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US 9,904,183 · App. 15/307,752 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage driven by planar motor

Inventors: Yu Zhu (Beijing, CN); Ming Zhang (Beijing, CN); Fan Zhi (Beijing, CN); Zhao Liu (Beijing, CN); Rong Cheng (Beijing, CN); Kaiming Yang (Beijing, CN); Li Zhang (Beijing, CN); Huichao Qin (Beijing, CN); Yanpo Zhao (Beijing, CN); Li Tian (Beijing, CN); Weinan Ye (Beijing, CN); Jin Zhang (Beijing, CN); Wensheng Yin (Beijing, CN); Haihua Mu (Beijing, CN); Jinchun Hu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY; BEIJING U-PRECISION TECH CO., LTD.
G03F7/70716G03F7/70725G03F7/70733G03F7/70758G03F7/70766G03F7/70775
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Patent No.
US 9,904,183
App. No.
15/307,752
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage driven by a planar motor comprises a movable platform ( 100 ) of the reticle stage, a balance mass ( 200 ), a drive motor, a mask plate ( 101, 102 ), a base ( 001 ), a vibration isolation system ( 500 ), and a measuring system, wherein, the vibration isolation system is located between the balance mass and the base, and the mask plate is mounted on the movable platform. The drive motor of the movable platform is a moving-iron type planar motor ( 300 ). The reticle stage can lower the design complexity of the drive motor of the movable platform. Compared with a linear motor, the planar motor can provide push forces in more directions, the number of motors is reduced, the structure of the movable platform is more compact, the inherent frequency and the control bandwidth of the movable platform are improved, and thus control precision is improved.

Claims (16)

1. A coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage driven by a planar motor, comprising: a movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, a balance mass, a drive motor for the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, a mask plate, a base, a vibration isolation system, and a measurement system,

wherein the vibration isolation system is located between the balance mass and the base, and the mask plate is mounted on the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage,

wherein the drive motor for the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage is a moving-iron type planar motor,

wherein a mover of the moving-iron type planar motor comprises permanent magnet arrays mounted at two sides of the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, and a stator of the moving-iron type planar motor comprises coil arrays mounted on the balance mass,

wherein the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage further comprises an air floating structure compensating for a gravity of the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, and

wherein, in the air floating structure, an air floating plane is mounted on the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, and an air hole mounting structure is mounted on the balance mass.

2. The coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage according to claim 1 , wherein the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage further comprises a magnetic suspension structure compensating for a gravity of the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, and

wherein a mover of the magnetic suspension structure is mounted on the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage, and a stator of the magnetic suspension structure is mounted on the balance mass.

3. The coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage according to claim 1 , wherein each of the permanent magnet arrays of the mover of the planar motor is arranged in a two dimensional Halbach array, and

wherein coils of the coil arrays of the stator of the planar motor are arranged in two directions, i.e., in Y direction and Z direction.

4. The coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage according to claim 1 , wherein the mask plate of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage employs a transmission-type mask plate,

wherein the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage has a hollow structure, and

wherein the mask plate is arranged in a hollow portion of the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage.

5. The coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage according to claim 1 , wherein the mask plate of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage employs a reflection-type mask plate, and

wherein the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage has a solid structure, and

wherein the mask plate is arranged at a bottom of the movable platform of the coarse motion and fine motion integrated reticle stage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2016
From: ZHU, YU; ZHANG, MING; ZHI, FAN; LIU, ZHAO; CHENG, RONG; YANG, KAIMING; ZHANG, LI; QIN, HUICHAO; ZHAO, YANPO; TIAN, LI; YE, WEINAN; ZHANG, JIN; YIN, WENSHENG; MU, HAIHUA; HU, JINCHUN
To: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY; BEIJING U-PRECISION TECH CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0175360 · Apr 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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