Patents by Inventor James Christopher Hysham

James Christopher Hysham 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: 20040160155
    Abstract: An DPP EUV source is disclosed which may comprise a debris mitigation apparatus employing a metal halogen gas producing a metal halide from debris exiting the plasma. The EUV source may have a debris shield that may comprise a plurality of curvilinear shield members having inner and outer surfaces connected by light passages aligned to a focal point, which shield members may be alternated with open spaces between them and may have surfaces that form a circle in one axis of rotation and an ellipse in another. The electrodes may be supplied with a discharge pulse shaped to produce a modest current during the axial run out phase of the discharge and a peak occurring during the radial compression phase of the discharge. The light source may comprise a turbomolecular pump having an inlet connected to the generation chamber and operable to preferentially pump more of the source gas than the buffer gas from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: William N. Partlo, Gerry M. Blumenstock, Norbert Bowering, Kent Bruzzone, Dennis Cobb, Timothy S. Dyer, John Dunlop, Igor V. Fomenkov, James Christopher Hysham, I. Roger Oliver, Frederick Palenschat, Xiaojiang Pan, Curtis L. Rettig, Rodney D. Simmons, John Walker, R. Kyle Webb, Thomas Hofmann