Patents by Inventor Eduard De Jong

Eduard De Jong 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).

  • Publication number: 20230333482
    Abstract: A method for categorizing a substrate subject to a semiconductor manufacturing process including multiple operations, the method including: obtaining values of functional indicators derived from data generated during one or more of the multiple operations on the substrate, the functional indicators characterizing at least one operation; applying a decision model including one or more threshold values to the values of the functional indicators to obtain one or more categorical indicators; and assigning a category to the substrate based on the one or more categorical indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Arnaud HUBAUX, Johan Franciscus Maria Beckers, Dylan John David Davies, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen, Willem Richard Pongers, Ajinkya Ravindra Daware, Chung-Hsun Li, Georgios Tsirogiannis, Hendrik Cornelis Anton Borger, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Juan Manuel Gonzalez Huesca, Andriy Hlod, Maxim Pisarenco
  • Patent number: 11774869
    Abstract: A method of determining an overlay value of a substrate, the method including: obtaining temperature data that includes data on measured temperature at one or more positions on a substrate table after a substrate has been loaded onto the substrate table; and determining an overlay value of the substrate in dependence on the obtained temperature data. There is further disclosed a method of determining a performance of a clamping by a substrate table using a determined overlay value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Ruud Hendrikus Martinus Johannes Bloks, Hendrik Cornelis Anton Borger, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen, Siebe Landheer, Chung-Hsun Li, Patricius Jacobus Neefs, Georgios Tsirogiannis, Si-Han Zeng
  • Patent number: 11687007
    Abstract: A method for categorizing a substrate subject to a semiconductor manufacturing process including multiple operations, the method including: obtaining values of functional indicators derived from data generated during one or more of the multiple operations on the substrate, the functional indicators characterizing at least one operation; applying a decision model including one or more threshold values to the values of the functional indicators to obtain one or more categorical indicators; and assigning a category to the substrate based on the one or more categorical indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Arnaud Hubaux, Johan Franciscus Maria Beckers, Dylan John David Davies, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen, Willem Richard Pongers, Ajinkya Ravindra Daware, Chung-Hsun Li, Georgios Tsirogiannis, Hendrik Cornelis Anton Borger, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Juan Manuel Gonzalez Huesca, Andriy Hlod, Maxim Pisarenco
  • Patent number: 11378893
    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 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes Van Meer, 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
  • Publication number: 20220171299
    Abstract: A method of determining an overlay value of a substrate, the method including: obtaining temperature data that includes data on measured temperature at one or more positions on a substrate table after a substrate has been loaded onto the substrate table; and determining an overlay value of the substrate in dependence on the obtained temperature data. There is further disclosed a method of determining a performance of a clamping by a substrate table using a determined overlay value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Ruud Hendrikus Martinus Johannes BLOKS, Hendrik Cornelis Anton BORGER, Frederik Eduard DE JONG, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis KUNNEN, Siebe LANDHEER, Chung-Hsun LI, Patricius Jacobus NEEFS, Georgios TSIROGIANNIS, Si-Han ZENG
  • Publication number: 20210063898
    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: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria CADEE, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus JACOBS, Nicolaas TEN KATE, Erik Roelof LOOPSTRA, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes VAN MEER, 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
  • Patent number: 10838310
    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: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes Van Meer, 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
  • Patent number: 10744046
    Abstract: A lifting device for lifting a wheelchair into and out of a rear loading space of a motor vehicle includes lifting assemblies, fastened within a loading space of the vehicle, each having a pivot bearing; a telescopic lifting arm, connected to the pivot bearings to pivot about an axis in the vehicle transverse direction; a transverse stay which runs in the vehicle transverse direction, connected to free end portions of the lifting arms; and a coupling unit disposed on the transverse stay and configured to couple at least indirectly to the wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Longin, Gunther Cuypers, Roel Hannes, Eduard De Jong
  • Publication number: 20190384164
    Abstract: A method for mitigating an effect of non-uniform pellicle degradation on control of a substrate patterning process and an associated lithographic apparatus. The method includes quantifying an effect of the non-uniform pellicle degradation on one or more properties of patterned features, such as one or more metrology targets, formed on the substrate by the substrate patterning process. A process control correction is then determined based on the quantification of the effect of the non-uniform pellicle degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Theodorus Maria VAN KESSEL, Frederik Eduard DE JONG, Cornelis Melchior BROUWER, Kevin VAN DE RUIT, Chung-Hsun LI
  • Publication number: 20190235397
    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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria CADEE, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus JACOBS, Nicolaas TEN KATE, Erik Roelof LOOPSTRA, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes VAN MEER, 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
  • Publication number: 20190142658
    Abstract: A lifting device for lifting a wheelchair into and out of a rear loading space of a motor vehicle includes lifting assemblies, fastened within a loading space of the vehicle, each having a pivot bearing; a telescopic lifting arm, connected to the pivot bearings to pivot about an axis in the vehicle transverse direction; a transverse stay which runs in the vehicle transverse direction, connected to free end portions of the lifting arms; and a coupling unit disposed on the transverse stay and configured to couple at least indirectly to the wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David LONGIN, Gunther CUYPERS, Roel HANNES, Eduard DE JONG
  • Patent number: 10254663
    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 substrate temperature control system configured to provide a control signal to control a substrate temperature conditioning system based on a determined temperature; and a parameter control system configured to adjust a lithographic apparatus parameter, that is other than, or in addition to, the control signal, based on temperature information of the substrate and/or substrate table or on a measure derived from the temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Aschwin Lodewijk Hendricus Johannes Van Meer, 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
  • Patent number: 9268242
    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: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    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, Mana 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
  • Publication number: 20160048085
    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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    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 Cornelis Maria VERHAGEN, Jacobus Johannus Leonardus Hendricus VERSPA Y, 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8913228
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, the lithographic apparatus has a substrate table configured to hold a substrate. The substrate table includes a conditioning system configured to hold a conditioning fluid and to condition the substrate table. The conditioning system includes a pressure damper that is in fluid communication with the conditioning system and is arranged to dampen a pressure variation in the conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Maurice Wijckmans, Martinus Agnes Willem Cuijpers, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Frits Van Der Meulen, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Simons, Edwin Augustinus Matheus Van Gompel, Martin Frans Pierre Smeets, Rob Jansen, Gerardus Adrianus Antonius Maria Kusters, Martijn Van Baren
  • Patent number: 8514365
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is described with a drain configured to remove liquid from a gap between an edge of the substrate and the substrate table on which the substrate is supported. The drain is provided with a means to provide liquid to the drain irrespective of the position of the substrate table and/or a means to saturate gas within the drain. Those measures reduce the variations in heat load due to evaporation of liquid in the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Eduard De Jong, Marcel Hendrikus Maria Beems, Marinus Aart Van Den Brink, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Leon Martin Levasier, Frits Van Der Meulen, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Koen Jacobus Johannes Maria Zaal, Richard Bernardus Johannes Droste, Johannes Wilhelmus De Klerk, Peter Franciscus Wanten, Jan Cornelis Van Der Hoeven, Edwin Cornelis Kadijk, Marteijn De Jong, David Lucien Anstotz
  • Patent number: 8473417
    Abstract: Communicating program data between a first device and a second device comprises disassembling a first program file comprising program data into at least one logical data unit, partitioning each of the at least one logical data unit into at least one protocol data unit and computing a first fingerprint over the payload portion of the at least one protocol data unit of the at least one logical data unit. The format of the at least one protocol data unit is defined by a communication protocol and includes a payload portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventor: Eduard de Jong
  • Patent number: 8384881
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is described, the apparatus comprising an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, a chuck constructed to hold the substrate table; a positioning device for, in use, displacing the chuck; a control unit configured to control the positioning device, wherein the control unit is arranged to drive the positioning device to excite the chuck by a substantially dynamic force to enable deformation of the chuck, prior to aligning the patterning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Joost Jeroen Ottens, Dirk-Jan Bijvoet, Gerbrand Van Der Zouw, Frederik Eduard De Jong
  • Patent number: 8264671
    Abstract: A detection method for detecting a property of an extended pattern formed by at least one line generally extending in a first direction. The extended pattern is formed on a substrate or on a substrate table and preferably extends over a length of at least 50× the width of the line. The extended pattern is focus sensitive. The detection method includes moving the substrate table in a first direction and measuring along that first direction a property of the extended pattern. The property can be a result of a physical property of the extended pattern in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In a next step a calibration of the substrate table position can be derived from the measured position of the extended pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Igor Matheus Petronella Aarts, Engelbertus Antonius Fransiscus Van Der Pasch, Johan Hendrik Geerke, Frederik Eduard De Jong, Marc Van De Grift