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Brevet US8411248 - Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method - Google Brevets
An exposure apparatus is provided which can supply and collect a liquid in a prescribed state, and that can suppress degradation of a pattern image projected onto a substrate. The exposure apparatus is provided with a nozzle member (70) having a supply outlet (12) that supplies a liquid (LQ) and a collection...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8411248?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8411248 - Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method
Numéro de publication US8411248 B2
Numéro de demande US 12/382,229
Date de dépôt 11 mars 2009
Autre référence de publication US8111373, US8169590, US9046790, US9411248, US20070081136, US20070263188, US20090180090, US20130182233, US20150234292, US20160327874, WO2005093791A1
Numéro de publication 12382229, 382229, US 8411248 B2, US 8411248B2, US-B2-8411248, US8411248 B2, US8411248B2
Citations de brevets (255), Citations hors brevets (107), Référencé par (1), Classifications (13), Événements juridiques (1)
US 8411248 B2
a projection optical system having a plurality of optical elements, via which an exposure light is projected;
a stage having a holder by which a substrate is held, the stage being movable below the projection optical system and the held substrate being exposed to the exposure light;
a nozzle member provided above the stage, the nozzle member having at least any one of a supply outlet that supplies a liquid and a collection inlet that collects the supplied liquid, the supply outlet being arranged to supply the liquid onto an upper surface of the substrate held by the holder from above the substrate and the collection inlet being arranged to collect the liquid from the upper surface of the substrate held by the holder from above the substrate; and
a vibration isolating mechanism that structurally supports the nozzle member and vibrationally isolates the nozzle member from a support member, the vibration isolating mechanism dynamically vibrationally isolating the nozzle member from the support member.
2. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, the projection optical system is supported by the support member.
3. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the vibration isolating mechanism performs vibrational isolation so that the vibrations of the nozzle member do not transmit to the projection optical system.
4. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the nozzle member is annularly formed so that the nozzle member surrounds the projection optical system; and the nozzle member and the projection optical system are separately supported.
5. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the vibration isolating mechanism comprises a drive apparatus that moves the nozzle member with respect to the support member.
6. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 5,
wherein the drive apparatus is configured to move the nozzle member in directions of six degrees of freedom.
7. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
wherein, the drive apparatus moves the nozzle member based on a measurement result of the position measuring instrument.
8. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
a position measuring instrument that measures a positional relationship between the projection optical system supported by the support member, and the nozzle member;
9. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
wherein, the drive apparatus moves the nozzle member based on a measurement result of the accelerometer.
10. A liquid immersion exposure apparatus comprising:
a vibration isolating structure having an electromagnetic drive apparatus to move the nozzle member.
11. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the vibration isolating structure prevents vibrations from being transmitted to the projection optical system from the nozzle member.
12. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:
a first support member which supports the projection optical system; and
a second support member which supports the nozzle member via the vibration isolating structure.
13. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising an anti-vibration structure provided between the first support member and the second support member.
14. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic drive apparatus includes a voice coil motor.
15. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic drive apparatus includes a linear motor.
16. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic drive apparatus moves the nozzle member using a Lorentz's force.
17. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the nozzle member is movable by the electromagnetic drive apparatus in directions of six degrees of freedom.
18. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the nozzle member is movable by the electromagnetic drive apparatus in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
19. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the nozzle member is movable by the electromagnetic drive apparatus in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
20. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the nozzle member is rotatable by the electromagnetic drive apparatus.
21. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the nozzle member is rotatable by the electromagnetic drive apparatus around an axis parallel to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
22. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the nozzle member is rotatable by the electromagnetic drive apparatus around an axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
23. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a position measurement system configured to obtain positional information of the nozzle member.
24. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system includes an interferometer.
25. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system includes an encoder.
26. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
27. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
28. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction around an axis.
29. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction around an axis parallel to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
30. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction around an axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
31. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising a controller which controls the electromagnetic drive apparatus such that the nozzle member is moved by the electromagnetic drive apparatus based on the positional information of the nozzle member obtained by using the position measurement system.
32. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising an accelerometer that measures acceleration of the nozzle member.
33. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 32, further comprising a controller which controls the electromagnetic drive apparatus such that the nozzle member is moved by the electromagnetic drive apparatus based on the acceleration of the nozzle member measured by using the accelerometer.
34. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 10, wherein:
the nozzle member has the supply outlet and the collection inlet, and
the optical elements of the projection optical system include a final lens, and
the nozzle member is disposed such that the nozzle member surrounds the final lens of the projection optical system.
35. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 34, wherein:
the nozzle member has a lower surface in which the supply outlet and the collection inlet are provided,
a gap is formed between the lower surface of the nozzle member and the upper surface of the substrate held by the holder of the stage during an exposure operation in which the exposure light is projected on the upper surface of the substrate, and
the liquid in the gap is collected from the collection inlet during the exposure operation.
36. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the supply outlet and the collection inlet are provided such that the collection inlet surrounds the supply outlet in the lower surface of the nozzle member.
exposing a substrate using the exposure apparatus of claim 10, and
38. A liquid immersion exposure apparatus comprising:
a nozzle member provided above the stage, the nozzle member having at least any one of a supply outlet that supplies a liquid and a collection inlet that collects the supplied liquid, the supply outlet being arranged to supply the liquid onto an upper surface of the substrate held by the holder from above the substrate and the collection inlet being arranged to collect the liquid from the upper surface of the substrate held by the holder from above the substrate;
a position measurement system configured to obtain positional information of the nozzle member; and
a vibration isolating structure configured to prevent vibrations from being transmitted to the projection optical system from the nozzle member.
39. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising:
40. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 39, further comprising an anti-vibration structure provided between the first support member and the second support member.
41. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system includes an interferometer.
42. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system includes an encoder.
43. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
44. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
45. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction around an axis.
46. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction around an axis parallel to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
47. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the position measurement system obtains the positional information of the nozzle member in a direction around an axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system.
48. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising an accelerometer that measures acceleration of the nozzle member.
49. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein:
the nozzle member has the supply outlet and the collection inlet,
50. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 49, wherein:
51. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the supply outlet and the collection inlet are provided such that the collection inlet surrounds the supply outlet in the lower surface of the nozzle member.
52. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the vibration isolating structure comprises a passive vibration isolating structure.
53. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 52, wherein the passive vibration isolating structure includes a spring.
54. The liquid immersion exposure apparatus according to claim 52, wherein the passive vibration isolating structure includes a gas cylinder.
The present invention is also applicable to a twin stage type exposure apparatus as recited in, for example, Japanese Published Patent Application No. H10-163099, Japanese Published Patent Application No. H10-214783, and the corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 6,400,441; and to Published Japanese translation of PCT (WO) 2000-505958, and the corresponding U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,969,441 and 6,262,796. The disclosures of the abovementioned publications and the U.S. patents are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety to the extent permitted by the national laws and regulations of the designated states (or elected states) designated by the present international patent application.
If a linear motor is used in the substrate stage PST or the mask stage MST (refer to U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,623,853 and 5,528,118), then either an air levitation type that uses an air bearing or a magnetic levitation type that uses Lorentz's force or reactance force may be used. In addition, each of the stages PST, MST may be a type that moves along a guide, or may be a guideless type not provided with a guide. The disclosure of the above cited U.S. patent is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety to the extent permitted by the national laws and regulations of the designated states (or elected states) designated by the present international patent application.
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Classification aux États-Unis 355/53, 355/30, 355/52, 355/55
Classification internationale G03F7/20, H01L21/027, G03B27/42
Classification coopérative G03F7/70758, G03F7/70341, G03F7/70325, G03F7/709, G03F7/2041, G03B27/42