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Extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus

US8586954B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2012
Grant dateNov 19, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05G2/0025
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus generating an extreme ultraviolet light from plasma generated by irradiating a target material with a laser light within a chamber, and controlling a flow of ions generated together with the extreme ultraviolet light using a magnetic field or an electric field, the extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus comprises an ion collector device collecting the ion via an aperture arranged at a side of the chamber, and an interrupting mechanism interrupting movement of a sputtered particle in a direction toward the aperture, the sputtered particle generated at an ion collision surface collided with the ion in the ion collector device.

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