Patents by Inventor Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay

Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method involving a liquid confinement structure
    Patent number: 9261797
    Abstract: In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga
  • IMMERSION LIQUID, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160033876
    Abstract: An immersion liquid is provided comprising an ion-forming component, e.g. an acid or a base, which has a relatively high vapor pressure. Also provided are lithography processes and lithography systems using the immersion liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Hans JANSEN, Marco Koert STAVENGA, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus VERSPAY, Franciscus Johannes Joseph JANSSEN, Anthonie KUIJPER
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150338748
    Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate; and a shutter configured to isolate the space from the substrate or a space to be occupied by a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Christiaan Alexander HOOGENDAM, Antonius Theodorus Anna Maria DERKSEN, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus DONDERS, Joeri LOF, Erik Roelof LOOPSTRA, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus MULKENS, Hans JANSEN, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus VERSPAY, Alexander STRAAIJER, Bob STREEFKERK
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method involving a heater
    Patent number: 9188880
    Abstract: 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 a heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes Vermeer, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Christianus Gerardus Maria De Mol, Marcel Johannus Elisabeth Hubertus Muitjens, Antonius Johannus Van Der Net, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Johannes Anna Quaedackers, Maria Elisabeth Reuhman-Huisken, Marco Koert Stavenga, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans, Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Koen Goorman, Boris Menchtchikov, Herman Boom, Stoyan Nihtianov, Richard Moerman, Martin Frans Pierre Smeets, Bart Leonard Peter Schoondermark, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Michel Riepen
  • Immersion liquid, exposure apparatus, and exposure process
    Patent number: 9164391
    Abstract: An immersion liquid is provided comprising an ion-forming component, e.g. an acid or a base, which has a relatively high vapor pressure. Also provided are lithography processes and lithography systems using the immersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Anthonie Kuijper
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9097987
    Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate; and a shutter configured to isolate the space from the substrate or a space to be occupied by a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Antonius Theodorus Anna Maria Derksen, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Joeri Lof, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Hans Jansen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Alexander Straaijer, Bob Streefkerk
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150109593
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed including a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, an outlet configured to remove a mixture of liquid and gas passing through a gap between a liquid confinement structure of the liquid supply system and the substrate, and an evacuation system configured to draw the mixture through the outlet, the evacuation system having a separator tank arranged to separate liquid from gas in the mixture and a separator tank pressure controller, connected to a non-liquid-filled region of the separator tank, configured to maintain a stable pressure within the non-liquid-filled region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria MERTENS, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus DONDERS, Roelof Frederik DE GRAAF, Christiaan Alexander HOOGENDAM, Antonius Johannus VAN DER NET, Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria TEUNISSEN, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus TINNEMANS, Martinus Cornelis Maria VERHAGEN, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus VERSPAY, Edwin VAN GOMPEL
  • IMMERSION LIQUID, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150056559
    Abstract: An immersion liquid is provided comprising an ion-forming component, e.g. an acid or a base, which has a relatively high vapor pressure. Also provided are lithography processes and lithography systems using the immersion liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Hans JANSEN, Marco Koert STAVENGA, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus VERSPAY, Franciscus Johannes Joseph JANSSEN, Anthonie KUIJPER
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8934082
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed including a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, an outlet configured to remove a mixture of liquid and gas passing through a gap between a liquid confinement structure of the liquid supply system and the substrate, and an evacuation system configured to draw the mixture through the outlet, the evacuation system having a separator tank arranged to separate liquid from gas in the mixture and a separator tank pressure controller, connected to a non-liquid-filled region of the separator tank, configured to maintain a stable pressure within the non-liquid-filled region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Antonius Johannus Van Der Net, Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans, Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Edwin Van Gompel
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140335457
    Abstract: In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus VERSPAY, Hans JANSEN, Marco Koert STAVENGA
  • Immersion liquid, exposure apparatus, and exposure process
    Patent number: 8859188
    Abstract: An immersion liquid is provided comprising an ion-forming component, e.g. an acid or a base, that has a relatively high vapor pressure. Also provided are lithography processes and lithography systems using the immersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Anthonie Kuijper
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method involving a liquid confinement structure
    Patent number: 8817231
    Abstract: In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20130235358
    Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate; and a shutter configured to isolate the space from the substrate or a space to be occupied by a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Christiaan Alexander HOOGENDAM, Antonius Theodorus Anna Maria Derksen, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Joeri Lof, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Hans Jansen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Alexander Straaijer, Bob Streefkerk
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8446568
    Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate; and a shutter configured to isolate the space from the substrate or a space to be occupied by a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Theodorus Anna Maria Derksen, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Joeri Lof, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Hans Jansen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Alexander Straaijer, Bob Streefkerk
  • Fluid filtration method, fluid filtered thereby, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8246838
    Abstract: A method for filtering a fluid to obtain a fluid having a known purity is described. The fluid is filtered with a filtration system, and upstream of a final filtration stage of the filtration system, a purity of the fluid is measured. A purity of the fluid filtered by the filtration system is determined by correcting the measured purity with a filtration behavior of the final filtration stage. In an embodiment, the fluid comprises an ultra pure water for use as an immersion liquid in a lithographic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120113402
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria CADEE, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes Vermeer, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Christianus Gerardus Maria De Mol, Marcel Johannus Elisabeth Hubertus Muitjens, Antonius Johannus Van Der Net, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Johannes Anna Quaedackers, Maria Elisabeth Reuhman-Huisken, Marco Koert Stavenga, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans, Martinus Comelis Maria Verhagen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Koen Goorman, Boris Menchtchikov, Herman Boom, Stoyan Nihtianov, Richard Moerman, Martin Frans Pierre Smeets, Bart Leonard Peter Schoondermark, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Michel Riepen
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120008115
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed wherein a liquid supply system is configured to at least partly fill a region between a substrate and a projection system of the lithographic apparatus with a liquid and having a liquid confinement structure fixed in a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection system and configured to cooperate with a substrate table configured to hold the substrate in order to restrict the liquid to a region above an upper surface of the substrate table so that a side of the substrate to be exposed is substantially covered in the liquid during exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8045137
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed wherein a liquid supply system is configured to at least partly fill a region between a substrate and a projection system of the lithographic apparatus with a liquid and having a liquid confinement structure fixed in a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection system and configured to cooperate with a substrate table configured to hold the substrate in order to restrict the liquid to a region above an upper surface of the substrate table so that a side of the substrate to be exposed is substantially covered in the liquid during exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Hans Jansen, Marco Koert Stavenga, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110249246
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed including a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, an outlet configured to remove a mixture of liquid and gas passing through a gap between a liquid confinement structure of the liquid supply system and the substrate, and an evacuation system configured to draw the mixture through the outlet, the evacuation system having a separator tank arranged to separate liquid from gas in the mixture and a separator tank pressure controller, connected to a non-liquid-filled region of the separator tank, configured to maintain a stable pressure within the non-liquid-filled region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria MERTENS, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Antonius Johannus Van Der Net, Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans, Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Edwin Van Gompel
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8004652
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed including a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, an outlet configured to remove a mixture of liquid and gas passing through a gap between a liquid confinement structure of the liquid supply system and the substrate, and an evacuation system configured to draw the mixture through the outlet, the evacuation system having a separator tank arranged to separate liquid from gas in the mixture and a separator tank pressure controller, connected to a non-liquid-filled region of the separator tank, configured to maintain a stable pressure within the non-liquid-filled region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Antonius Johannus Van Der Net, Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans, Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus Verspay, Edwin Van Gompel