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STUDY OF CAPILLARY DISCHARGE LIGHT SOURCE FOR EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY

Kasao et al.

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3902516057982231835
Author
Kasao T
Okamoto M
Song I
Watanabe M
Okino A
Horioka K
Hotta E
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RESEARCH REPORT NIFS-PROC Series

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Extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is most promising technology for 50 run technology node which will be used from around the year 2007. There are many issues for realizing EUV lithography such as developing optical components and radiation sources and one of …
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H05G1/00—X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; circuits therefor
    • H05G1/08—Electrical details
    • H05G1/10—Power supply arrangements for feeding the X-ray tube
    • H05G1/20—Power supply arrangements for feeding the X-ray tube with high-frequency ac; with pulse trains
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
    • H05G2/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays, not involving X-ray tubes, e.g. involving generation of a plasma
    • H05G2/001—X-ray radiation generated from plasma
    • H05G2/003—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas
    • H05G2/005—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas containing a metal as principal radiation generating component
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    • H05G2/001—X-ray radiation generated from plasma
    • H05G2/003—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas
    • H05G2/006—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas details of the ejection system, e.g. constructional details of the nozzle
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/097—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping by gas discharge of a gas laser
    • H01S3/0971—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping by gas discharge of a gas laser transversely excited
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves
    • H01S3/02—Constructional details
    • H01S3/04—Cooling arrangements
    • H01S3/041—Cooling arrangements for gas lasers
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
    • H05G1/00—X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; circuits therefor
    • H05G1/08—Electrical details
    • H05G1/26—Measuring, controlling, protecting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves
    • H01S3/14—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves characterised by the material used as the active medium
    • H01S3/22—Gases
    • H01S3/223—Gases the active gas being polyatomic, i.e. containing more than one atom
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F7/00—Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
    • G03F7/70—Exposure apparatus for microlithography
    • G03F7/70008—Production of exposure light, i.e. light sources
    • G03F7/70033—Production of exposure light, i.e. light sources by plasma EUV sources

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