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公开(公告)号:US20250021008A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18403030
申请日:2024-02-07
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yebin Nam , Sunghyup Kim , Injae Lee
IPC: G03F7/00
Abstract: A top module of an exposing apparatus may include a reticle stage, a nozzle and a pair of guides. The reticle stage may be configured to support a reticle to which a light is incident. The nozzle may be under the reticle stage and configured to inject a shielding gas in a first horizontal direction. The guides may extend from opposite sides of the nozzle and may be configured to induce the shielding gas in the first horizontal direction. Thus, the shielding gas may not diffuse in a second horizontal direction (e.g., perpendicular to the first horizontal direction) to prevent a diffusion of a contaminant in the shielding gas, thereby preventing the reticle from being contaminated. As a result, a pattern of the reticle may be accurately transcribed into a layer on a semiconductor substrate to form a desired pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US11698590B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-11
申请号:US17709534
申请日:2022-03-31
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hoseok Song , Sunghyup Kim , Injae Lee , Jeonggil Kim
CPC classification number: G03F7/70175 , G03F7/702 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70925 , G03F7/70975 , H05G2/008
Abstract: A collector mirror for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generator includes a first mirror in a vessel, the vessel being configured to receive a material and a laser beam for generating the EUV light, a second mirror surrounding the first mirror, and a detachable third mirror between the first mirror and the second mirror, the third mirror having an inner diameter that is not smaller than an outer diameter of the first mirror, and an outer diameter that is not larger than an inner diameter of the second mirror.
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公开(公告)号:US11720027B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17409715
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Injae Lee , Ohkug Kwon , Sunghyup Kim , Yongchan Kim , Ouiserg Kim , Jeonggil Kim , Junghwan Kim , Hosun Yoo , Daerim Choi , Dongkyeng Han
CPC classification number: G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70166 , G03F7/70858 , G03F7/70916
Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generating apparatus includes a vessel including a first end and a second end opposite to each other and providing an internal space extending from the first end to the second end, a concave mirror adjacent to the first end of the vessel, a droplet generator supplying a droplet to the internal space of the vessel, a laser light source irradiating a laser beam to cause the droplet to emit EUV light, and a gas jet receiving a flow control gas and spraying the received flow control gas into the internal space of the vessel. The gas jet includes a ring-shaped main body including nozzles spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction. The nozzles spray the received flow control gas in a downward direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20220082946A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-17
申请号:US17409715
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Injae Lee , Ohkug Kwon , Sunghyup Kim , Yongchan Kim , Ouiserg Kim , Jeonggil Kim , Junghwan Kim , Hosun Yoo , Daerim Choi , Dongkyeng Han
IPC: G03F7/20
Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generating apparatus includes a vessel including a first end and a second end opposite to each other and providing an internal space extending from the first end to the second end, a concave mirror adjacent to the first end of the vessel, a droplet generator supplying a droplet to the internal space of the vessel, a laser light source irradiating a laser beam to cause the droplet to emit EUV light, and a gas jet receiving a flow control gas and spraying the received flow control gas into the internal space of the vessel. The gas jet includes a ring-shaped main body including nozzles spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction. The nozzles spray the received flow control gas in a downward direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11016400B1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-25
申请号:US16880090
申请日:2020-05-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sungho Jang , Sungyeol Kim , Hyuck Shin , Keunhee Bai , Injae Lee
IPC: G03F7/20
Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet exposure system includes an exposure chamber having an internal space, upper and lower electrostatic chucks, a power supply, a light source, and a mask. The upper electrostatic chuck includes first and second electrodes that are adjacent to one another and that generate an electric field of different polarities, respectively, to provide an electrostatic force. The mask is attachable to the lower surface of the upper electrostatic chuck by the electrostatic force. The mask has a metal thin film pattern including a first region in which a metal thin film that shields the electric field, and a second region in which the metal thin film is not disposed and through which the electric field is transmitted. When the mask is attached, the electric field transmitted through the second region applies an attractive force or a repulsive force to charged particles in the exposure chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20240142886A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-02
申请号:US18322161
申请日:2023-05-23
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Injae Lee , Sungyong Bae , Daegeun Yoon , Inho Choi , Sunghyup Kim , Euishin Kim , Jeonggil Kim , Yebin Nam , Dongjin Lee , Jonggu Lee , Dohyun Jung , Dongsik Jeong
CPC classification number: G03F7/70908 , G03F7/70716 , H01L21/68
Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a table in an exposure chamber that is configured to perform an exposure process on a semiconductor substrate, a guiding device including a first horizontal driving body slidably movable in a first horizontal direction and a guide rail on the first horizontal driving body and having a trench extending in a second horizontal direction, a positioning device connected to the guiding device, the positioning device including a slider, a second horizontal driving body and a substrate stage, the slider configured to slidably move in the second horizontal direction along the trench, the second horizontal driving body connected or fixed to the slider, the substrate stage on the second horizontal driving body and configured to support the semiconductor substrate, and a blocking member between the guide rail and the substrate stage to block an inflow of foreign substances onto the substrate stage.
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公开(公告)号:US11657855B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US17231521
申请日:2021-04-15
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Injae Lee , Seungwan Koh
IPC: G11C5/06 , G11C7/10 , G11C5/14 , G06F13/16 , H01L23/528
CPC classification number: G11C5/06 , G06F13/1668 , G11C5/14 , G11C7/10 , H01L23/5286
Abstract: A memory card includes a plurality of interconnection terminals aligned in a row direction and a column direction on a substrate. Each of the plurality of interconnection terminals has a first-axis length equal to no more than 1.2 time that of a second-axis length thereof. A non-volatile memory device is disposed on the substrate. The non-volatile memory device is electrically connected to at least one interconnection terminal corresponding thereto from among the plurality of interconnection terminals.
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公开(公告)号:US11304287B1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US17325327
申请日:2021-05-20
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Sunghyup Kim , Myeongjun Gil , Yebin Nam , Sanghoon Lee , Injae Lee
Abstract: Extreme ultraviolet light source systems may include a chamber including a condensing mirror and having an intermediate focus, by which extreme ultraviolet light reflected from the condensing mirror is emitted along a first optical path, a blocking plate that may be on the chamber so as to intersect the first optical path and may include an opening through which the extreme ultraviolet light is emitted, a transparent cover on the blocking plate so as to cover the opening, a nozzle that may be between the chamber and the blocking plate so that an end portion faces the intermediate focus and may spray a first gas in a direction intersecting the first optical path, and an exhaust pipe between the chamber and the blocking plate so as to face the end portion of the nozzle.
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公开(公告)号:US20220075271A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17221388
申请日:2021-04-02
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Sunghyup Kim , Myeongjun Gil , Yebin Nam , Injae Lee
Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light source system includes a chamber configured to maintain a pressure of an inner space thereof at a first pressure, a droplet supply unit disposed in the chamber and configured to discharge a droplet on a first path, a light source configured to emit a light for generating plasma by irradiating a laser light to the droplet at a focal point on the first path, and a suction unit disposed on the first path so as to face the droplet supply unit in the chamber and configured to suction debris of the droplet irradiated with the laser light at a second pressure, lower than the first pressure, wherein the suction unit includes a nozzle protruding from a side wall of the chamber toward the focal point, and an end of the nozzle is closer to the focal point than it is to the side wall of the chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20210132515A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US16880090
申请日:2020-05-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sungho JANG , Sungyeol Kim , Hyuck Shin , Keunhee Bai , Injae Lee
IPC: G03F7/20
Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet exposure system includes an exposure chamber having an internal space, upper and lower electrostatic chucks, a power supply, a light source, and a mask.
The upper electrostatic chuck includes first and second electrodes that are adjacent to one another and that generate an electric field of different polarities, respectively, to provide an electrostatic force.
The mask is attachable to the lower surface of the upper electrostatic chuck by the electrostatic force. The mask has a metal thin film pattern including a first region in which a metal thin film that shields the electric field, and a second region in which the metal thin film is not disposed and through which the electric field is transmitted.
When the mask is attached, the electric field transmitted through the second region applies an attractive force or a repulsive force to charged particles in the exposure chamber.
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