Patents by Inventor Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops
Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops 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).
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Patent number: 9964858Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs, Theodorus Marinus Modderman
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Publication number: 20150331334Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor DE SMIT, Vadim Yevgenyevich BANINE, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus BISSCHOPS, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie DIERICHS, Theodorus Marinus MODDERMAN
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Patent number: 9110389Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs, Theodorus Marinus Modderman
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Patent number: 8363208Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Theodorus Marinus Modderman, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs
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Publication number: 20120013872Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor DE SMIT, Vadim Yevgenyevich BANINE, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus BISSCHOPS, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie DIERICHS, Theodorus Marinus MODDERMAN
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Publication number: 20120008117Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor DE SMIT, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs, Theodorus Marinus Modderman
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Publication number: 20100128235Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs, Theodorus Marinus Modderman
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Patent number: 7684008Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a liquid confined in a reservoir between the projection system and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and/or removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection may be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal may be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and/or phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2004Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs, Theodorus Marinus Modderman
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Patent number: 7456413Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for evacuating samples. A sample 4 is hereby placed in a cavity 3 of a sheet 1 with a smooth surface 2. A sole plate 5 Is placed upon this smooth surface 2, whereby the smooth surface 2 and the sole plate 5 placed thereupon together form a vacuum seal. The sole plate 5, upon which a vacuum column 6 is mounted, can be slid across the smooth surface 2. By sliding the sole plate 5 over the cavity 4, the cavity 4 is evacuated in several steps. In an embodiment of the invention, the vacuum column 6 takes the form of an ESEM (Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope). In this way, it is possible to inspect the evacuated sample 4 with the ESEM.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Bart Buijsse, Mark Theo Meuwese, Maria Van Wely-Dieleman, Sjoerd Antonius Maria Mentink, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops
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Patent number: 7397040Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes conduits which supply utilities to components in a vacuum chamber such as object tables and/or associated motors and/or sensors. The conduits are shielded from exposure to the vacuum by conduit conducts having at least the same number of degrees of freedom as their associated object table.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Driessen, Hermanus Mathias Joannes Rene Soemers, Michael Jozefa Mathijs Renkens, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Antonius Maria Rijken
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Patent number: 7317504Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method makes use of a high refractive index liquid confined in a reservoir 13 at least partly filling the imaging field between the final element of the projection lens and the substrate. Bubbles forming in the liquid from dissolved atmospheric gases or from out-gassing from apparatus elements exposed to the liquid are detected and removed so that they do not interfere with exposure and lead to printing defects on the substrate. Detection can be carried out by measuring the frequency dependence of ultrasonic attenuation in the liquid and bubble removal can be implemented by degassing and pressurizing the liquid, isolating the liquid from the atmosphere, using liquids of low surface tension, providing a continuous flow of liquid through the imaging field, and phase shifting ultrasonic standing-wave node patterns.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Joannes Theodoor De Smit, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Theodorus Marinus Modderman, Marcel Mathijs Theodore Marie Dierichs
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Patent number: 7315346Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support structure constructed to support a patterning structure. The patterning structure is adapted to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern. The apparatus also includes a substrate holder that is constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system that is constructed and arranged to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a downstream radical source that is connected to a gas supply and is configured to provide a beam of radicals onto a surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Michael Cornelis Van Beek, Levinus Pieter Bakker, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Jeroen Jonkers, Mark Kroon, Robertus Adrianus Maria Wolters, Adrianus Johannes Henricus Maas
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Patent number: 7285785Abstract: The invention describes a particle-optical apparatus arranged to focus a beam (1) of electrically charged particles with the aid of two particle-optical lens systems (10, 20). The lens action is achieved by magnetic fields, which fields are generated by permanent-magnetic materials (13, 23). In contrast to magnetic lenses equipped with a coil, it is not easy in the case of lenses equipped with permanent-magnetic material to alter the focusing magnetic field with the aim of altering the optical power. In an apparatus according to the invention, the optical power of the lens systems is altered by altering the energy with which the beam (1) traverses the lens systems (10, 20). This can easily happen by altering the voltage of electrical power supplies (14, 24).Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Bart Buijsse, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Mark Theo Meuwese
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Patent number: 7084953Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes conduits which supply utilities to components in a vacuum chamber such as object tables and/or associated motors and/or sensors. The conduits are shielded from exposure to the vacuum by conduit conducts having at least the same number of degrees of freedom as their associated object table.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Driessen, Hermanus Mathias Joannes Rene Soemers, Michael Jozefa Mathijs Renkens, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Antonius Maria Rijken
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Patent number: 7064325Abstract: The invention describes a particle-optical apparatus arranged to focus a beam (1) of electrically charged particles with the aid of two particle-optical lens systems (10, 20). The lens action is achieved by magnetic fields, which fields are generated by permanent-magnetic materials (13, 23). In contrast to magnetic lenses equipped with a coil, it is not easy in the case of lenses equipped with permanent-magnetic material to alter the focusing magnetic field with the aim of altering the optical power. In an apparatus according to the invention, the optical power of the lens systems is altered by altering the energy with which the beam (1) traverses the lens systems (10, 20). This can easily happen by altering the voltage of electrical power supplies (14, 24).Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Bart Buijsse, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Mark Theo Meuwese
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Patent number: 6930753Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus including at least one temperature control member that at least partly surrounds at least one component selected from a group comprising mask and substrate tables, the projection system and an isolated reference frame for controlling the temperature of the surrounded components. The surface finish of the member is chosen to help keep the components which it partly surrounds isothermal during operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops
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Publication number: 20040195527Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes conduits which supply utilities to components in a vacuum chamber such as object tables and/or associated motors and/or sensors. The conduits are shielded from exposure to the vacuum by conduit conducts having at least the same number of degrees of freedom as their associated object table.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Driessen, Hermanus Mathias Joannes Rene Soemers, Michael Jozefa Mathijs Renkens, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Antonius Maria Rijken
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Publication number: 20040165160Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support structure constructed to support a patterning structure. The patterning structure is adapted to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern. The apparatus also includes a substrate holder that is constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system that is constructed and arranged to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a downstream radical source that is connected to a gas supply and is configured to provide a beam of radicals onto a surface to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Michael Cornelis Van Beek, Levinus Pieter Bakker, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Jeroen Jonkers, Mark Kroon, Robertus Adrianus Maria Wolters, Adrianus Johannes Henricus Maas
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Publication number: 20040100623Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus including at least one temperature control member that at least partly surrounds at least one component selected from a group comprising mask and substrate tables, the projection system and an isolated reference frame for controlling the temperature of the surrounded components. The surface finish of the member is chosen to help keep the components which it partly surrounds isothermal during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventor: Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops
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Patent number: 6740891Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus includes conduits which supply utilities to components in a vacuum chamber such as object tables and/or associated motors and/or sensors. The conduits are shielded from exposure to the vacuum by conduit conducts having at least the same number of degrees of freedom as their associated object table.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Driessen, Hermanus Mathias Joannes Rene Soemers, Michael Jozefa Mathijs Renkens, Theodorus Hubertus Josephus Bisschops, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Antonius Maria Rijken