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公开(公告)号:US12066758B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-20
申请号:US17728608
申请日:2022-04-25
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
CPC classification number: G03F1/64 , G03F1/22 , G03F1/62 , G03F7/7085 , G03F7/70916 , G03F7/70983
Abstract: A pellicle suitable for use with a patterning device for a lithographic apparatus. The pellicle comprising 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. At least one breakage region comprises a region of the pellicle which has a reduced thickness when compared to surrounding regions of the pellicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20240272516A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-15
申请号:US18570289
申请日:2022-05-20
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
IPC: G02F1/383
CPC classification number: G02F1/383
Abstract: An assembly for receiving a pump radiation to interact with a gas medium at an interaction space to generate an emitted radiation. The assembly comprising: an object with a hollow core, wherein the hollow core has an elongated volume through the object, wherein the interaction space is located inside the hollow core, and a heat conductive structure that connects at multiple locations of an outside wall of the object for transferring heat generated at the interaction space away from the object.
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公开(公告)号:US12061421B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US17629053
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Arie Jeffrey Den Boef , Kaustuve Bhattacharyya , Keng-Fu Chang , Simon Gijsbert Josephus Mathijssen
IPC: G03F7/00
CPC classification number: G03F7/70633
Abstract: Methods and systems for determining information about a target structure are disclosed. In one arrangement, a value of an asymmetry indicator for the target structure is obtained. The value of the asymmetry indicator represents an amount of an overlay independent asymmetry in the target structure. An error in an initial overlay measurement performed on the target structure at a previous time is estimated. The estimation is performed using the obtained value of the asymmetry indicator and a relationship between values of the asymmetry indicator and overlay measurement errors caused at least partially by overlay independent asymmetries. An overlay in the target structure is determined using the initial overlay measurement and the estimated error.
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公开(公告)号:US20240264540A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18565964
申请日:2022-06-15
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
IPC: G03F7/00 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/683
CPC classification number: G03F7/70708 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70758 , G03F7/70775 , G03F7/70783 , G03F7/70841 , G03F7/7085 , G03F7/70875 , H01L21/67109 , H01L21/67248 , H01L21/6831 , H01L21/6838
Abstract: A substrate holder for holding a substrate comprising a frame and a surface clamping device arranged on an underside of the frame configured to electrostatically attract an upper surface of the substrate from above the substrate. The substrate holder can be used to contactlessly hold and deform the substrate and thereby control a shape of the substrate. The substrate holder is suitable for use in a semiconductor processing apparatus and can operate in a vacuum or near-vacuum environment, such as in an EUV lithographic apparatus.
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公开(公告)号:US12055904B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-06
申请号:US17293373
申请日:2019-10-30
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Youping Zhang , Boris Menchtchikov , Cyrus Emil Tabery , Yi Zou , Chenxi Lin , Yana Cheng , Simon Philip Spencer Hastings , Maxime Philippe Frederic Genin
IPC: G06F30/10 , G03F7/00 , G05B13/02 , G05B13/04 , G06F30/27 , G06N3/045 , G06N3/08 , G06F119/02 , G06F119/22
CPC classification number: G05B13/048 , G03F7/705 , G03F7/70616 , G03F7/706837 , G05B13/027 , G05B13/042 , G06F30/10 , G06F30/27 , G06N3/045 , G06N3/08 , G06F2119/02 , G06F2119/22
Abstract: A method for predicting yield relating to a process of manufacturing semiconductor devices on a substrate, the method including: obtaining a trained first model which translates modeled parameters into a yield parameter, the modeled parameters including: a) a geometrical parameter associated with one or more selected from: a geometric characteristic, dimension or position of a device element manufactured by the process and b) a trained free parameter; obtaining process parameter data including data regarding a process parameter characterizing the process; converting the process parameter data into values of the geometrical parameter; and predicting the yield parameter using the trained first model and the values of the geometrical parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US20240257367A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18630741
申请日:2024-04-09
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Marleen KOOIMAN , Joost VAN BREE
CPC classification number: G06T7/337 , G06T7/001 , G06T7/13 , G06T7/32 , G06T2207/10061 , G06T2207/20056 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: A method of determining offsets between a plurality of data sets, each data set representing a sampling area of a pattern formed on a sample, wherein each sampling area derives from a predetermined portion of a mask pattern, the method comprising: detecting a fingerprint of the mask pattern in noise of the data sets; and determining offsets based on the fingerprint of the mask pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US20240256976A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18565759
申请日:2022-06-10
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Jun TAO , Yu CAO , Christopher Alan SPENCE
Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining assist features for a mask pattern. The method includes obtaining (i) a target pattern comprising a plurality of target features, wherein each of the plurality of target features comprises a plurality of target edges, and (ii) a trained sequence-to-sequence machine leaning (ML) model (e.g., long short term memory, Gated Recurrent Units, etc.) configured to determine sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs) for the target pattern. For a target edge of the plurality of target edges, geometric information (e.g., length, width, distances between features, etc.) of a subset of target features surrounding the target edge is determined. Using the geometric information as input, the ML model generates SRAFs to be placed around the target edge.
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公开(公告)号:US12051607B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US17257900
申请日:2019-06-27
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Patriek Adrianus Alphonsus Maria Bruurs , Dennis Herman Caspar Van Banning , Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn , Edwin Cornelis Kadijk
IPC: H01L21/67 , G01K1/14 , G01K11/125 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/244 , H01L21/68
CPC classification number: H01L21/67248 , G01K1/14 , G01K11/125 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/244 , H01L21/68 , H01J2237/20228 , H01J2237/20235
Abstract: A stage apparatus including: an object table configured to hold an object; a positioning device configured to position the object table and the object held by the object table; and a remote temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the object table and/or the object, wherein the remote temperature sensor comprises a passive temperature sensing element.
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公开(公告)号:US12051562B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US17753298
申请日:2020-08-25
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Yixiang Wang , Shibing Liu , Shanhui Cao , Kangsheng Qiu , Juying Dou , Ying Luo , Yinglong Li , Qiang Li , Ronald Van Der Wilk , Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn
IPC: H01J37/20 , H01L21/683
CPC classification number: H01J37/20 , H01L21/6833 , H01J2237/0044
Abstract: Systems and methods for wafer grounding and wafer grounding location adjustment are disclosed. A first method may include receiving a first value of an electric characteristic associated with the wafer being grounded by an electric signal; determining a first control parameter using at least the first value; and controlling a characteristic of the electric signal using the first control parameter and the first value. A second method for adjusting a grounding location for a wafer may include terminating an electric connection between the wafer and at least one grounding pin in contact the wafer; adjusting a relative position between the wafer and the grounding pin; and restoring the electric connection between the grounding pin and the wafer. A third method may include causing a grounding pin to penetrate through a coating on the wafer by impact; and establishing an electrical connection between the grounding pin and the wafer.
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公开(公告)号:US12050392B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US18072196
申请日:2022-11-30
Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
CPC classification number: G02F1/365 , G02F1/3528
Abstract: A waveguide including: a first section, the first section configured to generate, by a non-linear optical process, a broadened wavelength spectrum of pulsed radiation provided to an input end of the waveguide; a second section, the second section including an output end of the waveguide, the second section configured to exhibit a larger absolute value of group velocity dispersion than the first section; wherein a length of the second section is configured to reduce a peak intensity of one or more peaks in the broadened wavelength spectrum by at least 20%.
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