Title:
RADIALLY POLARIZED LIGHT IN LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006135330
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a lithographic apparatus in which a radiation beam which illuminates a patterning means polarizes to the substantially radial direction, and a diaphragm intercepts the diffraction polarized to the radial direction of patterned radiation.
The lithographic apparatus and a method of using the apparatus in the manufacture of a device such as an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. In particular, the lithographic apparatus is designed to be used with radiation having a wavelength in the Deep Ultra-Violet (DUV), and radially polarized light is used to enhance the image contrast. In particular, partial clipping of the first order diffraction radiation is disclosed.
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Inventors:
DE WINTER LAURENTIUS CORNELIUS
HUBERT KLAASSEN MICHEL FRANSOI
HUBERT KLAASSEN MICHEL FRANSOI
Application Number:
JP2005320265A
Publication Date:
May 25, 2006
Filing Date:
November 04, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ASML NETHERLANDS BV
International Classes:
H01L21/027; G03F7/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hideto Asamura
Hajime Asamura
Toru Mori
Yutaka Yoshida
Hajime Asamura
Toru Mori
Yutaka Yoshida