IP Library Granted Patent US 12,596,299
Granted Patent B2
US 12,596,299 · App. 18/180,311 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

EUV transmissive membrane

Inventors: Toshikatsu Kashiwaya (Inazawa, JP); Naoki Goriki (Kasugai, JP); Shoji Tange (Kasugai, JP); Atsuo Kondo (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,596,299
App. No.
18/180,311
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an EUV transmissive membrane including: a main layer composed of metallic beryllium that has a first surface and a second surface; and a pair of surface layers provided on the first surface and the second surface of the main layer, each containing at least one fluoride selected from beryllium fluoride, beryllium fluoride nitride, beryllium fluoride oxide, and beryllium fluoride nitride oxide.

Claims (16)

1 . An EUV transmissive membrane comprising:

a main layer composed of metallic beryllium that has a first surface on one side of the main layer and a second surface on an opposite side of the main layer; and

a first surface layer provided on the first surface of the main layer and a second surface layer provided on the second surface of the main layer, wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprise at least one fluoride selected from beryllium fluoride, beryllium fluoride nitride, beryllium fluoride oxide, and beryllium fluoride nitride oxide.

2 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride.

3 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride nitride.

4 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride oxide.

5 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride nitride oxide.

6 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of beryllium nitride, beryllium nitride oxide, and beryllium oxide.

7 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride and beryllium nitride.

8 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride and beryllium nitride oxide.

9 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride and beryllium oxide.

10 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprises beryllium fluoride, beryllium oxide, and beryllium nitride.

11 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first surface layer is 1.1 times or more of a thickness of the second surface layer.

12 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein a fluorine atom concentration at an outermost surface of the first surface layer is 1.5 times or more of a fluorine atom concentration at an outermost surface of the second surface layer.

13 . The EUV transmissive membrane according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first surface layer is greater than a thickness of the second surface layer, and a fluorine atom concentration at an outermost surface of the first surface layer is higher than a fluorine atom concentration at an outermost surface of the second surface layer,

wherein a ratio of the thickness of the first surface layer to the thickness of the second surface layer, denoted by A, and a ratio of the fluorine atom concentration at the outermost surface of the first surface layer to the fluorine atom concentration at the outermost surface of the second surface layer, denoted by B, satisfy A×B≥2.0.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DOCKET NUBMER IS 520_159 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 062917 FRAME: 0942. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 9, 2023
From: KASHIWAYA, TOSHIKATSU; GORIKI, NAOKI; TANGE, SHOJI; KONDO, ATSUO
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063011/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: KASHIWAYA, TOSHIKATSU; GORIKI, NAOKI; TANGE, SHOJI; KONDO, ATSUO
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062917/0942 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022034591 · Sep 15, 2022
Related Publication 20240094628A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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