Patents by Inventor Johannes Freriks

Johannes Freriks 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: 20070222956
    Abstract: A contamination barrier configured to permit radiation from a radiation source to pass through and to capture debris from the radiation source. The contamination barrier includes a support structure, a plurality of plate members arranged on the support structure and extending in a radial direction from an axis of the support structure, and a shield configured to block at least part of the support structure from being hit by radiation or debris from the radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Levinus Bakker, Marcel Marie Dierichs, Johannes Freriks, Frank Schuurmans, Jakob Vijfvinkel, Wilhelmus Box
  • Publication number: 20070145296
    Abstract: A cleaning arrangement for a lithographic apparatus module may be provided in a collector. The cleaning arrangement includes a hydrogen radical source configured to provide a hydrogen radical containing gas to at least part of the module and a pump configured to pump gas through the module such that a flow speed of the hydrogen radical containing gas provided through at least part of the module is at least 1 m/s. The cleaning arrangement may also include a gas shutter configured to modulate a flow of the hydrogen radical containing gas to at least part of the module, a buffer volume of at least 1 m3 in communication with the module, and a pump configured to provide a gas pressure in the buffer volume between 0.001 mbar (0.1 Pa) and 1 mbar (100 Pa).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Freriks, Vadim Banine, Vladimir Ivanov