公开(公告)号：US20170160652A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15438376

申请日：2017-02-21

申请人： ASML Holding N.V. ,  ASML Netherlands B.V.

发明人： Earl William EBERT ,  Johannes ONVLEE ,  Samir A. NAYFEH ,  Mark Josef SCHUSTER ,  Peter A. DELMASTRO ,  Christopher Charles WARD ,  Frank Johannes Jacobus VAN BOXTEL ,  Abdullah ALIKHAN ,  Daniel Nathan BURBANK ,  Daniel Nicholas GALBURT ,  Justin Matthew VERDIRAME

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/70875 ,  G03F7/70341 ,  G03F7/70716 ,  G03F7/70808 ,  G03F7/70858 ,  G03F7/70866

摘要： A patterning device support for controlling a temperature of a patterning device can include a movable component. The movable component can include a gas inlet for supplying a gas flow across a surface of the patterning device and a gas outlet for extracting the gas flow. The patterning device support can also include a gas flow generator coupled to a duct, for recirculating the gas flow from the gas outlet to the gas inlet.

公开(公告)号：US20150301456A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-22

申请号：US14439359

申请日：2013-10-21

申请人： ASML HOLDING N.V. ,  ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

发明人： Earl William EBERT, JR. ,  Johannes ONVLEE ,  Samir A. NAYFEH ,  Mark Josef SCHUSTER ,  Peter A. DELMASTRO ,  Christopher Charles WARD ,  Frank Johannes Jacobus VAN BOXTEL ,  Abdullah ALIKHAN ,  Daniel Nathan BURBANK ,  Daniel Nicholas GALBURT ,  Justin Matthew VERDIRAME

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/70875 ,  G03F7/70341 ,  G03F7/70716 ,  G03F7/70808 ,  G03F7/70858 ,  G03F7/70866

摘要： A patterning device support (1100) for controlling a temperature of a patterning device (1102) can include a movable component (1104). The movable component can include a gas inlet (1108) for supplying a gas flow across a surface of the patterning device and a gas outlet (1110) for extracting the gas flow. The patterning device support can also include a gas flow generator (1118) coupled to a duct (1114, 1116) for recirculating the gas flow from the gas outlet to the gas inlet.

摘要翻译： 用于控制图案形成装置（1102）的温度的图案形成装置支撑件（1100）可以包括可移动部件（1104）。 可移动部件可以包括用于提供穿过图案形成装置的表面的气流的气体入口（1108）和用于提取气体流的气体出口（1110）。 图案形成装置支撑件还可以包括联接到管道（1114,1116）的气流发生器（1118），用于使气流从气体出口再循环到气体入口。

公开(公告)号：US20170307986A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15649161

申请日：2017-07-13

申请人： ASML Holding N.V. ,  ASML Netherlands B.V.

发明人： Earl William EBERT ,  Johannes ONVLEE ,  Samir A. NAYFEH ,  Mark Josef SCHUSTER ,  Peter A. DELMASTRO ,  Christopher Charles WARD ,  Frank Johannes Jacobus VAN BOXTEL ,  Abdullah ALIKHAN ,  Daniel Nathan BURBANK ,  Daniel Nicholas GALBURT ,  Justin Matthew VERDIRAME

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/70875 ,  G03F7/70341 ,  G03F7/70716 ,  G03F7/70808 ,  G03F7/70858 ,  G03F7/70866

摘要： A patterning device support for controlling a temperature of a patterning device can include a movable component. The movable component can include a gas inlet for supplying a gas flow across a surface of the patterning device and a gas outlet for extracting the gas flow. The patterning device support can also include a gas flow generator coupled to a duct, for recirculating the gas flow from the gas outlet to the gas inlet.

公开(公告)号：US20150241796A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-27

申请号：US14699468

申请日：2015-04-29

申请人： ASML Holding N.V. ,  ASML Netherlands B.V.

发明人： Earl William EBERT, JR. ,  Johannes ONVLEE ,  Samir A. NAYFEH ,  Mark Josef SCHUSTER ,  Peter A. DELMASTRO ,  Christopher Charles WARD ,  Frank Johannes Jacobus VAN BOXTEL ,  Abdullah ALIKHAN ,  Daniel Nathan BURBANK ,  Daniel Nicholas GALBURT ,  Justin Matthew VERDIRAME ,  Thomas VENTURINO

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/70875 ,  G03F7/70341 ,  G03F7/70716 ,  G03F7/70808 ,  G03F7/70858 ,  G03F7/70866

摘要： A system for controlling temperature of a patterning device in a lithographic apparatus is discussed. The system includes a patterning device support configured to support a patterning device and a reticle cooling system configured to provide substantially uniform temperature distribution across the patterning device. The reticle cooling system includes a first and second array of gas inlets configured to provide a first and second gas flow along a first and second direction across a surface of the patterning device, respectively, where first and second directions are opposite to each other. The reticle cooling system further includes a switching control system configured to control operation of the first and second arrays of gas inlets.

摘要翻译： 讨论了用于控制光刻设备中的图案形成装置的温度的系统。 该系统包括构造成支撑图案形成装置的图案形成装置支撑件和被配置为在图案形成装置上提供基本均匀的温度分布的掩模版冷却系统。 标线冷却系统包括第一和第二气体入口阵列，其被配置为分别在第一和第二方向彼此相对的情况下分别跨越图案形成装置的表面沿着第一和第二方向提供第一和第二气流。 标线冷却系统还包括配置成控制气体入口的第一和第二阵列的操作的开关控制系统。

公开(公告)号：US20170068175A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-09

申请号：US15354821

申请日：2016-11-17

申请人： ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. ,  ASML HOLDING N.V.

发明人： Jan Steven Christiaan WESTERLAKEN ,  Ruud Hendrikus Martinus Johannes BLOKS ,  Peter A. DELMASTRO ,  Thibault Simon Mathieu LAURENT ,  Martinus Hendrikus Antonius LEENDERS ,  Mark Josef SCHUSTER ,  Christopher Charles WARD ,  Frank Johannes Jacobus VAN BOXTEL ,  Justin Matthew VERDIRAME ,  Samir A. NAYFEH

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

摘要： A lithographic apparatus has a support structure configured to support a patterning device, the patterning device serving to pattern a radiation beam according to a desired pattern and having a planar main surface through which the radiation beam passes; an outlet opening configured to direct a flow of a gas onto the patterning device; and an inlet opening configured to extract the gas which has exited the outlet opening, wherein the outlet opening and inlet opening are in a facing surface facing the planar main surface of the patterning device.

摘要翻译： 光刻设备具有构造成支撑图案形成装置的支撑结构，所述图案形成装置用于根据期望的图案对辐射束进行图案化，并具有辐射束通过的平面主表面; 出口开口，其构造成将气体流引导到图案形成装置上; 以及入口开口，被配置为提取已经离开出口的气体，其中出口开口和入口开口面向面向图案形成装置的平面主表面的面对表面。

公开(公告)号：US20150355557A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-10

申请号：US14762450

申请日：2014-02-20

申请人： ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. ,  ASML HOLDING N.V.

发明人： Koen CUYPERS ,  Marcelo Henrique DE ANDRADE OLIVEIRA ,  Marinus Jan REMIE ,  Chattarbir SINGH ,  Laurentius Johannes Adrianus VAN BOKHOVEN ,  Henricus Anita Jozef Wilhemus VAN DE VEN ,  José Nilton FONSECA JUNIOR ,  Frank Johannes Jacobus VAN BOXTEL ,  Daniel Nathan BURBANK ,  Erik Roelof LOOPSTRA ,  Johannes ONVLEE ,  Mark Josef SCHUSTER ,  Robertus Nicodemus Jacobus VAN BALLEGOIJ ,  Christopher Charles WARD ,  Jan Steven Christiaan WESTERLAKEN

IPC分类号： G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G03F7/70933 ,  G03F7/70358 ,  G03F7/70633 ,  G03F7/70725 ,  G03F7/70866

摘要： A system is disclosed for reducing overlay errors by controlling gas flow around a patterning device of a lithographic apparatus. The lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam. The lithographic apparatus further includes a movable stage comprising a support structure that may be configured to support a patterning device. The patterning device may be configured to impart the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam. In addition, the lithographic apparatus comprises a plate (410) positioned between the movable stage (401) and the projection system (208). The plate includes an opening (411) that comprises a first sidewall (411a) and a second sidewall (411b). The plate may be configured to provide a gas flow pattern (424) in a region between the movable stage and the projection system that is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the illumination system.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种通过控制光刻设备的图案形成装置周围的气流来减少重叠误差的系统。 光刻设备包括被配置为调节辐射束的照明系统。 光刻设备还包括可移动台，其包括可构造成支撑图案形成装置的支撑结构。 图案形成装置可以被配置为在其横截面中赋予辐射束图案以形成图案化的辐射束。 此外，光刻设备包括位于可移动台（401）和投影系统（208）之间的板（410）。 板包括包括第一侧壁（411a）和第二侧壁（411b）的开口（411）。 板可以被配置为在基本上垂直于照明系统的光轴的可移动台和投影系统之间的区域中提供气流图案（424）。