Patents by Inventor Qiushi Zhu

Qiushi Zhu 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).

  • PROLONGING OPTICAL ELEMENT LIFETIME IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240160109
    Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Kempen, Klaus Martin Hummler, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Jeroen Hubert Rommers, Hubertus Johannes Van De Wiel, Andrew David Laforge, Fernando Brizuela, Rob Carlo Wieggers, Umesh Prasad Gomes, Elena Nedanovska, Celal Korkmaz, Alexander Downn Kim, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodrigues Nunes, Hendrikus Alphonsus Ludovicus Van Dijck, William Peter Van Drent, Peter Gerardus Jonkers, Qiushi Zhu, Parham Yaghoobi, Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Fei Liu, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov
  • Prolonging optical element lifetime in an EUV lithography system
    Patent number: 11846887
    Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Kempen, Klaus Martin Hummler, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Jeroen Hubert Rommers, Hubertus Johannes Van De Wiel, Andrew David Laforge, Fernando Brizuela, Rob Carlo Wieggers, Umesh Prasad Gomes, Elena Nedanovska, Celal Korkmaz, Alexander Downn Kim, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodrigues Nunes, Hendrikus Alphonsus Ludovicus Van Dijck, William Peter Van Drent, Peter Gerardus Jonkers, Qiushi Zhu, Parham Yaghoobi, Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Fei Liu, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov
  • PROLONGING OPTICAL ELEMENT LIFETIME IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220291591
    Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Kempen, Klaus Martin Hummler, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Jeroen Hubert Rommers, Hubertus Johannes Van De Wiel, Andrew David Laforge, Fernando Brizuela, Rob Carlo Wieggers, Umesh Prasad Gomes, Elena Nedanovska, Celal Korkmaz, Alexander Downn Kim, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodrigues Nunes, Hendrikus Alphonsus Ludovicus Van Dijck, William Peter Van Drent, Peter Gerardus Jonkers, Qiushi Zhu, Parham Yaghoobi, Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Fei Liu, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov
  • OXYGEN-LOSS RESISTANT TOP COATING FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20220260756
    Abstract: Provided is an optical element for a lithographic apparatus. The optical element includes a capping layer that includes oxygen vacancies therein. The oxygen vacancies prevent attack of the capping layer by preventing hydrogen and other species from penetrating the capping layer and underlying layers. The capping layer provides a low hydrogen recombination rate enabling hydrogen to clean the surface of the optical element. The capping layer may include an alloyed metal, a mixed metal oxide or a doped metal oxide and it may be a ruthenium capping layer that includes one or more dopants therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Qiushi Zhu, Klaus Martin Hummler, Peter Matthew Mayer, Kay Hoffmann, Andrew David LaForge, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Daniel John William Brown
  • Prolonging optical element lifetime in an EUV lithography system
    Patent number: 11340532
    Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system (SO) for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber (26) containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Kempen, Klaus Martin Hummler, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Jeroen Hubert Rommers, Hubertus Johannes Van De Wiel, Andrew David Laforge, Fernando Brizuela, Rob Carlo Wieggers, Umesh Prasad Gomes, Elena Nedanovska, Celal Korkmaz, Alexander Downn Kim, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodrigues Nunes, Hendrikus Alphonsus Ludovicus Van Dijck, William Peter Van Drent, Peter Gerardus Jonkers, Qiushi Zhu, Parham Yaghoobi, Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Fei Liu, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov
  • PROLONGING OPTICAL ELEMENT LIFETIME IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210109452
    Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system (SO) for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber (26) containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Kempen, Klaus Martin Hummler, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Jeroen Hubert Rommers, Hubertus Johannes Van De Wiel, Andrew David Laforge, Fernando Brizuela, Rob Carlo Wieggers, Umesh Prasad Gomes, Elena Nedanovska, Celal Korkmaz, Alexander Downn Kim, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodrigues Nunes, Hendrikus Alphonsus Ludovicus Van Dijck, William Peter Van Drent, Peter Gerardus Jonkers, Qiushi Zhu, Parham Yaghoobi, Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Fei Liu, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov