Patents by Inventor Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV 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: 20240027893Abstract: A pellicle assembly includes a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is, or to be, attached. The pellicle assembly includes one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. A pellicle assembly for a patterning device, the pellicle assembly includes one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: David Ferdinand VLES, Chaitanya Krishna ANDE, Antonius Franciscus Johannes DE GROOT, Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS, Johannes Joseph JANSSEN, Paul JANSSEN, Johan Hendrik KLOOTWIJK, Peter Simon Antonius KNAPEN, Evgenia KURGANOVA, Marcel Peter MEIJER, Wouter Rogier MEIJERINK, Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH, Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM, Raymond OLSMAN, Hrishikesh PATEL, Mária PÉTER, Gerrit VAN DEN BOSCH, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes VAN DEN EINDEN, Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE, Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN, Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN, Hendrikus Jan WONDERGEM, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
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Publication number: 20240004283Abstract: Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane has a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer including an oxide of a first metal; a base layer including a compound having a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer including an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich, Erik Achilles ABEGG, Nirupam BANERJEE, Michiel Alexander BLAUW, Derk Servatius Gertruda BROUNS, Paul JANSSEN, Matthias KRUIZINGA, Egbert LENDERINK, Nicolae MAXIM, Andrey NIKIPELOV, Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM, Claudia PILIEGO, Mária PÉTER, Gijsbert RISPENS, Nadja SCHUH, Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF, Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE, Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL, Antonius Willem VERBURG, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN, David Ferdinand VLES, Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
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Patent number: 11762281Abstract: Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane has a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer including an oxide of a first metal; a base layer including a compound having a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer including an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich, Erik Achilles Abegg, Nirupam Banerjee, Michiel Alexander Blauw, Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns, Paul Janssen, Matthias Kruizinga, Egbert Lenderink, Nicolae Maxim, Andrey Nikipelov, Arnoud Willem Notenboom, Claudia Piliego, Mária Péter, Gijsbert Rispens, Nadja Schuh, Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Willem Joan Van Der Zande, Pieter-Jan Van Zwol, Antonius Willem Verburg, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, David Ferdinand Vles, Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Patent number: 11754918Abstract: The invention relates to a pellicle assembly comprising a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is attached. The pellicle assembly comprises one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. The invention also relates to a pellicle assembly for a patterning device comprising one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: David Ferdinand Vles, Chaitanya Krishna Ande, Antonius Franciscus Johannes De Groot, Adrianus Johannes Maria Giesbers, Johannes Joseph Janssen, Paul Janssen, Johan Hendrik Klootwijk, Peter Simon Antonius Knapen, Evgenia Kurganova, Marcel Peter Meijer, Wouter Rogier Meijerink, Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich, Arnoud Willem Notenboom, Raymond Olsman, Hrishikesh Patel, Mária Péter, Gerrit Van Den Bosch, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes Van Den Einden, Willem Joan Van Der Zande, Pieter-Jan Van Zwol, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen, Hendrikus Jan Wondergem, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Publication number: 20230024490Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for improving the resistance of lithography substrate holders to corrosion. The present invention also relates to systems comprising lithography substrate holders with improved corrosion resistance, and to methods of fabricating devices, e.g. integrated circuits, using such systems. The present invention also relates to substrates with backsides configured to preferentially corrode when used in lithography. The present invention has particular use in connection with lithographic apparatus for fabricating devices, for example integrated circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Paulus Albertus VAN HAL, Diego MILLO, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV, Marcus Anrianus VAN DE KERKHOF
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Publication number: 20220121111Abstract: The invention relates to a pellicle assembly comprising a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is attached. The pellicle assembly comprises one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. The invention also relates to a pellicle assembly for a patterning device comprising one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: David Ferdinand VLES, Chaitanya Krishna ANDE, Antonius Franciscus Johannes DE GROOT, Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS, Johannes Joseph JANSSEN, Paul JANSSEN, Johan Hendrik KLOOTWIJK, Peter Simon Antonius KNAPEN, Evgenia KURGANOVA, Marcel Peter MEIJER, Wouter Rogier MEIJERINK, Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH, Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM, Raymond OLSMAN, Hrishikesh PATEL, Mária PÉTER, Gerrit VAN DEN BOSCH, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes VAN DEN EINDEN, Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE, Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN, Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN, Hendrikus Jan WONDERGEM, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
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Publication number: 20220035239Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the method including: providing a stack including: at least one membrane layer supported by a planar substrate, wherein the planar substrate has an inner region and a border region around the inner region; and a first sacrificial layer between the planar substrate and the membrane layer; selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate such that the membrane assembly has: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer, and a border holding the membrane, the border having the border region of the planar substrate and the first sacrificial layer situated between the border region and the membrane layer, wherein the selectively removing the inner region of the planar substrate includes using an etchant which has a similar etch rate for the membrane layer and its oxide and a substantially different etch rate for the first sacrificial layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL, Sander BALTUSSEN, Dennis DE GRAAF, Johannes Christiaan Leonardus FRANKEN, Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS, Alexander Ludwig KLEIN, Johan Hendrik KLOOTWIJK, Peter Simon Antonius KNAPEN, Evgenia KURGANOVA, Alexey Sergeevich KUZNETSOV, Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM, Mahdiar VALEFI, Marcus Adrianus VAN DE KERKHOF, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes VAN DEN EINDEN, Ties Wouter VAN DER WOORD, Hendrikus Jan WONDERGEM, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
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Patent number: 11231646Abstract: A pellicle assembly is disclosed that has a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is to be attached. The pellicle assembly includes one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. There is also disclosed a pellicle assembly for a patterning device, the pellicle assembly including one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: David Ferdinand Vles, Chaitanya Krishna Ande, Antonius Franciscus Johannes De Groot, Adrianus Johannes Maria Giesbers, Johannes Joseph Janssen, Paul Janssen, Johan Hendrik Klootwijk, Peter Simon Antonius Knapen, Evgenia Kurganova, Marcel Peter Meijer, Wouter Rogier Meijerink, Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich, Arnoud Willem Notenboom, Raymond Olsman, Hrishikesh Patel, Mária Péter, Gerrit Van Den Bosch, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes Van Den Einden, Willem Joan Van Der Zande, Pieter-Jan Van Zwol, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen, Hendrikus Jan Wondergem, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Publication number: 20210109438Abstract: Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane has a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer including an oxide of a first metal; a base layer including a compound having a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer including an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich, Erik Achilles Abegg, Nirupam Banerjee, Michiel Alexander Blauw, Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns, Paul Janssen, Matthias Kruizinga, Egbert Lenderink, Nicolae Maxim, Andrey Nikipelov, Arnoud Willem Notenboom, Claudia Piliego, Mária Péter, Gijsbert Rispens, Nadja Schuh, Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Willem Joan Van Der Zande, Pieter-Jan Van Zwol, Antonius Willem Verburg, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, David Ferdinand Vles, Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Patent number: 10928722Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a membrane assembly where, in one arrangement, a stack includes a planar substrate and at least one membrane layer. The planar substrate includes an inner region, a border region around the inner region, a bridge region around the border region and an edge region around the bridge region. The inner region and a first portion of the bridge region are removed. The membrane assembly after removal has: a membrane formed from the at least one membrane layer, a border holding the membrane, the border formed from the border region, an edge section around the border, the edge section formed from the edge region, a bridge between the border and the edge section, the bridge formed from the at least one membrane layer and a second portion of the bridge region. The method further involves separating the edge section from the border by cutting or breaking the bridge.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Paul Janssen, Johan Hendrik Klootwijk, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes Van Den Einden, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Patent number: 10908496Abstract: Membranes for EUV lithography are disclosed. In one arrangement, a membrane has a stack having layers in the following order: a first capping layer including an oxide of a first metal; a base layer including a compound having a second metal and an additional element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, C and N; and a second capping layer including an oxide of a third metal, wherein the first metal is different from the second metal and the third metal is the same as or different from the first metal.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Maxim Aleksandrovich Nasalevich, Erik Achilles Abegg, Nirupam Banerjee, Michiel Alexander Blauw, Derk Servatius Gertruda Brouns, Paul Janssen, Matthias Kruizinga, Egbert Lenderink, Nicolae Maxim, Andrey Nikipelov, Arnoud Willem Notenboom, Claudia Piliego, Mária Péter, Gijsbert Rispens, Nadja Schuh, Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Willem Joan Van Der Zande, Pieter-Jan Van Zwol, Antonius Willem Verburg, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, David Ferdinand Vles, Willem-Pieter Voorthuijzen, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Publication number: 20200209736Abstract: A pellicle assembly is disclosed that has a pellicle frame defining a surface onto which a pellicle is to be attached. The pellicle assembly includes one or more three-dimensional expansion structures that allow the pellicle to expand under stress. There is also disclosed a pellicle assembly for a patterning device, the pellicle assembly including one or more actuators for moving the pellicle assembly towards and way from the patterning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: David Ferdinand VLES, Chaitanya Krishna ANDE, Antonius Franciscus Johannes DE GROOT, Adrianus Johannes Maria GIESBERS, Johannes Joseph JANSSEN, Paul JANSSEN, Johan Flendrik KLOOTWIJK, Peter Simon Antonius KNAPEN, Evgenia KURGANOVA, Marcel Peter MEIJER, Wouter Rogier MEIJERINK, Maxim Aleksandrovich NASALEVICH, Arnoud Willem NOTENBOOM, Raymond OLSMAN, Hrishikesh PATEL, Maria PETER, Gerrit VAN DEN BOSCH, Wilhelmus Theodorus Anthonius Johannes VAN DEN EINDEN, Willem Joan VAN DER ZANDE, Pieter-Jan VAN ZWOL, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus VERMEULEN, Willem-Pieter VOORTHUIJZEN, Hendrikus Jan WONDERGEM, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
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Patent number: 10571810Abstract: A substrate table configured to support a substrate for exposure in an immersion lithographic apparatus, the substrate table including: a support body having a support surface configured to support the substrate; and a cover ring fixed relative to the support body and configured to surround, in plan view, the substrate supported on the support surface, wherein the cover ring has an upper surface and at least a portion of the upper surface is configured so as to alter the stability of a meniscus of immersion liquid when moving along the upper surface towards the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Daan Daniel Johannes Antonius Van Sommeren, Coen Hubertus Matheus Baltis, Harold Sebastiaan Buddenberg, Giovanni Luca Gattobigio, Johannes Cornelius Paulus Melman, Günes Nakiboglu, Theodorus Wilhelmus Polet, Walter Theodorus Matheus Stals, Yuri Johannes Gabriël Van De Vijver, Josephus Peter Van Lieshout, Jorge Alberto Vieyra Salas, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Publication number: 20190265597Abstract: A substrate table configured to support a substrate for exposure in an immersion lithographic apparatus, the substrate table including: a support body having a support surface configured to support the substrate; and a cover ring fixed relative to the support body and configured to surround, in plan view, the substrate supported on the support surface, wherein the cover ring has an upper surface and at least a portion of the upper surface is configured so as to alter the stability of a meniscus of immersion liquid when moving along the upper surface towards the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Daan Daniel Johannes Antonius VAN SOMMEREN, Coen Hubertus Matheus BALTIS, Harold Sebastiaan BUDDENBERG, Giovanni Luca GATTOBIGIO, Johannes Cornelis Paulus MELMAN, Günes NAKIBOGLU, Theodorus Wilhelmus POLET, Walter Theodorus Matheus STALS, Yuri Johannes Gabriël VAN DE VIJVER, Josephus Peter VAN LIESHOUT, Jorge Alberto VIEYRA SALAS, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV
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Patent number: 10317804Abstract: A substrate table configured to support a substrate for exposure in an immersion lithographic apparatus, the substrate table including: a support body having a support surface configured to support the substrate; and a cover ring fixed relative to the support body and configured to surround, in plan view, the substrate supported on the support surface, wherein the cover ring has an upper surface, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface is configured so as to alter the stability of a meniscus of immersion liquid when moving along the upper surface towards the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Daan Daniel Johannes Antonius Van Sommeren, Coen Hubertus Matheus Baltis, Harold Sebastiaan Buddenberg, Giovanni Luca Gattobigio, Johannes Cornelis Paulus Melman, Günes Nakiboglu, Theodorus Wilhelmus Polet, Walter Theodorus Matheus Stals, Yuri Johannes Gabriël Van De Vijver, Josephus Peter Van Lieshout, Jorge Alberto Vieyra Salas, Aleksandar Nikolov Zdravkov
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Publication number: 20180364584Abstract: A substrate table configured to support a substrate for exposure in an immersion lithographic apparatus, the substrate table including: a support body having a support surface configured to support the substrate; and a cover ring fixed relative to the support body and configured to surround, in plan view, the substrate supported on the support surface, wherein the cover ring has an upper surface, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface is configured so as to alter the stability of a meniscus of immersion liquid when moving along the upper surface towards the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Daan Daniel Johannes Antonius VAN SOMMEREN, Coen Hubertus Matheus BALTIS, Harold Sebastiaan BUDDENBERG, Giovanni Luca GATTOBIGIO, Johannes Cornelis Paulus MELMAN, Günes NAKIBOGLU, Theodorus Wilhelmus POLET, Walter Theodorus Matheus STALS, Yuri Johannes Gabriël VAN DE VIJVER, Josephus Peter VAN LIESHOUT, Jorge Alverto VIEYRA SALAS, Aleksandar Nikolov ZDRAVKOV