Patents by Inventor Henricus Jozef Castelijns
Henricus Jozef Castelijns 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: 20230273529Abstract: Generating a control output for a patterning process is described. A control input is received. The control input is for controlling the patterning process. The control input includes one or more parameters used in the patterning process. The control output is generated with a trained machine learning mod& based on the control input, The machine learning model is trained with training data generated from simulation of the patterning process and/or actual process data, The training data includes 1) a plurality of training control inputs corresponding to a plurality of operational conditions of the patterning process, where the plurality of operational conditions of the patterning process are associated with operational condition specific behavior of the patterning process over time, and 2) training control outputs generated using a physical model based on the training control inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Satej Subhash KHEDEKAR, Henricus Jozef CASTELIJNS, Anjan Prasad GANTAPARA, Stephen Henry BOND, Seyed Iman MOSSAVAT, Alexander YPMA, Gerald DICKER, Ewout Klaas STEINMEIER, Chaoqun GUO, Chenxi LIN, Hongwei CHEN, Zhaoze LI, Youping ZHANG, Yi ZOU, Koos VAN BERKEL, Joost Johan BOLDER, Arnaud HUBAUX, Andriy Vasyliovich HLOD, Juan Manuel GONZALEZ HUESCA, Frans Bernard AARDEN
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Patent number: 10394141Abstract: A radiation source comprising a fuel source configured to deliver fuel to a location from which the fuel emits EUV radiation. The radiation source further comprises an immobile fuel debris receiving surface provided with a plurality of grooves. The grooves have orientations which are arranged to direct the flow of liquid fuel under the influence of gravity in one or more desired directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Michel Riepen, Dzmitry Labetski, Wilbert Jan Mestrom, Wim Ronald Kampinga, Jan Okke Nieuwenkamp, Jacob Brinkert, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Hendrikus Gijsbertus Schimmel, Hans Jansen, Dennis Jozef Maria Paulussen, Brian Vernon Virgo, Reinier Theodorus Martinus Jilisen, Ramin Badie, Albert Pieter Rijpma, Johannes Christiaan Leonardus Franken, Peter Van Putten, Gerrit Van Der Straaten
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Patent number: 9983489Abstract: A method for compensating for an exposure error in an exposure process of a lithographic apparatus that comprises a substrate table, the method comprising: obtaining a dose measurement indicative of a dose of IR radiation that reaches substrate level, wherein the dose measurement can be used to calculate an amount of IR radiation absorbed by an object in the lithographic apparatus during an exposure process; and using the dose measurement to control the exposure process so as to compensate for an exposure error associated with the IR radiation absorbed by the object during the exposure process.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Christianus Wilhelmus Johannes Berendsen, Marcel Beckers, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Hubertus Antonius Geraets, Adrianus Hendrik Koevoets, Leon Martin Levasier, Peter Schaap, Bob Streefkerk, Siegfried Alexander Tromp
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Patent number: 9971255Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena Cortie, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset, Michel Riepen, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Cornelius Maria Rops, Jim Vincent Overkamp
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Publication number: 20170322499Abstract: A radiation source comprising a fuel source configured to deliver fuel to a location from which the fuel emits EUV radiation. The radiation source further comprises an immobile fuel debris receiving surface provided with a plurality of grooves. The grooves have orientations which are arranged to direct the flow of liquid fuel under the influence of gravity in one or more desired directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Michel RIEPEN, Dzmitry Labetski, Wilbert Jan Mestrom, Wim Ronald Kampinga, Jan Okke Nieuwenkamp, Jacob Brinkert, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Hendrikus Gijsbertus Schimmel, Hans Jansen, Dennis Jozef Maria Paulussen, Brian Vernon Virgo, Reinier Theodorus Martinus Jilisen, Ramin Badie, Albert Pieter Rijpma, Johannes Christiaan Leonardus Franken, Peter Van Putten, Gerrit Van Der Straaten
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Patent number: 9753383Abstract: A radiation source comprising a fuel source configured to deliver fuel to a location from which the fuel emits EUV radiation. The radiation source further comprises an immobile fuel debris receiving surface provided with a plurality of grooves. The grooves have orientations which are arranged to direct the flow of liquid fuel under the influence of gravity in one or more desired directions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Michel Riepen, Dzmitry Labetski, Wilbert Jan Mestrom, Wim Ronald Kampinga, Jan Okke Nieuwenkamp, Jacob Brinkert, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Hendrikus Gijsbertus Schimmel, Hans Jansen, Dennis Jozef Maria Paulussen, Brian Vernon Virgo, Reinier Theodorus Martinus Jilisen, Ramin Badie, Albert Pieter Rijpma, Johannes Christiaan Leonardus Franken, Peter Van Putten, Gerrit Van Der Straaten
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Publication number: 20170176875Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena CORTIE, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset, Michel Riepen, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Cornelius Maria Rops, Jim Vincent Overkamp
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Publication number: 20170115578Abstract: A method for compensating for an exposure error in an exposure process of a lithographic apparatus that comprises a substrate table, the method comprising: obtaining a dose measurement indicative of a dose of IR radiation that reaches substrate level, wherein the dose measurement can be used to calculate an amount of IR radiation absorbed by an object in the lithographic apparatus during an exposure process; and using the dose measurement to control the exposure process so as to compensate for an exposure error associated with the IR radiation absorbed by the object during the exposure process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Christianus Wilhelmus Johannes BERENDSEN, Marcel BECKERS, Henricus Jozef CASTELIJNS, Hubertus Antonius GERAETS, Adrianus Hendrik KOEVOETS, Leon Martin LEVASIER, Peter SCHAAP, Bob STREEFKERK, Siegfried Alexander TROMP
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Patent number: 9588437Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena Cortie, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset, Michel Riepen, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Cornelius Maria Rops, Jim Vincent Overkamp
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Publication number: 20160103398Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena CORTIE, Nicolaas TEN KATE, Niek Jacobus Johannes ROSET, Michel RIEPEN, Henricus Jozef CASTELIJNS, Cornelius Maria ROPS, Jim Vincent OVERKAMP
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Patent number: 9235138Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena Cortie, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset, Michel Riepen, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Cornelius Maria Rops, Jim Vincent Overkamp
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Publication number: 20150338753Abstract: A radiation source comprising a fuel source configured to deliver fuel to a location from which the fuel emits EUV radiation. The radiation source further comprises an immobile fuel debris receiving surface provided with a plurality of grooves. The grooves have orientations which are arranged to direct the flow of liquid fuel under the influence of gravity in one or more desired directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Michel RIEPEN, Dzmitry LEBETSKI, Wilbert Jan MESTROM, Wim Ronald KAMPINGA, Jan Okke NIEUWENKAMP, Jacob BRINKERT, Henricus Jozef CASTELIJNS, Nicolaas TEN KATE, Hendrikus Gijsbertus SCHIMMEL, Hans JANSEN, Dennis Jozef Maria PAULUSSEN, Brian Vernon VIRGO, Reinier Theodorus Martinus JILISEN, Ramin BADIE, Albert Pieter RIJPMA, Johannes Christiaan Leonardus FRANKEN, Peter VAN PUTTEN, Gerrit VAN DER STRAATEN
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Patent number: 8891053Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed in which a specific coating is applied to a specific surface. The coating is made from at least 99 wt % of at least one of the following: a transition metal oxide; a poor metal oxide, sulfide or selenide; a compound with the formula ATiOn where A is an element from Group 2 of the Periodic Table; or TiO2 doped with a metal from Group 3, 5 or 7 of the Periodic Table, wherein the coating is less than or equal to 49 nm thick.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Sandra Van Der Graaf, Henricus Jozef Castelijns
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Patent number: 8755026Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a table having a surface and a sensor, or a target for a sensor, or both, the sensor and/or target having a first area which is lyophobic to immersion liquid and a second area which is lyophilic to immersion liquid, and a liquid displacement device configured to displace liquid on the sensor and/or target, the liquid displacement device comprising a gas outlet opening configured to direct a gas flow toward the first and second areas, wherein a property of a part of the gas flow directed to the first area is different to a property of a part of the gas flow directed to the second area.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Jeroen Gerard Gosen, Albert Johannes Maria Jansen, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Marco Koert Stavenga, Koen Steffens, Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Koen Cuypers
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Publication number: 20140014138Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning an article in semiconductor manufacturing are provided. The method includes subjecting a first chamber containing the article to a vapor source while controlling a temperature of the article and a temperature of the vapor source such that vapor from the vapor source condenses on a surface of the article to form a liquid film. The method further includes evaporating the liquid film, whereby the evaporating liquid transports contaminants from the surface of the article. Evaporating includes exposing the first chamber to condensing surfaces having a temperature lower than a temperature of the article, whereby the evaporated liquid condenses on the condensing surfaces. The apparatus includes a first chamber for housing the article, a vapor source connected to the first chamber, a temperature controller, and a second chamber connected with the first chamber to collect the vapor evaporated from the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey J. Spiegelman, Russell J. Holmes, Daniel Alvarez, Luigi Scaccabarozzi, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Henricus Jozef Castelijns
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Patent number: 8553206Abstract: A lithographic apparatus, including a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a positioner configured to position the substrate table relative to a projection system, the positioner including a short stroke module configured to perform fine positioning movements, on which the substrate table is held and which is supported on a long stroke module configured to perform coarse positioning movements; and a coverplate configured to at least partly cover a top surface of the short stroke module; wherein the coverplate is mounted to the long stroke module.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven, Henricus Jozef Castelijns
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Patent number: 8405819Abstract: In an all-wet immersion lithographic apparatus, the immersion liquid is allowed to flow off an edge of the substrate table. The immersion liquid is moved with the substrate table during exposure. The motion of the immersion liquid may result in a disturbance and/or de-wetting. A geometry of the substrate table is proposed that may reduce such a disturbance and/or de-wetting. The cross-sectional edge profile of the substrate table and/or the plan shape of the substrate table are considered.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Petrus Martinus Gerardus Johannes Arts
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Publication number: 20130016332Abstract: A fluid handling structure for a lithographic apparatus, the fluid handling structure having, at a boundary from a space configured to contain immersion fluid to a region external to the fluid handling structure: a meniscus pinning feature to resist passage of immersion fluid in a radially outward direction from the space; and a plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array at least partly surrounding and radially outward of the one or more meniscus pinning features, wherein the plurality of gas supply openings in a linear array are of a similar or the same size.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Rogier Hendrikus Magdalena Cortie, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Niek Jacobus Johannes Roset, Michel Riepen, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Cornelius Maria Rops, Jim Vincent Overkamp
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Publication number: 20110149258Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a table having a surface and a sensor, or a target for a sensor, or both, the sensor and/or target having a first area which is lyophobic to immersion liquid and a second area which is lyophilic to immersion liquid, and a liquid displacement device configured to displace liquid on the sensor and/or target, the liquid displacement device comprising a gas outlet opening configured to direct a gas flow toward the first and second areas, wherein a property of a part of the gas flow directed to the first area is different to a property of a part of the gas flow directed to the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Jeroen Gerard Gosen, Albert Johannes Maria Jansen, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Marco Koert Stavenga, Koen Steffens, Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven, Henricus Jozef Castelijns, Koen Cuypers
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Publication number: 20110069297Abstract: A lithographic apparatus, including a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a positioner configured to position the substrate table relative to a projection system, the positioner including a short stroke module configured to perform fine positioning movements, on which the substrate table is held and which is supported on a long stroke module configured to perform coarse positioning movements; and a coverplate configured to at least partly cover a top surface of the short stroke module; wherein the coverplate is mounted to the long stroke module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Laurentius Johannes Adrianus Van Bokhoven, Henricus Jozef Castelijns