System, method and apparatus for droplet catcher for prevention of backsplash in a EUV generation chamber

Abstract

A system and method generating an extreme ultraviolet light in an extreme ultraviolet light chamber including a collector mirror, a droplet generation system having a droplet outlet aligned to output a plurality of droplets along a target material path and a first catch including a first open end substantially aligned to the target material path and at least one internal surface oriented toward a second end of the first catch, the second end being opposite from the first open end.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.