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US20130107240 Maskless Vortex Phase Shift Optical Direct Write Lithography  
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for accomplishing optical direct write phase shift lithography. A lithography system and method are provided wherein a mirror array is...
US20120038896 Maskless Vortex Phase Shift Optical Direct Write Lithography  
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for accomplishing optical direct write phase shift lithography. A lithography system and method are provided wherein a mirror array is...
US20090174874 Optical Projection System  
An optical projection unit comprising a first optical element module and at least one second optical element module is provided. The first optical element module comprises a first housing unit and...
US20100258744 Flare Evaluation Methods  
A flare evaluation method includes: extracting DC flare reference data using a preliminary measurement pattern mask and a dummy mask having an open region in which a preliminary measurement pattern...
US20080225252 Device manufacturing method, lithographic apparatus, and a computer program  
A device manufacturing method includes exposing a substrate with a patterned beam of radiation formed by a reticle mounted on a displaceable reticle stage, determining a non-linear function for...
US20080204684 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRAVIOLET NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY  
A process and an apparatus for performing a UV nano-imprint lithography are provided. The process uses a polymer pad which allows a uniform application of pressure to a patterned template and an...
US20060203217 Optical adjustment device, optical pickup apparatus provided with optical adjustment device, and method and apparatus for assembling optical adjustment device  
An optical adjustment device capable of correcting spherical aberration with high accuracy in a simple configuration is provided. A second lens holder fits into a guiding portion of a first lens...
US20050147920 Method and system for immersion lithography  
A system (100) and method for immersion lithography is disclosed in which an immersion medium (112) interfaces with a proximal lens (110) that focuses a patterned light beam on a light sensitive...
US20100259745 METHOD FOR OBTAINING FORCE COMBINATIONS FOR TEMPLATE DEFORMATION USING NULLSPACE AND METHODS OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES  
The present invention is directed towards a method for determining deformation parameters that a patterned device would undergo to minimize dimensional variations between a recorded pattern thereon...
US20070024835 Method for improving illumination uniformity in exposure process, and exposure apparatus  
A method for improving illumination uniformity in an exposure process is described, wherein a light source, a reticle and a projection system are used to expose a substrate in the exposure process....
US20060164614 Exposing machine for a printed circuit board  
An exposing machine of the present invention consists of a plurality of ultraviolet light tubes arranged on light generation assemblies. Each tube of the ultraviolet tubes is mutually parallel and...
US20090075216 STORAGE MEDIUM STORING EXPOSURE CONDITION DETERMINATION PROGRAM, EXPOSURE CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD  
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute determination of an exposure condition for use in illuminating an original plate with an illumination optical...
US20080318153 PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER STACK  
A photosensitive layer stack and methods for multiple exposure lithography are disclosed having a bleachable layer with a first absorption switching from absorptive to transmissive upon irradiation...
US20110109894 POLARIZATION-MODULATING OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF  
The disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a polarization-modulating optical element, wherein the element causes, for light passing through the element and due to stress-induced...
US20090134488 Immersion Liquid, Exposure Apparatus, and Exposure Process  
An immersion liquid is provided comprising an ion-forming component, e.g. an acid or a base, that has a relatively high vapor pressure. Also provided are lithography processes and lithography...
US20100053577 ROLL-TO-ROLL TYPE APPARATUS FOR FORMING THIN FILM PATTERN  
An apparatus for forming a thin film pattern according to an aspect of the invention may include: an unwinding roll and a winding roll running a sheet; a rotary drum having an elastic layer...
US20090190108 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEVELING TOPOGRAPHY OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP SURFACE  
A system and method of leveling the topography of a semiconductor wafer surface is presented. The system may induce low-order lens aberration to control the focal plane dynamically. The system may...
US20080304031 EXPOSURE APPARATUS  
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate using light from a light source having a wavelength of 20 nm or smaller, and includes plural optical elements, each of which is configured to reflect the...
US20090311636 EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND APERTURE STOP MANUFACTURING METHOD  
A projection exposure apparatus includes an aperture stop that includes a light attenuation part that is located between a light shielding part and an opening part, and has a transmittance larger...
US20100073653 MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD  
In measurement of a positional information in the XY plane of a fine movement stage held by a coarse movement stage, an encoder system is used including a head which is placed facing a grating...
US20080014534 MICROPHOTONIC MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY  
A maskless lithography system and method to expose a pattern on a wafer by propagating a photon beam through a waveguide on a substrate in a plane parallel to a top surface of the wafer.
US20110096309 Method and System for Wafer Inspection  
A method and system for evaluating a lithographic pattern obtained using multiple-patterning lithographic processing are presented. In one aspect, the method includes aligning a target design with...
US20070064215 Removable pellicle for immersion lithography  
A method of irradiating to pattern a photosensitive layer such as a resist (L2) immersed in a fluid (L3), involves applying a removable transparent layer (L4, L5), projecting the radiation onto the...
US20060215144 Stage drive method, stage apparatus, and exposure apparatus  
A stage drive method for driving a stage on a surface of a surface plate along a guide part that extends in a first direction includes the step of rotating the guide part about an axis...
US20080259308 PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY  
A projection objective or microlithography for imaging a pattern arranged in an object plane on a substrate arranged in an image plane is disclosed. The projection objective has an arrangement of...
US20070275310 Method for determining an acceptable reticle tolerance for a reticle used to produce an integrated circuit layout  
A method and apparatus is provided for determining an acceptable reticle tolerance for a reticle used to produce an integrated circuit layout. The method begins by specifying a wafer target CD and...
US20090219494 EVALUATION METHOD, EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS  
An evaluation method of evaluating an optical characteristic of an optical system to be evaluated using an interferometer, comprises a first acquisition step of acquiring a first interference...
US20120194792 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT LITHOGRAPHY FOCUS ERROR USING SIMULATED OR MEASURED TOPOGRAPHY  
A method and system to predict lithography focus error using chip topography data is disclosed. The chip topography data may be measured or simulated topography data. A plane is best fitted to the...
US20070259275 Anti-reflection coating for an EUV mask  
An EUV mask includes, on top of a multi-layer mirror, a spectral purity enhancement layer, for application in an EUV lithographic apparatus. On top of the spectral purity enhancement layer, a...
US20080143995 MOVING APPARATUS  
A moving apparatus includes a movable body movable in at least one direction; an electromagnet configured to drive a movable body and including a coil; an electromagnet control system configured to...
US20070273861 STAGE DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MICRODEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD  
A stage device including a base, a stage movable portion being movable along said base without contact thereto, an interferometer configured to measure a position of the stage movable portion, at...
US20080068571 Immersion exposure apparatus and immersion exposure method, and device manufacturing method  
An immersion type exposure apparatus comprises: an optical member from which an exposure beam is emitted; a first movable member that is movable while holding a substrate, in a predetermined region...
US20090168044 LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND LITHOGRAPHY METHOD  
A lithography apparatus includes a generating unit configured, by receiving character information which specifies a shape of an identification figure representing identification information of a...
US20080304034 DOSE CONTROL FOR OPTICAL MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY  
A lithographic apparatus comprises a patterning device, a projection system, and a controller. The patterning device is configured to pattern a beam of radiation. The radiation beam comprises a...
US20120293779 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPLIANCE  
A reflective optical element and an EUV lithography appliance containing one such element are provided, the appliance displaying a low propensity to contamination. The reflective optical element...
US20110228237 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPLIANCE  
A reflective optical element and an EUV lithography appliance containing one such element are provided, the appliance displaying a low propensity to contamination. The reflective optical element...
US20100026979 ACTIVE SPOT ARRAY LITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR SYSTEM WITH REGULATED SPOTS  
An active spot array projection system particularly for microlithographic projection includes a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micromirror device, having individually addressable...
US20080143983 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-EXPOSURE PATTERNING  
In some aspects, a reticle is provided for use in forming a patterned region on a substrate using a multi-pattern, multi-exposure process. The reticle includes (a) a first pattern for the...
US20090237634 ENCODER-TYPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT AN ERROR ON OR IN A GRID OR GRATING OF AN ENCODER-TYPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM  
An encoder-type measurement system is configured to measure a position dependent signal of a movable object. The measurement system includes a light source and a sensor. The light source and the...
US20090244506 SLM Calibration  
Apparatus and methods are used to calibrate an array of individually controllable elements within a lithographic apparatus. A calibration unit can switch between a first state in which the...
US20130027681 EUV COLLECTOR  
A collector transfers an emission of an EUV radiation source to a main intensity spot. The collector has at least one collector subunit including at least one grazing incidence mirror. The grazing...
US20100220307 SHUTTER PIXEL, SHUTTER STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SHUTTER PIXEL, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SHUTTER STRUCTURE  
The present invention provides a shutter pixel, a shutter structure including the shutter pixel, and an exposure apparatus including the shutter structure. The shutter pixel may include a lower...
US20090168033 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PATTERN FORMED BODY AND PATTERN FORMED BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS  
A main object of the invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a plurality of pattern formed bodies which makes it possible that even if the pattern formed bodies are continuously...
US20060194130 Run to run control for lens aberrations  
An exposure tool includes an illumination source, a blazed phase grating reticle, a reticle stage holding the blazed phase grating reticle, a lens system including at least one adjustable lens...
US20100045954 Controllable radiation lithographic apparatus and method  
A lithographic arrangement allows for controlling radiation characteristics. An illumination system provides a beam of radiation from radiation provided by a radiation source. The radiation source...
US20080018868 CIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX LIQUID IN PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS  
A circulation system for a high refractive index liquid includes a first collecting section configured to collect a high refractive index liquid used in an immersion light exposure section; a first...
US20090128791 Stage system, lithographic apparatus including such stage system, and correction method  
A position measurement system to measure a position of a movable stage includes a reference plate; a plurality of sensors arranged such that, depending on a position of the movable stage relative...
US20090233233 OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY WITH A HYDROPHOBIC COATING, AS WELL AS PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME  
An optical arrangement for immersion lithography, having at least one component (1) to which a hydrophobic coating (6, 7) is applied, the hydrophobic coating (6, 7) being exposed to UV radiation...
US20090115979 Immersion lithography apparatus  
A sampler, sample holder and an immersion lithographic apparatus comprising a sampler is disclosed. In an embodiment, a sampler is provided to collect particles in an immersion system of a...
US20070091287 IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHODS  
A lithography apparatus includes an imaging lens module; a substrate table positioned underlying the imaging lens module and configured to hold a substrate; and a cleaning module adapted to clean...