IP Library Granted Patent US 9,034,467
Granted Patent B2
US 9,034,467 · App. 13/192,694 · Granted May 19, 2015

Reticle chuck cleaner

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Patent No.
US 9,034,467
App. No.
13/192,694
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a reticle chuck cleaner for cleaning a reticle chuck of an EUV exposure apparatus includes a substrate having a shape to be carried to the reticle chuck of the EUV exposure apparatus, and an adhesive formed on one of the main surfaces of the substrate.

Claims (9)

1. A reticle chuck cleaner comprising:

a substrate having a shape to be carried to a reticle chuck of an EUV exposure apparatus,

an adhesive formed on one of main surfaces of the substrate, and

an alignment mark used at the carriage time of a reticle of the EUV exposure apparatus is formed on a surface of the substrate that is opposite to the surface on which the adhesive is formed,

wherein a multi-layered film functioning as a reflection layer, a capping layer for surface protection and a pattern of an optical absorption member are formed on the surface of the substrate that is opposite to the surface on which the adhesive is formed, and the alignment mark is formed of the pattern of the optical absorption member.

2. The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein a region in which the adhesive is formed is not smaller than a chucking region of the reticle chuck of the EUV exposure apparatus.

3. The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is not formed in a portion that is held by a carriage mechanism at the carriage time.

4. The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is one of acrylic, urethane and silicone.

5. The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein a metal film is formed as an electrode of an electrostatic chuck on one surface of the substrate and the adhesive is formed on the metal film.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043151/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2014
From: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 033382/0986 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2011
From: ITOH, MASAMITSU; OKUMURA, KATSUYA; INADA, TARO; WATANABE, JUN
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 026670/0919 →