Patent ID: 6437349
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B05B,B82Y,G03F,H05G

Abstract:
An emitted energy system for fabricating a semiconductor device, the emitted energy system comprising:an energy system and a fluid system that interact to produce an emitted energy, the emitted energy directed at a photolithography system interface to produce the semiconductor device; wherein the fluid system includes a nozzle, the nozzle comprising: a nozzle cavity disposed within a nozzle body and having an up-stream end and a down-stream end; and a nozzle passage defined within the nozzle cavity and extending a longitudinal length from the down-stream end of the nozzle cavity into the nozzle cavity, the longitudinal length of the nozzle passage is sufficient to produce clustering of a fluid flowing through the nozzle; the longitudinal length of the nozzle passage being sufficient to produce clustering of the fluid external to the nozzle; and wherein the fluid flowing through the down-stream end of the nozzle produces a fluid plume, external to the nozzle, that interacts with the energy system to produce the emitted energy.