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公开(公告)号:US20210202293A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US16756907
申请日:2018-10-04
Applicant: ASML HOLDING N.V.
Inventor: Mehmet Ali AKBAS , David Hart PETERSON , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Michael PERRY , Richard Bryan LEWIS , Iliya SIGAL
IPC: H01L21/687 , G03F7/20
Abstract: Various burl designs for holding an object in a lithographic apparatus are described. A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system, a first support structure, a second support structure, and a projection system. The illumination system is designed to receive radiation and to direct the radiation towards a patterning device that forms patterned radiation. The first support structure is designed to support the patterning device on the first support structure. The second support structure has a plurality of burls and is designed to support the substrate on the plurality of burls. A topography of a top surface of each of the plurality of burls is not substantially flat, such that a contact area between the substrate and each of the plurality of burls is reduced. The projection system is designed to receive the patterned radiation and to direct the patterned radiation towards the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20230031443A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-02
申请号:US17788806
申请日:2020-12-08
Applicant: ASML Holding N.V.
Inventor: Matthew LIPSON , Mehmet Ali AKBAS , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Fei ZHAO
IPC: G03F7/20
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for manufacturing a wafer clamp having hard burls. The method can include providing a first layer that includes a first surface. The method can further include forming a plurality of burls over the first surface of the first layer. The forming of the plurality of burls can include forming a subset of the plurality of burls to a hardness of greater than about 6.0 gigapascals (GPa).
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公开(公告)号:US20180321602A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15764594
申请日:2016-10-05
Applicant: ASML HOLDING N.V. , ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Raymond Wilhelmus Louis LAFARRE , Adrianus Hendrik KOEVOETS , Michael Leo NELSON , Jacobus Cornelis Gerardus VAN DER SANDEN , Geoffrey O'CONNOR , Michael Andrew CHIEDA , Tammo UITTERDIJK
IPC: G03F7/20 , H01L21/683
CPC classification number: G03F7/70875 , G03F7/707 , G03F7/70783 , H01L21/67109 , H01L21/67115 , H01L21/67248 , H01L21/6831
Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a clamp (406) configured to receive an object (402). The clamp defines at least one channel (408) configured to pass a fluid at a first fluid temperature. The lithographic apparatus also includes a chuck (404) coupled to the clamp. The chuck (404) defines at least one void (464) configured to thermally insulate the chuck from the clamp.
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公开(公告)号:US20230384694A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-30
申请号:US18269387
申请日:2021-12-02
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V. , ASML Holding N.V.
Inventor: Abdullah ALIKHAN , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Johannes Bernardus Charles ENGELEN , Daniel KAMIENIECKI , Bastiaan Lambertus Wilhelmus Marinus VAN DE VEN , Thomas POIESZ , Leon Martin LEVASIER , Jim Vincent OVERKAMP , Johannes Adrianus Cornelis Maria PIJNENBURG , Koos VAN BERKEL , Gregory James DIGUIDO , Anthony C. SOCCI, JR. , Iliya SIGAL , Bram Antonius Gerardus LOMANS , Michel Ben Isel HABETS
IPC: G03F7/00 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/687
CPC classification number: G03F7/70708 , G03F7/7095 , G03F7/70783 , H01L21/6838 , H01L21/68757
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for manufacturing a substrate table. An example method can include forming a vacuum sheet including a plurality of vacuum connections and a plurality of recesses configured to receive a plurality of burls disposed on a core body for supporting an object such as a wafer. Optionally, at least one burl can be surrounded, partially or wholly, by a trench. The example method can further include using the vacuum sheet to mount the core body to an electrostatic sheet including a plurality of apertures configured to receive the plurality of burls. Optionally, the example method can include using the vacuum sheet to mount the core body to the electrostatic sheet such that the plurality of recesses of the vacuum sheet line up with the plurality of burls of the core body and the plurality of apertures of the electrostatic sheet.
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公开(公告)号:US20230314962A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US18012317
申请日:2021-06-04
Applicant: ASML Holding N.V.
Inventor: Tammo UITTERDIJK
IPC: G03F7/20 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/683
CPC classification number: G03F7/70783 , G03F7/70708 , H01L21/67288 , H01L21/6831
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided for determining a free form flatness of a substrate table. An example system can include a substrate table that includes a first substrate table surface and a grounded substrate table electrical connection configured to ground the substrate table. The system can further include a substrate that includes a semiconducting layer, a thermally-grown insulating layer, a first substrate surface disposed on the insulating layer, and a substrate electrical connection configured to transmit a voltage to the semiconducting layer. The system can further include a metrology system configured to apply a voltage to the substrate electrical connection to electrostatically clamp the substrate to the substrate table, measure a flatness of the first substrate surface, and determine a free form flatness of the first substrate table surface based on the measured flatness of the first substrate surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20210405539A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17291086
申请日:2019-10-22
Applicant: ASML Holding N.V.
Inventor: Mehmet Ali AKBAS , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Christopher John MASON , Matthew LIPSON , David Hart PETERSON , Michael PERRY , Peter HELMUS , Jerry Jianguo DENG , Damoon SOHRABIBABAHEIDARY
IPC: G03F7/20 , H01L21/687
Abstract: A method for reducing sticking of an object to a surface used in a lithography process includes receiving, at a control computer, instructions for a tool configured to modify the surface and forming, in a deterministic manner based on the instructions received at the control computer, a modified surface having a furrow and a ridge, wherein the ridge reduces the sticking by reducing a contact surface area of the modified surface. Another apparatus includes a modified surface that includes furrows and ridges forming a reduced contact surface area to reduce a sticking of an object to the modified surface, the ridges having an elastic property that causes the reduced contact surface area to increase when the plurality of ridges is elastically deformed.
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公开(公告)号:US20240369947A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18773176
申请日:2024-07-15
Applicant: ASML Holding N.V.
Inventor: Mehmet Ali AKBAS , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Christopher John MASON , Matthew LIPSON , David Hart PETERSON , Michael PERRY , Peter HELMUS , Jerry Jianguo DENG , Damoon SOHRABIBABAHEIDARY
IPC: G03F7/00 , H01L21/687
Abstract: A method for reducing sticking of an object to a surface used in a lithography process includes receiving, at a control computer, instructions for a tool configured to modify the surface and forming, in a deterministic manner based on the instructions received at the control computer, a modified surface having a furrow and a ridge, wherein the ridge reduces the sticking by reducing a contact surface area of the modified surface. Another apparatus includes a modified surface that includes furrows and ridges forming a reduced contact surface area to reduce a sticking of an object to the modified surface, the ridges having an elastic property that causes the reduced contact surface area to increase when the plurality of ridges is elastically deformed.
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公开(公告)号:US20240248415A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18562770
申请日:2022-04-28
Applicant: ASML Holding N.V. , ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Shahab SHERVIN , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Matthew LIPSON , Marcus Martinus Petrus Adrianus VERMEULEN
IPC: G03F7/00 , H01L21/687
CPC classification number: G03F7/707 , G03F7/7095 , G03F7/70975 , H01L21/6875
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a modular wafer table and methods for refurbishing a scrapped wafer to manufacture the modular wafer table. The method comprises removing one or more burls from a surface of a wafer table; polishing the surface of the wafer table after removing the one or more burls to form a core module; forming a burl module having a plurality of burls thereon; and bonding the core module to the burl module.
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公开(公告)号:US20220082953A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-17
申请号:US17612679
申请日:2020-05-05
Applicant: ASML HOLDING N.V , ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Matthew LIPSON , Satish ACHANTA , Benjamin David DAWSON , Matthew Anthony SORNA , IIiya SIGAL , Tammo UITTERDIJK
IPC: G03F7/20
Abstract: A substrate table for supporting a substrate includes a surface and coarse burls. Each of the coarse burls includes a burl-top surface and fine burls. The coarse burls are disposed on the surface of the substrate table. The fine burls are disposed on the burl-top surface. The fine burls contact the substrate when the substrate table supports the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20150370180A1
公开(公告)日:2015-12-24
申请号:US14762452
申请日:2014-02-05
Applicant: ASML HOLDING N.V. , ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Inventor: Santiago E. DEL PUERTO , Matthew LIPSON , Kenneth C. HENDERSON , Raymond Wilhelmus Louis LAFARRE , Louis John MARKOYA , Tammo UITTERDIJK , Johannes VERMEULEN , Antonius Franciscus Johannes DE GROOT , Ronald VAN DER WILK
IPC: G03F7/20
CPC classification number: G03F7/70875 , G03F7/70708 , H01L21/67109 , H01L21/6831 , H01L21/6875
Abstract: A support such as a clamp (310) is configured to releasably hold a patterning device such as a reticle (300) to secure it and prevent heat-induced deformation of it. For example, an electrostatic clamp includes a first substrate (312) having opposing first (313) and second (315) surfaces, a plurality of burls (316) located on the first surface and configured to contact the reticle, a second substrate (314) having opposing first (317) and second (319) surfaces. The first surface of the second substrate is coupled to the second surface of the first substrate. A plurality of cooling elements (318) are located between the first surface of the second substrate and the second surface of the first substrate. The cooling elements are configured to cause electrons to travel from the second surface of the first substrate to the first surface of the second substrate. Each cooling element is substantially aligned with a respective burl.
Abstract translation: 诸如夹具(310)的支撑件构造成可释放地保持图案形成装置例如掩模版(300)以固定它并防止其热引起的变形。 例如,静电夹具包括具有相对的第一(313)和第二(315)表面的第一基底(312),位于第一表面上并被构造成接触光罩的多个毛刺(316),第二基底 )具有相对的第一(317)和第二(319)表面。 第二衬底的第一表面耦合到第一衬底的第二表面。 多个冷却元件(318)位于第二基板的第一表面和第一基板的第二表面之间。 冷却元件构造成使电子从第一衬底的第二表面行进到第二衬底的第一表面。 每个冷却元件基本上与相应的毛刺对齐。
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