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US20110001954 CHUCKING SYSTEM WITH RECESSED SUPPORT FEATURE  
In an imprint lithography system, a recessed support on a template chuck may alter a shape of a template positioned thereon providing minimization and/or elimination of premature downward...
US20120069317 LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM ARRANGED ON A FOUNDATION, AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING A LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM ON SAID FOUNDATION  
The invention relates to a vibration isolation requiring system, such as a lithography system, arranged on a foundation, for example part of the floor in the room where the lithography system is...
US20100328635 Pellicle  
There is provided a pellicle having a rectangular pellicle frame formed of four side bars, having a through hole made through at least one of the frame bars for adjusting a pressure of a space...
US20110122375 MULTICOLOR HOLGRAPHIC REPLICATION BY MASKING  
A multicolor hologram (e.g., a two-color hologram) is replicated (copied) into a photosensitive layer by masking to produce a copy (replicate) of the hologram in a manner such that the copy is an...
US20100328641 PELLICLE FRAME AND LITHOGRAPHIC PELLICLE  
A pellicle frame is provided that includes a pellicle frame bar having a cross-section with a shape that has at least one triangular recess in at least one side edge of a quadrilateral having an...
US20120127442 DETERMINING LITHOGRAPHIC SET POINT USING OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION VERIFICATION SIMULATION  
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a lithographic set point using simulations of optical proximity correction verification. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method...
US20110063601 PELLICLE FRAME, PELLICLE, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE PELLICLE FRAME  
A pellicle frame, including aluminum, aluminum oxide, and a transition metal.
US20110300490 HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY DEVICES USING FOCUSING MICROMIRRORS  
The invention relates to large-field high-resolution microscopy and photolithography setups operating with polychromatic light. It includes the use of a plurality of focusing micromirrors.
US20110216299 ELECTROSTATIC LENS STRUCTURE  
An electrostatic lens comprising a first conductive plate with a first aperture, a second conductive plate with a second aperture, the second aperture being substantially aligned with the first...
US20060077361 Means of removing particles from a membrane mask in a vacuum  
A method of removing particles from a membrane reticle by a laser beam or beams. The particles on the bottom of the reticle are knocked off and fall away and particles on the top are removed a...
US20110123937 COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY  
The present invention relates to barrier layer compositions that are applied above a photoresist composition for immersion lithography processing. In a further aspect, new methods are provided for...
US20100328636 Producing a Marker Pattern and Measurement of an Exposure-Related Property of an Exposure Apparatus  
In order to determine whether an exposure apparatus is projecting patterns correctly, a marker pattern is used on a mask for printing a specific marker structure onto a substrate. This marker is...
US20120013881 Method and Apparatus for Determining an Overlay Error  
A method of determining an overlay error. Measuring an overlay target having process-induced asymmetry. Constructing a model of the target. Modifying the model, e.g., by moving one of the...
US20120050711 CHUCK ASSEMBLY BACK SIDE RETICLE CLEANER  
An improved technique for fixedly holding a reticle in a reticle chuck of the reticle simplifies the process of cleaning the back surface of the reticle by exposing the entire back surface. The...
US20110051114 OPTIMIZED POLARIZATION ILLUMINATION  
Disclosed concepts include a method of optimizing polarization of an illumination of a pattern to be formed in a surface of a substrate. Polarized illumination is optimized by determining an...
US20110141450 Method and Apparatus for Overlay Measurement  
A method of measurement of at-resolution overlay offset may be implemented in a scatterometer. At least three targets are provided on a wafer, each target comprising a first marker grating and a...
US20070109520 Modular illuminator for a scanning printer  
Disclosed herewith is a system and method for building an illuminator for a scanning printer. The design is modular enabling any of a number of different sources to be used with common partial...
US20110069288 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...
US20110235016 PELLICLE, MOUNTING METHOD THEREFOR, PELLICLE-EQUIPPED MASK, AND MASK  
A pellicle is provided that includes a pellicle film, a pellicle frame having the pellicle film stretched over one end face thereof and having the other end face open, and a pressure-sensitive...
US20090059193 Image production apparatus  
Disclosed herein is an image production apparatus, including a light source; an optical modulation apparatus of the one-dimensional type; and a projection optical system including a scanning...
US20090153814 SELF-CLEANING SCAN HEAD ASSEMBLY  
A scan head assembly for use in an imaging device for scanning media that uses fluid particles from the atmosphere for cooling an optical system, cleaning existing contamination particles in the...
US20120107743 LITHOGRAPHY USING PHOTORESIST WITH PHOTOINITIATOR AND PHOTOINHIBITOR  
Technologies are generally described for a photoresist and methods and systems effective to form a pattern in a photoresist on a substrate. In some examples, the photoresist includes a resin, a...
US20110261329 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SUPPRESSION FACTOR OF A SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS  
The invention relates to a method for determining a suppression factor of a suppression system. The suppression system is arranged to suppress migration of a contaminant gas out of a first system....
US20110032502 POLARIZATION EVALUATION MASK, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND POLARIZATION EVALUATION METHOD  
Polarization evaluation mask according to one mode includes a transparent substrate, a light shielding portion, plural quarter-wavelength plates, and plural polarizers. The light shielding portion...
US20120069316 METHODS FOR LIMITING COUNTER-MASS TRIM-MOTOR FORCE AND STAGE ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING SAME  
An exemplary stage assembly has movable stage mass and counter-mass. A stage motor is coupled to the stage mass and counter-mass such that stage-mass motion imparted by the stage motor causes a...
US20080266534 PHOTOMASK HAZE REDUCTION VIA VENTILATION  
Where a framed pellicle is mounted on a photomask, the framed pellicle comprises a pellicle frame and a pellicle membrane coupled to the pellicle frame, the pellicle frame has first and second...
US20050275823 PHOTOSENSITIVE MEDIA CASSETTE FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE  
A cassette arrangement includes a light-tight, moisture proof pouch that is adapted to hold a stack of photosensitive sheets such as microencapsulated media and load the sheets into an...
US20110122385 Homogenizer  
A two-stage homogenizer comprising a first homogenizer stage and a second homogenizer stage. The first homogenizer stage includes a pair of microlens arrays and associated focusing optics. The...
US20100328638 LED LIGHT SOURCE, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LED-BASED PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD  
This invention provides a structurally-simple LED light source that is capable of preventing temperature variations among its multiple LED elements arranged densely on its LED-mounting substrate...
US20090073403 Methods of characterizing similarity or consistency in a set of entities  
A method of characterizing the similarity between entities in a set of entities, wherein an entity is selected from substrate layers, substrate fields and substrates. Including determining...
US20120044473 OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR UV OR EUV LITHOGRAPHY  
To reduce deformations which may be caused by a functional coating on a substrate in an optical element for UV or EUV lithography, an optical element is suggested comprising a functional coating...
US20110019173 Diffraction Elements for Alignment Targets  
A patterning device, including alignment targets having alignment features formed from a plurality of diffractive elements, each diffractive element including an absorber stack and a multi-layered...
US20080285003 Linear motor driven automatic reticle blind  
A reticle blind which is capable of being opened and closed at a relatively high speed and which does not cause mechanical disturbances or reaction forces. The reticle blind includes two reticle...
US20110080566 METHOD FOR REPLICATING PRODUCTION OF 3D PARALLAX BARRIER  
A method for replicating production of a 3D parallax barrier is capable of transfer-printing a 3D parallax barrier pattern on a planar transparent substrate mainly with a glass photo mask having...
US20090231568 METHOD OF MEASURING WAVEFRONT ERROR, METHOD OF CORRECTING WAVEFRONT ERROR, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE  
A method of measuring a wavefront error of an exposure light that occurs when the exposure light passes through an optical system that is used in an exposure apparatus is proposed. The method...
US20090296064 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR SIZING FOCUSED SPOTS OF A PATTERNING SYSTEM FOR MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY  
An optical system for producing a pattern of focused spots, such as a maskless lithographic projection system, includes an illuminator, a pattern generator, and an imager. The illuminator includes...
US20080212045 OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST A SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCE AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATIONS AND/OR HEATING THE SYSTEMS  
A method for removing contaminations from optical elements or parts thereof, especially from at least one surface of at least one optical element, with UV light. At least one semiconductor light...
US20080224251 Optimal Rasterization for Maskless Lithography  
A lithographic system is provided in which an extent of overlap between pattern sections is adjusted in order to match a size of a pattern section to a size of a repeating portion of the pattern to...
US20080148978 Assembly for blocking a beam of radiation and method of blocking a beam of radiation  
An assembly is provided for blocking a beam of radiation. The assembly has a pipe arranged to transmit at least part of the beam of radiation. The pipe has an inner surface provided with an...
US20050174548 Finishing apparatus for photographic laboratories  
A finishing apparatus for photographic laboratories having at least two elements for advancing separate strips of photographic paper, carrying images printed thereon, towards two corresponding...
US20070148561 Exposure equipment having auxiliary photo mask and exposure method using the same  
Example embodiments of the present invention may provide exposure equipment having an auxiliary photo mask. The exposure equipment may include a light source, and a first photo mask spaced apart...
US20050221238 Use of a reticle absorber material in reducing aberrations  
A lithographic apparatus comprising a patterning reticle which has an aluminium absorber layer which improves imaging by eliminating or at least minimising the formation of aberrations in a...
US20080079927 Holder for carrying a photolithography mask in a flattened condition  
A holder is described for carrying a photolithography mask in a flattened condition. The holder may include a mask chuck and may be able to flatten a mask for use in photolithography. In one...
US20060141209 Pellicle for photolithography and pellicle frame  
There is disclosed a pellicle 1 for photolithography comprising, a pellicle frame 2 for constituting a pellicle for photolithography, wherein the frame is made of an aluminum alloy whose surface is...
US20090233189 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING EXPOSURE CORRECTION INFORMATION, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE  
A method of obtaining exposure correction information includes adjusting intensity of light incident on a photomask so that intensity of light output from the photomask has a desired distribution,...
US20080024752 Contact printing oxide-based electrically active micro-features  
Contact printing can be used to form electrically active micro-features on a substrate. An ink formulation containing an oxide precursor is used to form the micro-features, which are heat cured to...
US20120092640 Shared Compliance in a Rapid Exchange Device for Reticles, and Reticle Stage  
Provided is a method to load a patterning device (1010) onto a reticle stage (RS) of a lithography system, a Rapid Exchange Device (RED) configured to load a patterning device (1010) onto a reticle...
US20090268187 EXPOSURE SYSTEM  
An exposure system includes a light source for generating an exposure light, a mask, a lens system, and a bandwidth-filtering module for narrowing bandwidth of the exposure light. The mask, the...
US20090029270 Projection exposure device and method of separate exposure  
A projection exposure device which can perform high accurate alignment and separate exposures wherein the mask marks 20 overlap with the corresponding board marks 30 in exposure, the mask marks 20...
US20080266535 Printing system and order-sheet-based batch printing method  
A printing system includes an optical sensor that reads a plurality of order sheets at least selecting images to be printed and printing sheet types, a printing specifying unit that specifies the...