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公开(公告)号：US10928722B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US16062919
申请日：2016-12-02
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor： Paul Janssen , Johan Hendrik Klootwijk , Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes Van Den Einden , Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a membrane assembly where, in one arrangement, a stack includes a planar substrate and at least one membrane layer. The planar substrate includes an inner region, a border region around the inner region, a bridge region around the border region and an edge region around the bridge region. The inner region and a first portion of the bridge region are removed. The membrane assembly after removal has: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer, a border holding the membrane, the border formed from the border region, an edge section around the border, the edge section formed from the edge region, a bridge between the border and the edge section, the bridge formed from the at least one membrane layer and a second portion of the bridge region. The method further involves separating the edge section from the border by cutting or breaking the bridge.
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公开(公告)号：US10852633B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-01
申请号：US15771634
申请日：2016-10-25
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method including: providing a stack including a membrane layer between a supporting substrate and an attachment substrate, wherein the supporting substrate includes an inner region and a border region; processing the stack, including selectively removing the inner region of the supporting substrate, to form a membrane assembly comprising: a membrane formed from at least the membrane layer; and a support holding the membrane, the support formed at least partially from the border region of the supporting substrate. The attachment substrate can be bonded to the rest of the stack.
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公开(公告)号：US10712656B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-14
申请号：US15752302
申请日：2016-08-26
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor： Zomer Silvester Houweling , Eric Willem Felix Casimiri , Tamara Druzhinina , Paul Janssen , Michael Alfred Josephus Kuijken , Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders , Sicco Oosterhoff , Mária Péter , Willem Joan Van Der Zande , Pieter-Jan Van Zwol , Beatrijs Louise Marie-Joseph Katrien Verbrugge , Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen , David Ferdinand Vles , Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method comprising: providing a stack comprising a planar substrate and at least one membrane layer, wherein the planar substrate comprises an inner region and a border region around the inner region; positioning the stack on a support such that the inner region of the planar substrate is exposed; and selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate using a non-liquid etchant, such that the membrane assembly comprises: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer; and a border holding the membrane, the border formed from the border region of the planar substrate.
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公开(公告)号：US12001135B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-04
申请号：US17413845
申请日：2019-12-16
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor： Paul Janssen , Jan Hendrik Willem Kuntzel
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, wherein a layer which forms at least part of a pellicle membrane is provided after one or more etching steps which define a pellicle border holding the pellicle membrane. Also provided is a pellicle substrate, the substrate including: a stack having a front face and back face, wherein one or more layers on the back face of the stack have been selectively removed to define a pellicle border region for holding the pellicle membrane before the layer which forms at least part of a pellicle membrane has been provided.
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公开(公告)号：US11635681B2
公开(公告)日：2023-04-25
申请号：US17375283
申请日：2021-07-14
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns , Dennis De Graaf , Robertus Cornelis Martinus De Kruif , Paul Janssen , Matthias Kruizinga , Arnoud Willem Notenboom , Daniel Andrew Smith , Beatrijs Louise Marie-Joseph Katrien Verbrugge , James Norman Wiley
Abstract: A method comprising the steps of receiving a mask assembly comprising a mask and a removable EUV transparent pellicle held by a pellicle frame, removing the pellicle frame and EUV transparent pellicle from the mask, using an inspection tool to inspect the mask pattern on the mask, and subsequently attaching to the mask an EUV transparent pellicle held by a pellicle frame. The method may also comprise the following steps: after removing the pellicle frame and EUV transparent pellicle from the mask, attaching to the mask an alternative pellicle frame holding an alternative pellicle formed from a material which is substantially transparent to an inspection beam of the inspection tool; and after using an inspection tool to inspect the mask pattern on the mask, removing the alternative pellicle held by the alternative pellicle frame from the mask in order to attach to the mask the EUV transparent pellicle held by the pellicle frame.
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公开(公告)号：US10908496B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-02
申请号：US16093537
申请日：2017-04-12
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor： Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich , Erik Achilles Abegg , Nirupam Banerjee , Michiel Alexander Blauw , Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns , Paul Janssen , Matthias Kruizinga , Egbert Lenderink , Nicolae Maxim , Andrey Nikipelov , Arnoud Willem Notenboom , Claudia Piliego , Mária Péter , Gijsbert Rispens , Nadja Schuh , Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof , Willem Joan Van Der Zande , Pieter-Jan Van Zwol , Antonius Willem Verburg , Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen , David Ferdinand Vles , Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen , Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
Abstract: Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane has a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer including an oxide of a first metal; a base layer including a compound having a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer including an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.
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公开(公告)号：US10558129B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-11
申请号：US15526654
申请日：2015-11-16
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Matthias Kruizinga , Maarten Mathijs Marinus Jansen , Jorge Manuel Azeredo Lima , Erik Willem Bogaart , Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns , Marc Bruijn , Richard Joseph Bruls , Jeroen Dekkers , Paul Janssen , Mohammad Reza Kamali , Ronald Harm Gunther Kramer , Robert Gabriël Maria Lansbergen , Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders , Matthew Lipson , Erik Roelof Loopstra , Joseph H. Lyons , Stephen Roux , Gerrit Van Den Bosch , Sander Van Den Heijkant , Sandra Van Der Graaf , Frits Van Der Meulen , Jérôme François Sylvain Virgile Van Loo , Beatrijs Louise Marie-Joseph Katrien Verbrugge
Abstract: A mask assembly suitable for use in a lithographic process, the mask assembly comprising a patterning device; and a pellicle frame configured to support a pellicle and mounted on the patterning device with a mount; wherein the mount is configured to suspend the pellicle frame relative to the patterning device such that there is a gap between the pellicle frame and the patterning device; and wherein the mount provides a releasably engageable attachment between the patterning device and the pellicle frame.
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公开(公告)号：US10539886B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-21
申请号：US15526639
申请日：2015-11-16
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor： Frits Van Der Meulen , Maarten Mathijs Marinus Jansen , Jorge Manuel Azeredo Lima , Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns , Marc Bruijn , Jeroen Dekkers , Paul Janssen , Ronald Harm Gunther Kramer , Matthias Kruizinga , Robert Gabriël Maria Lansbergen , Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders , Erik Roelof Loopstra , Gerrit Van Den Bosch , Jérôme François Sylvain Virgile Van Loo , Beatrijs Louise Marie-Joseph Katrien Verbrugge , Angelo Cesar Peter De Klerk , Jacobus Maria Dings , Maurice Leonardus Johannes Janssen , Roland Jacobus Johannes Kerstens , Martinus Jozef Maria Kesters , Michel Loos , Geert Middel , Silvester Matheus Reijnders , Frank Johannes Christiaan Theuerzeit , Anne Johannes Wilhelmus Van Lievenoogen
Abstract: A mask assembly suitable for use in a lithographic process. The mask assembly comprises a patterning device, a sub-frame secured to the patterning device, a pellicle frame configured to support a pellicle and a mechanical attachment interface operable to allow attachment of the pellicle frame to the sub-frame and detachment of the pellicle frame from the sub-frame.
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公开(公告)号：US10466585B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US16062017
申请日：2016-12-02
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. , ASML HOLDING N.V.
Inventor： David Ferdinand Vles , Erik Achilles Abegg , Aage Bendiksen , Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns , Pradeep K. Govil , Paul Janssen , Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich , Arnoud Willem Notenboom , Mária Péter , Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof , Willem Joan Van Der Zande , Pieter-Jan Van Zwol , Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen , Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen , James Norman Wiley
Abstract: A pellicle suitable for use with a patterning device for a lithographic apparatus. The pellicle includes at least one breakage region which is configured to preferentially break, during normal use in a lithographic apparatus, prior to breakage of remaining regions of the pellicle.
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公开(公告)号：US10241418B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-26
申请号：US15527645
申请日：2015-09-21
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor： Marc Hauptmann , Dylan John David Davies , Paul Janssen , Naoko Tsugama , Richard Joseph Bruls , Kornelis Tijmen Hoekerd , Edwin Johannes Maria Janssen , Petrus Johannes Van Den Oever , Ronald Van Der Wilk , Antonius Hubertus Van Schijndel , Jorge Alberto Vieyra Salas
Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus monitors a lithographic manufacturing system. First measurement data representing local deviations of some characteristic across a substrate is obtained using sensors within a lithographic apparatus, and/or a separate metrology tool. Other inspection tools perform substrate backside inspection to produce second measurement data. A high-resolution backside defect image is processed into a form in which it can be compared with lower resolution information from the first measurement data. Cross-correlation is performed to identify which of the observed defects are correlated spatially with the deviations represented in the first measurement data. A correlation map is used to identify potentially relevant clusters of defects in the more detailed original defect map. The responsible apparatus can be identified by pattern recognition as part of an automated root cause analysis. Alternatively, reticle inspection data may be used as second measurement data.
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