Patents by Inventor Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders

Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders 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).

  • Lithographic apparatus, removable member and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8823919
    Abstract: A member is provided to prevent immersion liquid ingress to a gap between components or to adhere to at least one component to provide a surface to a feature of an immersion system. The member has a plastic sealing portion that is adhered to the component(s). The plastic sealing portion is opaque to DUV radiation. It may be resistant to degradation through exposure to DUV radiation. It may have a liquid phobic coating or property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Paulus Martinus Maria Liebregts, Gerardus Martinus Antonius De Rooij, Martijn Houben, Vijay Kumar Badam, Johanna Antoinette Maria Sondag-Huethorst, Niek Elout De Kruijf
  • Lithographic apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus
    Patent number: 8823918
    Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed which includes a cleaning station. Several embodiments of the cleaning station are disclosed. In an embodiment, measures are taken to avoid contact of a cleaning fluid with the final element of the projection system. In an embodiment, measures are taken to avoid foaming of the cleaning fluid. The use of a thermally isolated island is also disclosed as well as its optimal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Watso, Youri Johannes Laurentius Maria Van Dommelen, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Hans Jansen, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Peter Paul Steijaert, Anthonius Martinus Cornelis Petrus De Jong, Jimmy Matheus Wilhelmus Van De Winkel, Joao Paulo Da Paz Sena, Maurice Martinus Johannes Van Der Lee, Henricus Martinus Dorotheus Van Lier, Gheorghe Tanasa
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8786823
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed in which at least a part of the liquid supply system (which provides liquid between the projection system and the substrate) is moveable in a plane substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate during scanning. The part is moved to reduce the relative velocity between that part and the substrate so that the speed at which the substrate may be moved relative to the projection system may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper, Joost Jeroen Ottens
  • Fluid handling structure, a lithographic apparatus and a device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8711326
    Abstract: A fluid handling structure to confine immersion liquid in a space between a projection system and a facing surface of a substrate, of a table to support the substrate, or both, is disclosed. The fluid handling structure includes a transponder to dissolve at least some of the gas in a bubble in the immersion liquid or to control a bubble in the immersion liquid so that it avoids entering an optical path of a beam from the projection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Van Der Ham, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Richard Moerman, Michel Riepen, Sergei Shulepov, Koen Steffens, Jan Willem Cromwijk, Johanna Antoinette Maria Sondag-Huethorst, Marco Baragona, Robertus Leonardus Maria In 'T Groen, Ralph Theodorus Hubertus Maessen, Jacob Marinus Jan Den Toonder, Milica Kovacevic-Milivojevic
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8687168
    Abstract: A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which measures are taken to prevent or reduce the presence of bubbles in liquid through which the projection beam radiates. This may be done, for example, by ensuring that a gap between a substrate and a substrate table is filled with immersion liquid or by causing a localized flow radially outwardly from the optical axis in the vicinity of the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Hans Jansen, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Bob Streefkerk, Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn, Michel Riepen
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8681311
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed in which a gas knife is shaped and a liquid removal device is positioned to improve removal of liquid from the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Michel Riepen, Sergei Shulepov, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders
  • Lithographic apparatus, removable member and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8659741
    Abstract: A sealing member is provided to prevent immersion liquid ingress to a gap between components. The sealing member has a plastic or polymer sealing portion that is adhered to the components forming the gap being sealed. The sealing member is constructed so as to reduce the force-coupling, in particular the time-related force-coupling, between the components being sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Marcus Adrianus Van De Kerkhof, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Paulus Martinus Maria Liebregts, Gerardus Martinus Antonius De Rooij, Martijn Houben, Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina, Johanna Antoinette Maria Sondag-Huethorst, Niek Elout De Kruijf, Vijay Kumar Badam
  • Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method and a control system
    Patent number: 8564760
    Abstract: A capillary passage is formed between a substrate holder and an edge structure. Along the capillary passage are arranged a plurality of electrodes which, when charged, become liquidphilic. The electrodes may be used to split droplets of liquid and pump the liquid along the capillary passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper
  • Lithographic apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8564763
    Abstract: A substrate table is disclosed in which heaters are provided to account for a heat load which may be applied to the substrate. The heaters are grouped in segments to improve control. A temperature sensor per segment may be provided. The temperature sensor may be embedded in the substrate table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Frits Van der Meulen, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Anko Jozef Cornelus Sijben, Wouterus Johannes Petrus Maria Maas, Hendrikus Johannes Marinus Van Abeelen, Henricus Petrus Versteijnen, Paula Steffens
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    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
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8481978
    Abstract: In an immersion lithographic apparatus, bubble formation in immersion liquid is reduced or prevented by reducing a gap size or area on a substrate table and/or covering the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Jansen, Sebastiaan Maria Johannes Cornelissen, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Hernes Jacobs, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Bob Streefkerk, Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn, Peter Smits, Franciscus Johannes Joseph Janssen, Michel Riepen
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8446563
    Abstract: A porous member is used in a liquid removal system of an immersion lithographic projection apparatus to smooth uneven flows. A pressure differential across the porous member may be maintained at below the bubble point of the porous member so that a single-phase liquid flow is obtained. Alternatively, the porous member may be used to reduce unevenness in a two-phase flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: ASML Netherlands B.V., ASML Holding N.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper, Henrikus Herman Marie Cox, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens, Frits Van Der Meulen, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Franciscus Johannes Herman Maria Teunissen, Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn, Martinus Cornelis Maria Verhagen, Marco Polizzi, Edwin Augustinus Matheus Van Gompel, Johannes Petrus Maria Smeulers, Stefan Philip Christiaan Belfroid, Herman Vogel
  • Lithographic apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus
    Patent number: 8432531
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid supply system is disclosed. The cleaning liquid supply system may supply an emulsified cleaning liquid to clean an immersion lithographic apparatus. A lithographic apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Kornelis Tijmen Hoekerd, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Hans Jansen, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Antonius Johannus Van Der Net, Pieter Jacob Kramer, Anthonie Kuijper, Arjan Hubrecht Josef Anna Martens, Sandra Van Der Graaf, Alexandre Viktorovych Padiy
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8427629
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic projection apparatus has a liquid confinement structure configured to at least partly confine liquid to a space between a projection system and a substrate, the confinement structure having a buffer surface, when in use, positioned in close proximity to a plane substantially comprising the upper surface of the substrate and of a substrate table holding the substrate, to define a passage having a flow resistance. A recess is provided in the buffer surface, the recess, when in use, being normally full of immersion liquid to enable rapid filling of a gap between the substrate and substrate table as the gap moves under the buffer surface. The recess may be annular or radial and a plurality of recesses may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Carlo Cornelis Maria Luijten, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Erik Roelof Loopstra, Bob Streefkerk, Marcel Beckers, Herman Boom, Richard Moerman
  • Lithographic apparatus
    Patent number: 8421996
    Abstract: A barrier member is provided for use in immersion lithography. The barrier member includes an extractor assembly on a bottom surface configured to face the substrate. The extractor assembly includes a plate configured to split the space between a liquid removal device and the substrate in two such that a meniscus is formed in an upper channel between the liquid removal device and the plate and below the plate between the plate and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Nicolaas Ten Kate, Marcel Beckers, Johannes Petrus Maria Smeulers, Michel Riepen, Sergei Shulepov, Rudolf Kemper, Joost Jeroen Ottens
  • Lithographic apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8416395
    Abstract: A substrate table is disclosed in which heaters are provided to account for a heat load which may be applied to the substrate. The heaters are grouped in segments to improve control. A temperature sensor per segment may be provided. The temperature sensor may be embedded in the substrate table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Frits Van der Meulen, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Anko Jozef Cornelus Sijben, Wouterus Johannes Petrus Maria Maas, Hendrikus Johannes Marinus Van Abeelen, Henricus Petrus Versteijnen, Paula Steffens
  • Lithographic apparatus, a method of controlling the apparatus and a device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8405817
    Abstract: A method of operating a lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The method includes moving a substrate table supporting a substrate relative to a projection system and adjusting the scanning speed between the substrate table and the projection system during imaging of a target within a predefined area at or near an edge of the substrate, or adjusting the stepping speed between adjacent target positions in a predefined area at or near the edge of the substrate, or both. The adjusting the scanning and/or stepping speed may comprise lowering the speed. The projection system is configured to project a patterned beam of radiation on to a target portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Marco Koert Stavenga, Nicolaas Rudolf Kemper, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Paulus Martinus Maria Liebregts, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Erik Henricus Egidius Catharina Eummelen, Richard Moerman, Michel Riepen, Sergei Shulepov, Gert-Jan Gerardus Johannes Thomas Brands, Koen Steffens, Jan Willem Cromwijk, Ralph Joseph Meijers, Fabrizio Evangelista, David Bessems, Hua Li, Marinus Jochemsen, Pieter Lein Joseph Gunter, Franciscus Wilhelmus Bell, Erik Witberg, Marcus Agnes Johannes Smits, Zhenhua Ma
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20130070219
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided with a liquid confinement structure which defines at least in part a space configured to contain liquid between the projection system and the substrate. In order to reduce the crossing of the edge of the substrate which is being imaged (which can lead to inclusion of bubbles in the immersion liquid), the cross-sectional area of the space in a plane parallel to the substrate is made as small as possible. The smallest theoretical size is the size of the target portion which is imaged by the projection system. In an embodiment, the shape of a final element of the projection system is also changed to have a similar size and/or shape in a cross-section parallel to the substrate to that of the target portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Bob STREEFKERK, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus DONDERS, Roelof Frederik DE GRAAF, Christiaan Alexander HOOGENDAM, Hans JANSEN, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius LEENDERS, Paulus Martinus Maria LIEBREGTS, Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria MERTENS, Jan-Gerard Cornelis VAN DER TOORN, Michel RIEPEN
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8248577
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided with a liquid confinement structure which defines at least in part a space configured to contain liquid between the projection system and the substrate. In order to reduce the crossing of the edge of the substrate which is being imaged (which can lead to inclusion of bubbles in the immersion liquid), the cross-sectional area of the space in a plane parallel to the substrate is made as small as possible. The smallest theoretical size is the size of the target portion which is imaged by the projection system. In an embodiment, the shape of a final element of the projection system is also changed to have a similar size and/or shape in a cross-section parallel to the substrate to that of the target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Bob Streefkerk, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Roelof Frederik De Graaf, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Hans Jansen, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Paulus Martinus Maria Liebregts, Jeroen Johannes Sophia M. Mertens, Jan-Gerard Cornelis Van Der Toorn, Michel Riepen
  • Liquid filled lens element, lithographic apparatus comprising such an element and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8237912
    Abstract: A lens element, for use in a projection system, includes a concave side. The lens element further includes a membrane and a nozzle, the membrane at least covering the concave side of the lens element. The nozzle is arranged for supplying and/or removing a liquid and/or a gas in between the concave side and the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Herman Boom, Borgert Kruizinga, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens, Huibert Visser, Peter Julian Pollard