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US20090284721 RETICLE SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS  
A reticle system that includes: providing a reticle system; and assigning two or more of an image pattern onto the reticle system to form one or more layers of an integrated circuit system by...
US20050195376 System for purifying purge gases  
A system for purifying purge gases for an optical system, in particular for a projection objective for microlithography for the fabrication of semiconductor components, wherein the optical system...
US20090091729 Lithography Systems and Methods of Manufacturing Using Thereof  
Lithography systems and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are disclosed. For example, a lithography system includes at least two reticle stages and a common projection lens system...
US20110255063 Seamless Stitching of Patterns Formed by Interference Lithography  
This invention addresses the scalability problem of periodic “nanostructured” surface treatments such as those formed by interference lithography. A novel but simple method is described that ach...
US20060055911 High resolution printer and a method for high resolution printing  
The invention provides a method and printer for printing an image that comprises at least one group of highly dense shapes, the method includes: (i) determining multiple intermediate schemes such...
US20070035715 Exposure apparatus for manufacturing semiconductors and method for inspecting pellicles  
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for manufacturing semiconductors and a method of inspecting a pellicle. Other example embodiments of the present invention relate...
US20080206685 Exposure method, method for manufacturing flat panel display substrate, and exposure apparatus  
An exposure method and exposure apparatus optimal for the formation of a fine pattern of an electronic device, such as a flat panel display. The exposure method and apparatus provides a high...
US20100097590 ROBUST OPTIMIZATION TO GENERATE DROP PATTERNS IN IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY WHICH ARE TOLERANT OF VARIATIONS IN DROP VOLUME AND DROP PLACEMENT  
Imprint lithography may comprise generating a fluid map, generating a fluid drop pattern, and applying a fluid to a substrate according to the fluid drop pattern. The fluid drop pattern may be...
US20130057839 LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMMODITIES  
The present invention provides a lithography system including an obtaining unit which obtains a transfer function describing a relationship between first vibration generated in one lithography...
US20080063982 Fluids and methods of forming thereof  
Fluids for use in immersion lithography systems and methods of forming thereof are disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a fluid for immersion lithography includes a liquid and a...
US20130120725 IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND IMPRINTABLE MEDIUM  
An imprint lithography method is disclosed for reducing a difference between an intended topography and an actual topography arising from a part of a patterned layer of fixed imprintable medium....
US20120133916 WAFER LEVEL OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF  
In one aspect, the present invention provides a wafer level optical assembly comprising a first wafer level optical element, the first wafer level optical element comprising a first alignment...
US20120026474 Reticle Cooling in a Lithographic Apparatus  
An apparatus and method reduce temperature variation across a reticle so as to reduce the expansion variation of the reticle. One method for realizing reduced temperature variation is to fill an...
US20100302520 CLUSTER E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM  
A hybrid lithography system is disclosed to achieve high throughput and high resolution of sub 32 nm lithography. The hybrid system contains an optical lithographer for expose pattern area where...
US20120075605 Source Polarization Optimization  
A lithographic simulation process is described, where each source point in a preselected group of source points at a pupil plane of an illumination source is represented by one or more variable...
US20070279605 Exposure systems including devices for inhibiting heating caused by infrared radiation from vacuum pump or the like  
Exposure systems are disclosed that suppress incidence of infrared radiation from a vacuum pump into a chamber in which exposures are performed under vacuum. An exemplary system includes a chamber,...
US20100002213 PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM USING AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE  
A photolithography system using an optical microscope is provided that can form various types of selective patterns at a low cost in small-scale research using unit-size silicon substrates which is...
US20080018876 COLLECTOR FOR AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM  
Collectors with mirror shells arranged inside each other, illumination systems equipped with such collectors, projection exposure apparatuses equipped with such illumination systems, methods of...
US20090115110 Drop Pattern Generation for Imprint Lithography  
Generating a fluid drop pattern for an imprint lithography process includes selecting an imprinting surface with features and generating a fluid drop pattern including drop locations for placement...
US20120212722 Fast Illumination Simulator Based on a Calibrated Flexible Point Spread Function  
A way of predicting distribution of light in an illumination pupil, comprising: (a) identifying one or more component(s) of an illumination system having an illumination pupil, where the...
US20090296055 LENS HEATING COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS  
Methods for calibrating a photolithographic system are disclosed. A cold lens contour for a reticle design and at least one hot lens contour for the reticle design are generated from which a...
US20090040483 MULTIPLE EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE USING OPC TO CORRECT DISTORTION  
Accurate ultrafine patterns are formed using a multiple exposure technique comprising implementing an OPC procedure to form an exposure reticle to compensate for distortion of an overlying resist...
US20070211232 Thermophoretic Techniques for Protecting Reticles from Contaminants  
Thermophoresis within lithography systems for protecting reticles from contaminants (e.g., floating particles). Generally, thermophoretic protection is implemented by maintaining the reticle at a...
US20120154771 IMMERSION MULTIPLE-EXPOSURE METHOD AND IMMERSION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR SEPARATELY PERFORMING MULTIPLE EXPOSURE OF MICROPATTERNS AND NON-MICROPATTERNS  
This invention discloses an immersion multiple-exposure method including a first exposure step of performing, using a first mask, immersion exposure of a photoresist film formed on a substrate, a...
US20110236809 METHOD FOR EXAMINING A WAFER WITH REGARD TO A CONTAMINATION LIMIT AND EUV PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM  
A method for examining at least one wafer (13) with regard to a contamination limit, in which the contamination potential of the resist (13a) of the wafer (13), which resist (13a) outgasses...
US20110141445 ILLUMINATION OPTICAL UNIT FOR EUV MICROLITHOGRAPHY  
An illumination optical unit for EUV microlithography includes a first optical element having a plurality of first reflective facet elements and a second optical element having a plurality of...
US20080311529 IMMERSION MULTIPLE-EXPOSURE METHOD AND IMMERSION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR SEPARATELY PERFORMING MULTIPLE EXPOSURE OF MICROPATTERNS AND NON-MICROPATTERNS  
This invention discloses an immersion multiple-exposure method including a first exposure step of performing, using a first mask, immersion exposure of a photoresist film formed on a substrate, a...
US20120320361 CLUSTER TOOL ARCHITECTURE FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE  
Embodiments of the invention generally include a robot assembly comprising a robot operable to position a substrate at one or more points within a plane, and a motion assembly having a motor...
US20110181848 EXTREME UV RADIATION GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING A CONTAMINATION CAPTOR  
The invention relates to an improved EUV generating device having a contamination captor for “catching” contamination and/or debris caused by corrosion or otherwise unwanted reactions of the tin bath.
US20110051116 Substrate Matrix To Decouple Tool And Process Effects  
A method of characterizing a process by selecting the process to characterize, selecting a parameter of the process to characterize, determining values of the parameter to use in a test matrix,...
US20120127440 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY  
An optical assembly for projection lithography has an optical component to guide imaging or illumination light. The optical component has a reflective substrate that contains a fluorescent...
US20120154775 EUV Radiation Source and Method of Generating EUV Radiation  
An EUV radiation source comprising a fuel supply configured to deliver droplets of fuel to a plasma formation location, and a collector configured to collect EUV radiation emitted by a plasma at...
US20110014577 PELLICLE INSPECTION DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS USING SAME, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD  
The pellicle inspection device of the present invention is a device that detects damage to a pellicle film disposed on an original. The pellicle inspection device includes a measuring unit...
US20090021711 METHOD OF INSPECTING EXPOSURE SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM  
A method of inspecting an exposure system uses a mask pattern including a first and a second mask pattern, the first pattern being formed in a line-and-space of a first pitch, the second pattern...
US20050153216 Lithography mask and lithography system for direction-dependent exposure  
Lithography mask having a structure for the fabrication of semiconductor components, in particular memory components, for a direction-dependent exposure device, featuring at least one auxiliary...
US20070146681 Reticle transport apparatus, exposure apparatus, reticle transport method, and reticle processing method  
A reticle transport apparatus transports a reticle to and from a processing atmosphere. A reticle loader loads the reticle into the processing atmosphere, with at least a portion of the reticle...
US20090122281 SILICA GLASS CONTAINING TIO2 AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION  
A silica glass containing TiO2, which has a fictive temperature of at most 1,200° C., a F concentration of at least 100 ppm and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0±200 ppb/° C. from 0 to 10...
US20070279611 Reflective loop system producing incoherent radiation  
A system and method are used to form incoherent beams from a coherent beam. A system comprises a source of radiation and a reflective loop system. The source of radiation produces a coherent or...
US20080068579 APERTURE UNIT AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR REPLACING APERTURES OF THE APERTURE UNIT  
Provided are an aperture unit, an exposure system including the aperture unit, and a method for replacing an aperture of the aperture unit. The aperture unit rotates a revolver on which a plurality...
US20100060878 EXPOSURE APPARTUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL SUBSTRATE  
A chuck 10 which supports a substrate 1 is moved by using an X-direction stage 5, and a position of the chuck 10 is detected at the same time. A traveling error of the X-direction stage 5 is...
US20120281189 Evaporative thermal management of grazing incidence collectors for EUV lithography  
Evaporate thermal management systems for and methods of grazing incidence collectors (GICs) for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography include a GIC shell interfaced with a jacket to form a...
US20110013170 DEVICE FOR TREATING SHEET-LIKE SUBSTRATES WITH LIGHT  
A device for treating sheet-like substrates with light is made for a suction table, which includes a circulating suction strip for transporting the sheet-like substrates, which suction strip forms...
US20070279612 LIGHT MIXING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS  
The disclosure relates to a light mixing device, comprising a first arrangement composed of first beam-deflecting elements and a second arrangement composed of second beam-deflecting elements, each...
US20130003036 PHOTO MASK UNIT COMPRISING A PHOTOMASK AND A PELLICLE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a photomask unit suitable for forming a microscopic pattern of 32 nm or smaller on a photoresist film using the EUV exposure technique and being...
US20100085555 In-Situ Cleaning of an Imprint Lithography Tool  
Imprint lithography system may provide for an energy source for solidification of material positioned between a template and a substrate. Additionally, the energy source and/or an additional energy...
US20080180646 IMPRINT REFERENCE TEMPLATE FOR MULTILAYER OR MULTIPATTERN REGISTRATION AND METHOD THEREFOR  
A method (and resultant structure) of forming a plurality of masks, includes creating a reference template, using imprint lithography to print at least one reference template alignment mark on all...
US20100085554 ADAPTOR OF AN ALIGNER SYSTEM  
An adapter is disclosed, comprising a frame including an inner edge with a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, wherein the first side and the fourth side are opposite and the...
US20120075603 PROCESS TUNING WITH POLARIZATION  
A method for configuring an illumination source of a lithographic apparatus, the method including dividing the illumination source into pixel groups, each pixel group including one or more...
US20100053590 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLAT PANEL DISPLAY  
A method for manufacturing a flat panel display is presented. The method includes: transferring a first mask from a first mask loading/unloading part onto a main mask-stage by a first...
US20120081682 MASKLESS EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETERMINE EXPOSURE START POSITION AND ORIENTATION IN MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY  
According to an example embodiment, a method to determine an exposure start position and orientation includes loading a substrate on a moving table. The substrate includes at least one alignment...