Methods and Apparatus for Determining the Position of a Spot of Radiation, Inspection Apparatus, Device Manufacturing Method

    公开(公告)号:US20190049861A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16037734

    申请日:2018-07-17

    Abstract: A beam (542, 556) of inspection radiation is generated by focusing infrared (IR) radiation (540) at a source location so as to generate the inspection radiation (542) by high-harmonic generation in a gas cell (532). An illumination optical system (512) focuses the inspection radiation into a spot (S) of radiation by imaging the source location onto a metrology target (T). In one embodiment, the same illumination optical system forms a spot of the IR radiation onto a target material. A spot of visible radiation is generated by second harmonic generation at the metrology target. The visible spot is observed by an alignment camera (564). A special alignment target (592) may be provided, or material present in or near the metrology target can be used. In another embodiment, the spot is imaged using a portion (758) of the inspection radiation reflected by the target.

    Radiation source
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11140765B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US16649025

    申请日:2018-08-16

    Abstract: A radiation source comprises: an emitter for emitting a fuel target towards a plasma formation region; a laser system for hitting the target with a laser beam to generating a plasma; a collector for collecting radiation emitted by the plasma; an imaging system configured to capture an image of the target; one or more markers at the collector and within a field of view of the imaging system; and a controller. The controller receives data representative of the image; and controls operation of the radiation source in dependence on the data.

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