IP Library Granted Patent US 11,960,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,960,213 · App. 18/299,534 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Substrate holder, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and method of manufacturing a substrate holder

Inventors: Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre (Helmond, NL); Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders (Vught, NL); Nicolaas Ten Kate (Almkerk, NL); Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina (Eindhoven, NL); Yogesh Pramod Karade (Eindhoven, NL); Elisabeth Corinne Rodenburg (Heeze, NL)
Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
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Patent No.
US 11,960,213
App. No.
18/299,534
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a main body having a thin-film stack provided on a surface thereof. The thin-film stack forms an electronic or electric component such as an electrode, a sensor, a heater, a transistor or a logic device, and has a top isolation layer. A plurality of burls to support a substrate are formed on the thin-film stack or in apertures of the thin-film stack.

Claims (42)

1. A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus, the substrate holder comprising:

a main body having a first side of the main body and a second side of the main body opposite to the first side;

a plurality of first burls at the first side of the main body and having end surfaces to support a substrate in the lithographic apparatus, wherein each of the first burls comprises a lower body portion protruding from the main body and an upper body portion above the lower body portion, wherein the lower body portions are a different material than the upper body portions, and wherein the upper body portions comprise a material selected from: diamond, diamond-like carbon, SiC, SiO 2 , TiN, cubic boron nitride, silicon nitride, titanium, titanium carbide, cordierite or aluminum nitride; and

a plurality of second burls at the second side of the main body,

wherein the main body is grounded.

2. The substrate holder of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises diamond or diamond-like carbon.

3. The substrate holder of claim 1 , further comprising a layer between the plurality of first burls.

4. The substrate holder of claim 1 , further comprising a heater provided to the main body and configured to control a temperature of the substrate and/or the main body.

5. The substrate holder of claim 1 , wherein the main body is formed of a different material from the first and/or second burls.

6. The substrate holder of claim 1 , wherein the number of first burls distributed across the substrate holder is more than 10,000.

7. A lithographic apparatus, comprising:

a support structure configured to support a patterning device;

a projection system arranged to project a beam patterned by the patterning device onto a substrate; and

a substrate holder arranged to hold the substrate, the substrate holder being according to claim 1 .

8. A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus, the substrate holder comprising:

a main body having a first side of the main body and a second side of the main body opposite to the first side;

a plurality of first burls at the first side of the main body and having end surfaces to support a substrate;

a plurality of second burls at the second side of the main body; and

a heater provided to the main body and configured to control a temperature of the substrate and/or the main body,

wherein the main body is grounded.

9. The substrate holder of claim 8 , further comprising a layer between the plurality of first burls.

10. The substrate holder of claim 8 , wherein at least an upper portion of each of the first burls comprises a material selected from: diamond, diamond-like carbon, SiC, SiO 2 , TiN, cubic boron nitride, silicon nitride, titanium, titanium carbide, cordierite or aluminum nitride.

11. The substrate holder of claim 8 , wherein the main body comprises at least one material selected from: Zerodur ceramic, cordierite, SiSiC, SiC, AlN, SiSiC, ceramic or glass-ceramic.

12. The substrate holder of claim 8 , wherein the main body is formed of a different material from the first and/or second burls.

13. The substrate holder of claim 8 , wherein the number of first burls distributed across the substrate holder is more than 10,000.

14. A lithographic apparatus, comprising:

a support structure configured to support a patterning device;

a projection system arranged to project a beam patterned by the patterning device onto a substrate; and

a substrate holder arranged to hold the substrate, the substrate holder being according to claim 8 .

15. A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus, the substrate holder comprising:

a main body having a first side of the main body and a second side of the main body opposite to the first side;

a plurality of first burls at the first side of the main body and having end surfaces to support a substrate; and

a plurality of second burls at the second side of the main body,

wherein (1) the main body has a thickness in a range of 1 mm to 50 mm, (2) each of the first burls and/or second burls has a height in a range of about 5 μm to about 250 μm, and/or (3) a total area of all the burls on one side of the main body is less than 3% of the total surface area of the main body, and wherein the main body is grounded.

16. The substrate holder of claim 15 , further comprising a heater provided to the main body and configured to control a temperature of the substrate and/or the main body.

17. The substrate holder of claim 15 , wherein the main body comprises at least one material selected from: Zerodur ceramic, cordierite, SiSiC, SiC, AlN, SiSiC, ceramic or glass-ceramic.

18. The substrate holder of claim 15 , wherein each of the first burls comprises a lower body portion protruding from the main body and an upper body portion above the lower body portion, wherein the lower body portions are a different material than the upper body portions, and wherein the upper body portions comprise a material selected from: diamond, diamond-like carbon, SiC, SiO 2 , TiN, cubic boron nitride, silicon nitride, titanium, titanium carbide, cordierite or aluminum nitride.

19. The substrate holder of claim 15 , wherein the number of first burls distributed across the substrate holder is more than 10,000.

20. A lithographic apparatus, comprising:

a support structure configured to support a patterning device;

a projection system arranged to project a beam patterned by the patterning device onto a substrate; and

a substrate holder arranged to hold the substrate, the substrate holder being according to claim 15 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2023
From: LAFARRE, RAYMOND WILHELMUS LOUIS; TEN KATE, NICOLAAS; DZIOMKINA, NINA VLADIMIROVNA; KARADE, YOGESH PRAMOD; RODENBURG, ELISABETH CORINNE
To: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 063310/0556 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2023
From: LAFARRE, RAYMOND WILHELMUS LOUIS; DONDERS, SJOERD NICOLAAS LAMBERTUS; TEN KATE, NICOLAAS; DZIOMKINA, NINA VLADIMIROVNA; KARADE, YOGESH PRAMOD
To: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 063310/0622 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2023
From: LAFARRE, RAYMOND WILHELMUS LOUIS; DONDERS, SJOERD NICOLAAS LAMBERTUS; TEN KATE, NICOLAAS; DZIOMKINA, NINA VLADIMIROVNA; KARADE, YOGESH PRAMOD; RODENBURG, ELISABETH CORINNE
To: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 063310/0645 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation 17587236 · Jan 28, 2022
Continuation 17138480 · Dec 30, 2020
Continuation 16369368 · Mar 29, 2019
Continuation 15261553 · Sep 9, 2016
Continuation 14374197
Provisional Application 61621660 · Apr 9, 2012
Provisional Application 61621648 · Apr 9, 2012
Provisional Application 61594857 · Feb 3, 2012
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