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Radiation source, lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method

US8368032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2010
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70033
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A plasma radiation source includes a vessel configured to catch a source material transmitted along a trajectory, and a decelerator configured to reduce a speed of the source material in a section of the trajectory downstream of a plasma initiation site.

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