured to move from the first configuration to a second, expanded configuration, after engagement by the handler such that the cleaning tool is in the second configuration when used for cleaning the portion of the lithography apparatus. There may also be a container configured to hold the cleaning tool in the first configuration and fit into the lithography apparatus. In that case, the cleaning tool is configured to be inserted into the lithography apparatus in the container, moved from the container by the handler for the cleaning, and returned to the container by the handler after the cleaning.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220390860A1 SYSTEMS FOR CLEANING A PORTION OF A LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-12-08
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