Patents by Inventor Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom
Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom 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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Publication number: 20240019790Abstract: A gripper configured to transport a substrate in a lithographic apparatus, the gripper including: a main body with one or more engagement portions for engaging with a surface of the substrate, wherein a part of the main body, that is overlapped by a region of a substrate when the one or more engagement portions are engaged with the substrate, has a plurality of openings that extend through the main body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Paul VAN DONGEN, Aart Adrianus VAN BEUZEKOM
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Patent number: 11226568Abstract: A lithographic apparatus comprising a substrate storage module having a controllable environment for protecting lithographically exposed substrates from ambient air. The substrate storage module is configured to store at least twenty substrates and the substrate storage module is an integral part of the lithographic apparatus. The substrate storage module may be used to protect substrates from ambient air during stitched lithographic exposures.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Paul Van Dongen, Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom
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Patent number: 10916453Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table, a post-exposure handling module, a substrate handling robot and a drying station. The substrate table is configured to support a substrate for an exposure process. The post-exposure handling module is configured to handle the substrate post-exposure. The substrate handling robot is configured to transfer the substrate from the substrate table along a substrate unloading path into the post-exposure handling module. The drying station is configured to actively remove liquid from a surface of the substrate. The drying station is located in the substrate unloading path. The drying station is located in the post-exposure handling module. The post-exposure handling module may be a substrate handler.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom, Jozef Augustinus Maria Alberti, Hubert Marie Segers, Ronald Van Der Ham, Francis Fahrni, Ruud Olieslagers, Gerben Pieterse, Cornelius Maria Rops, Pepijn Van Den Eijnden, Paul Van Dongen, Bas Willems
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Publication number: 20200393770Abstract: A lithographic apparatus comprising a substrate storage module having a controllable environment for protecting lithographically exposed substrates from ambient air. The substrate storage module is configured to store at least twenty substrates and the substrate storage module is an integral part of the lithographic apparatus. The substrate storage module may be used to protect substrates from ambient air during stitched lithographic exposures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Paul VAN DONGEN, Aart Adrianus VAN BEUZEKOM
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Publication number: 20190391499Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table, a post-exposure handling module, a substrate handling robot and a drying station. The substrate table is configured to support a substrate for an exposure process. The post-exposure handling module is configured to handle the substrate post-exposure. The substrate handling robot is configured to transfer the substrate from the substrate table along a substrate unloading path into the post-exposure handling module. The drying station is configured to actively remove liquid from a surface of the substrate. The drying station is located in the substrate unloading path. The drying station is located in the post-exposure handling module. The post-exposure handling module may be a substrate handler.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Aart Adrianus VAN BEUZEKOM, Jozef Augustinus Maria Alberti, Hubert Marie Segers, Ronald Van Der Ham, Francis Fahrni, Ruud Olieslagers, Gerben Pieterse, Cornelius Maria Rops, Pepijn Van Den Eijnden, Paul Van Dongen, Bas Willems
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Patent number: 10409174Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table, a post-exposure handling module, a substrate handling robot and a drying station. The substrate table is configured to support a substrate for an exposure process. The post-exposure handling module is configured to handle the substrate post-exposure. The substrate handling robot is configured to transfer the substrate from the substrate table along a substrate unloading path into the post-exposure handling module. The drying station is configured to actively remove liquid from a surface of the substrate. The drying station is located in the substrate unloading path. The drying station is located in the post-exposure handling module. The post-exposure handling module may be a substrate handler.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom, Jozef Augustinus Maria Alberti, Hubert Marie Segers, Ronald Van Der Ham, Francis Fahrni, Ruud Olieslagers, Gerben Pieterse, Cornelius Maria Rops, Pepijn Van Den Eijnden, Paul Van Dongen, Bas Willems
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Publication number: 20170108781Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table, a post-exposure handling module, a substrate handling robot and a drying station. The substrate table is configured to support a substrate for an exposure process. The post-exposure handling module is configured to handle the substrate post-exposure. The substrate handling robot is configured to transfer the substrate from the substrate table along a substrate unloading path into the post-exposure handling module. The drying station is configured to actively remove liquid from a surface of the substrate. The drying station is located in the substrate unloading path. The drying station is located in the post-exposure handling module. The post-exposure handling module may be a substrate handler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Aart Adrianus VAN BEUZEKOM, Jozef Augustinus Maria ALBERTI, Hubert Marie SEGERS, Ronald VAN DER HAM, Francis FAHRNI, Ruud OLIESLAGERS, Gerben PIETERSE, Cornelius Maria ROPS, Pepijn VAN DEN EIJNDEN, Paul VAN DONGEN, Bas WILLEMS
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Patent number: 8174680Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system is provided to condition a substrate. The apparatus can include a substrate handler, an array of diodes, and a projection system. The substrate handler can include a conditioning device, a float device, and a displacing device. The array of diodes can be configured to provide a patterned radiation beam, where the projection system projects the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a conditioned substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Harmen Klaas Van Der Schoot, Hernes Jacobs, Bernardus Antonius Johannes Luttikhuis, Petrus Matthijs Henricus Vosters, Johannes Martinus Andreas Hazenberg, Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom
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Patent number: 7724351Abstract: A lithographic apparatus has an assembly to exchange optical elements in a pupil plane of its projection system. The optical elements may be pupil filters and may conform to the physical dimensions specified for a reticle standard, e.g. having sides substantially equal to 5, 6 or 9 inches.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignees: ASML Netherlands B.V., Carl Zeiss SMT AGInventors: Erik Roelof Loopstra, Adrianus Franciscus Petrus Engelen, Bernardus Antonius Johannes Luttikhuis, Maria Johanna Agnes Rubingh, Johannes Martinus Andreas Hazenberg, Laurentius Catrinus Jorritsma, Johannes Wilhelmus De Klerk, Bernhard Geuppert, Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom, Petrus Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Mandigers, Franz Sorg, Peter Deufel, Peter Schaap
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Publication number: 20090284730Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system is provided to condition a substrate. The apparatus can include a substrate handler, an array of diodes, and a projection system. The substrate handler can include a conditioning device, a float device, and a displacing device. The array of diodes can be configured to provide a patterned radiation beam, where the projection system projects the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a conditioned substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Harmen Klaas VAN DER SCHOOT, Hernes Jacobs, Bernardus Antonius Johannes Luttikhuis, Petrus Matthijs Henricus Vosters, Johannes Martinus Andreas Hazenberg, Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom
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Patent number: 7576835Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to a substrate handler for handling a substrate, including a conditioning device for conditioning the substrate. In an embodiment, the substrate handler includes a displacing device configured to displace the substrate in a direction substantially parallel to the support surface, wherein the displacing device is configured to displace the substrate during the conditioning process from one conditioning position to one or more other conditioning positions. According to another embodiment of the invention, the substrate handler includes a float device for providing an air bed above a support surface of the substrate handler, the substrate handler being configured to support the substrate on an air bed during conditioning of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Harmen Klaas Van Der Schoot, Hernes Jacobs, Bernardus Antonius Johannes Luttikhuis, Petrus Matthijs Henricus Vosters, Johannes Martinus Andreas Hazenberg, Aart Adrianus Van Beuzekom