Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080315121 | Radiation detector, method of manufacturing a radiation detector and lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector - The invention relates to a radiation detector, a method of manufacturing a radiation detector and a lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector. The radiation detector has a radiation-sensitive surface. The radiation-sensitive surface is sensitive for radiation with a wavelength between 10-200 nm. The radiation detector has a silicon substrate, a dopant layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The silicon substrate is provided in a surface area at a first surface side with doping profile of a certain conduction type. The dopant layer is provided on the first surface side of the silicon substrate. The dopant layer has a first layer of dopant material and a second layer. The second layer is a diffusion layer which is in contact with the surface area at the first surface side of the silicon substrate. The first electrode is connected to dopant layer. The second electrode is connected to the Silicon substrate. | 12-25-2008 |
20090015246 | Lithographic apparatus and position sensor - A lithographic apparatus having a stationary magnet motor to drive a support such as a substrate support or a patterning device support, may be provided with a measurement system to measure a position of the support in question, e.g., to provide a safety system to prevent a collision of the support with another part. The measurement system may be configured to measure a magnetic field strength of an alternating magnetic field generated by the magnet assembly of the stationary magnet motor, and/or measure generation of eddy currents in a metallic layer shielding the magnet assembly in combination with an inductance measurement of an electromagnet generating the alternating magnetic field causing the eddy currents, and/or measure light using an optical position sensitive sensor such as a CCD metric or linear photodiode positioned in a light plane emitted by an emitter. | 01-15-2009 |
20090021717 | Radiation Detector, Method of Manufacturing a Radiation Detector, and Lithographic Apparatus Comprising a Radiation Detector - A radiation detector, a method of manufacturing a radiation detector, and a lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector. The radiation detector has a radiation sensitive surface. The radiation sensitive surface is sensitive to radiation wavelengths between 10-200 nm and charged particles. The radiation detector has a silicon substrate, a dopant layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The silicon substrate is provided in a surface area at a first surface side with doping profile of a certain conduction type. The dopant layer is provided on the first surface side of the silicon substrate. The dopant layer has a first layer of dopant material and a second layer. The second layer is a diffusion layer in contact with the surface area at the first surface side of the silicon substrate. The first electrode is connected to dopant layer. The second electrode is connected to the silicon substrate. | 01-22-2009 |
20100165310 | EUV Mask Inspection - A system for inspecting an extreme ultra violet (EUV) mask. The system includes an array of sensors and an optical system. The array of sensors is configured to produce analog data corresponding to received optical energy. The optical system is configured to direct EUV light from an inspection area of an EUV patterning device onto the array of sensors, whereby the analog data is used to determine defects or to compensate for irregularities found on the EUV mask. | 07-01-2010 |
20100321650 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus is described having a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between a projection system of the lithographic apparatus and a substrate with liquid, a barrier member arranged to substantially contain the liquid within the space, and one or more elements to control and/or compensate for evaporation of liquid from the substrate. | 12-23-2010 |
20120113402 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus is described having a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between a projection system of the lithographic apparatus and a substrate with liquid, a barrier member arranged to substantially contain the liquid within the space, and one or more elements to control and/or compensate for evaporation of liquid from the substrate. | 05-10-2012 |
20120268722 | Radiation Detector, Method of Manufacturing a Radiation Detector, and Lithographic Apparatus Comprising a Radiation Detector - In one an embodiment, there is provided an assembly comprising at least one detector. Each of the at least one detector includes a substrate having a doped region of a first conduction type, a layer of dopant material of a second conduction type located on the substrate, a diffusion layer formed within the substrate and in contact with the layer of dopant material and the doped region of the substrate, wherein a doping profile, which is representative of a doping material concentration of the diffusion layer, increases from the doped region of the substrate to the layer of dopant material, a first electrode connected to the layer of dopant material, and a second electrode connected to the substrate. The diffusion layer is arranged to form a radiation sensitive surface. | 10-25-2012 |
20150294998 | Sensor and Lithographic Apparatus - A backside illuminated sensor comprising a supporting substrate, a semiconductor layer which comprises a photodiode comprising a region of n-doped semiconductor provided at a first surface of the semiconductor layer, and a region of p-doped semiconductor, wherein a depletion region is formed between the region of n-doped semiconductor and the region of p-doped semiconductor, and a layer of p-doping protective material provided on a second surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein the first surface of the semiconductor layer is fixed to a surface of the supporting substrate. | 10-15-2015 |