Reducing speckle in an excimer light source

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11686951
APP PUB NO 20210239998A1
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17240050

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A method includes: producing a light beam made up of pulses having a wavelength in the deep ultraviolet range, each pulse having a first temporal coherence defined by a first temporal coherence length and each pulse being defined by a pulse duration; for one or more pulses, modulating the optical phase over the pulse duration of the pulse to produce a modified pulse having a second temporal coherence defined by a second temporal coherence length that is less than the first temporal coherence length of the pulse; forming a light beam of pulses at least from the modified pulses; and directing the formed light beam of pulses toward a substrate within a lithography exposure apparatus.

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CYMER LLCSAN DIEGO CA

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Duffey, Thomas Patrick San Diego, US 19 20
Everts, Frank Eindhoven, NL 22 270
Godfried, Herman Philip Amsterdam, NL 32 176
King, Brian Edward San Diego, US 10 22
op, 't Root Wilhelmus Patrick Elisabeth Maria Nederweert, NL 15 20
Thornes, Joshua Jon San Diego, US 25 63

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