EUV radiation source apparatus for lithography
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsYu-Chih Chen, Po-Chung Cheng, Li-Jui Chen, Shang-Chieh Chien, Sheng-Kang Yu, Wei-Chun Yen
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Abstract
An EUV collector mirror for an extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus includes an EUV collector mirror body on which a reflective layer as a reflective surface is disposed, a heater attached to or embedded in the EUV collector mirror body and a drain structure to drain melted metal from the reflective surface of the EUV collector mirror body to a back side of the EUV collector mirror body.
Claims20
An EUV collector mirror for an extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus, comprising:
- an EUV collector mirror body on which a reflective layer as a reflective surface is disposed;
- a heater attached to the EUV collector mirror;
- a drain structure to drain melted metal from the reflective surface of the EUV collector mirror body to a back side of the EUV collector mirror body;
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- a drain hole coupled to the drain structure, wherein the drain structure and the drain hole are configured such that the melted metal flows through the drain structure by gravity,
- wherein the drain structure includes an opening that comprises a plurality of slits or a plurality of grooves provided at the reflective surface of the EUV collector mirror, which are connected to the drain hole.
An EUV collector mirror for an extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus, comprising:
- an EUV collector mirror body on which a reflective layer as a reflective surface is disposed;
- a heater attached to the EUV collector mirror;
- a drain structure to drain melted metal from the reflective surface of the EUV collector mirror body to a back side of the EUV collector mirror body;
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- a drain hole coupled to the drain structure, wherein the drain structure and the drain hole are configured such that the melted metal flows through the drain structure by gravity,
- wherein the drain structure includes a trunk conduit and multiple openings branching from the trunk conduit.
An extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus, comprising:
- an EUV collector mirror;
- a heater attached to the EUV collector mirror;
- a target droplet generator for generating a tin (Sn) droplet;
- a rotatable debris collection mechanism;
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- a chamber enclosing at least the EUV collector mirror and the rotatable debris collection mechanism, wherein the EUV collector mirror includes:
- an EUV collector mirror body on which a reflective layer as a reflective surface is disposed;
- a drain structure to drain melted metal from the reflective surface of the EUV collector mirror body to a back side of the EUV collector mirror body;
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- a drain hole coupled to the drain structure, wherein the drain structure and the drain hole are configured such that the melted metal flows through the drain structure by gravity,
- wherein the drain structure includes multiple openings each having a bottom comprising a bottom EUV reflective surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.