WO2004092693A2 - Collector for euv light source - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of the generation of EUV (soft-x-ray) light for such applications as semiconductor integrated circuit lithography exposure light sources, and more particularly to light collectors for such devices.
- EUV soft-x-ray
- Proposals exist for generating, e.g., light centered at a wavelength of 13.5nm using, e.g., Lithium which is introduced into and/or irradiated to form a plasma which excites the lithium atoms to states from which decay results in large part in EUV light photons having an energy distribution centered about 13.5nm.
- the plasma may be formed by an electrical discharge using a dense plasma focus electrode in the vicinity of a source of lithium in solid or liquid form, e.g., as discussed in United States Patent Nos. 6,586,757, entitled PLASMA FOCUS LIGHT SOURCE WITH ACTIVE BUFFER GAS CONTROL, issued to Melynchuk et al. on July 1, 2003, and the above referenced patent application Ser.
- the plasma may be induced by irradiating a target, e.g., a droplet of liquid metal, e.g., lithium or a droplet of other material containing a target of, a metal, e.g., lithium within the droplet, in liquid or solid form, with, e.g., a laser focused on the target.
- a target e.g., a droplet of liquid metal, e.g., lithium or a droplet of other material containing a target of, a metal, e.g., lithium within the droplet, in liquid or solid form
- a laser focused on the target e.g., a laser focused on the target.
- Some issues that are required to be addressed in a workable design include, e.g., Li diffusion into the layers of a multi layer normal angle of incidence reflecting mirror, e.g., through an outer coating of ruthenium ("Ru"), with the multilayered mirror made, e.g., of alternating layers of Molybdenum (“Mo” or “Moly”) and silicon (“Si”) and the impact on, e.g., the primary and/or secondary collector lifetime; chemical reactions between, e.g., Li and Si and the impact on, e.g., the primary and/or secondary collector lifetimes; scatter of out of band radiation, e.g., from the laser producing the irradiation for ignition to form the plasma, e.g., 248 nm radiation from an KrF excimer laser required to be kept low to avoid any impact on resist exposure given that Deep UV resist types may be carried over into the EUV range of lithography and such out of band light scattered from the target can result in exposing the resist very efficiently;
- NIR normal incidence of reflection
- the properties of such mirrors depend upon the composition, number, order, crystallinity, surface roughness, interdiffusion, period and thickness ratio, amount of annealing and the like for some or all of the layers involved and also, e.g., such things as whether or not diffusion barriers are used and what the material and thickness of the barrier layer is and its impact on the composition ofthe layers separated by the barrier layer, as discussed, e.g., in Braun, et al., “Multi-component EUV multi-layer mirrors, Proc. SPIE 5037 (2003) (Braun”); Feigl, et al., "Heat resistance of EUV multi-layer mirrors for long-time applications," Microelectronic Engineering 57-58, p.
- X-ray refractive indexes for example, silicon (Si) and molybdenum (Mo), alternately deposited on a substrate to form a multilayer film composed of silicon and molybdenum layers and a hydrogenated interface layer formed between each pair of adjacent layers.
- Barbee discusses a thin layer of a third compound, e.g., boron carbide (B C), placed on both interfaces (Mo-on-Si and Si-on-Mo interface).
- This third layer comprises boron carbide and other carbon and boron based compounds characterized as having a low absorption in EUV wavelengths and soft X-ray wavelengths.
- a multi-layer film comprising alternating layers of Mo and Si includes a thin interlayer of boron carbide (e.g., B C) and/or boron based compounds between each layer.
- the interlayer changes the surface (interface) chemistry, which can result in an increase of the reflectance and increased thermal stability, e.g., for Mo/Si where inter-diffusion may be prevented or reduced, resulting in these desired effects.
- Barbee also discusses varying the thickness of the third layer from the Mo-on-Si interface to the Si-on-Mo interface.
- Barbee also discusses the fact that typically the sharpness ofthe Mo-on-Si interface would be about 2.5 times worse than that of the Si-on-Mo interface; however, due to the deposition of the interlayer of B 4 C in the Mo-on-Si interface, such interface sharpness is comparable to that of the Si-on-Mo interface.
- Braun discusses the use of carbon barrier layers to reduce inter-diffusion at the Mo-Si boundaries to improve the thermal stability and lower internal stress and at the same time increasing reflectivity.
- Braun reports a reflectance at ⁇ 13.3 nm of 70.1% using Mo/SiC multi-layers. The reduction in internal stress using B 4 C even with annealing as compared to Mo/Si/C multi-layers, which impacts the ability to uses such multi-layer mirrors for curved mirrors is also discussed.
- Braun also discusses the tradeoff between interlayer contrast, impacting reflectivity, and absorption in the multi-layer configurations, such that, e.g., NbSi layers with lower absorption in the Nb but also lower contrast, and Ru/Si with higher contrast but also higher absorption in the Ru layer, both performing less effectively than a Mo/Si multi-layer stack.
- Braun also finds that the Mo/Si/C Ru multi-layer stacks do not live up to theoretical calculated reflectivity expectation, probably due to an initial Mo layer deposition surface roughness that propagates upward through the stack.
- Feigl discusses the impact of elevated temperatures up to 500°C on the structural stability of, e.g., Mo/Si and Mo/Mo 2 C/Si/Mo 2 C multilayer stacks, including the use of ultrathin Mo C barrier layers.
- the barrier layer prevents the formation of inter-diffusion layers of MoSi x due to annealing of the Mo and Si at temperatures above, e.g., 200°C and that Mo/Mo 2 C/Si/Mo 2 C and Mo 2 C/Si systems remain stable up to 600°C.
- the reflectivity of the Mo C/Si system remained above .8 through 600°C according to Feigl, whereas the Mo/Mo 2 C/Si/Mo 2 C system tailed off to slightly less than .7 at that temperature, and even decreased to about .7 at 400°C.
- Applicants in the present application propose certain other materials for barrier layers and other potential improvements to the multi-layer stack for EUV applications.
- a method and apparatus for debris removal from a reflecting surface of an EUV collector in an EUV light source which may comprise the reflecting surface comprises a first material and the debris comprises a second material and/or compounds of the second material, the system and method may comprise a controlled sputtering ion source which may comprise a gas comprising the atoms ofthe sputtering ion material; and a stimulating mechanism exciting the atoms ofthe sputtering ion material into an ionized state, the ionized state being selected to have a distribution around a selected energy peak that has a high probability of sputtering the second material and a very low probability of sputtering the first material.
- the stimulating mechanism may comprise an RF or microwave induction mechanism.
- the gas is maintained at a pressure that in part determines the selected energy peak and the stimulating mechanism may create an influx of ions ofthe sputtering ion material that creates a sputter density of atoms ofthe second material from the reflector surface that equals or exceeds the influx rate ofthe plasma debris atoms ofthe second material.
- a sputtering rate may be selected for a given desired life ofthe reflecting surface.
- the reflecting surface may be capped.
- the collector may comprise an elliptical mirror and a debris shield which may comprise radially extending channels.
- the first material may be molybdenum
- the second lithium and the ion material may be helium.
- the system may have a heater to evaporate the second material from the reflecting surface.
- the stimulating mechanism may be connected to the reflecting surface between ignition times.
- the reflecting surface may have barrier layers.
- the collector may be a spherical mirror in combination with grazing angle of incidence reflector shells, which may act as a spectral filter by selection ofthe layer material for multi-layer stacks on the reflector shells.
- the sputtering can be in combination with heating, the latter removing the lithium and the former removing compounds of lithium, and the sputtering may be by ions produced in the plasma rather than excited gas atoms.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an overall broad conception for a laser-produced plasma EUV light source according to an aspect ofthe present invention
- FIG. 1 A shows schematically the operation of the system controller according to an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 2A shows a side view of an embodiment of an EUV light collector according to an aspect of the present invention looking from an irradiation ignition point toward an embodiment of a collector according to an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 2B shows a cross-sectional view of the embodiment of FIG. 2A along the lines 2B in FIG. 2A;
- FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of a normal angle of incidence collector according to an aspect ofthe present invention
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a normal angle of incidence collector debris management system according to an aspect ofthe present invention
- FIG.'s 5a-c show a timing ofthe provision of a collector cleaning signal/current at RF and/or DC to the collector mirror according to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG.'s 6a and b show schematic views in cross section of aspects of embodiments ofthe present invention relating to grazing angle of incidence collectors;
- FIG. 7 shows a plot of grazing angle of incidence reflectivity for a variety of reflective surfaces at given wavelengths of relevance at an angle of incidence of 5 degrees;
- FIG. 8 shows a plot of grazing angles of incidence reflectivity for a variety of reflective surfaces at given wavelengths of relevance for 15 degrees
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic view of an alternative embodiment of a collector according to an aspect ofthe present invention
- FIG. 10 shows a calculated number of lithium atoms per droplet vs. droplet diameter, useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 11 shows a calculated influx of lithium atoms onto a mirror surface vs. mirror radius useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 12 shows a calculated required lithium thickness sputter rate vs. mirror diameter useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention.
- FIG. 13 shows a required ratio of molybdenum sputter rate to lithium sputter rate vs. mirror radius in order to have a 1-year life with a 300 pair multi-layer coated mirror useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 14 shows sputter yield for lithium, silicon, and molybdenum with helium ions useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 15 shows normalized helium ion energy along with sputter yields for lithium, silicon, and molybdenum useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 16 shows helium ion current density along with the sputter yield of lithium, silicon, and molybdenum useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 17 shows total helium ion sputter rates for lithium, silicon, and molybdenum useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 18 shows normalized lithium ion energy along with sputter yields for lithium and molybdenum useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 19 shows a radiated power density vs. temperature for a black body useful in illustrating an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. 20 shows a schematic view of an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG. ' s 21 A and B show results of experiments regarding the stopping power of helium and argon buffer gases against both tin and lithium ions according to aspects of an embodiment ofthe present invention
- FIG.'s 22A-E show results of further examination ofthe stopping power of helium and argon buffer gases against both lithium and tin according to aspects of an embodiment ofthe present invention.
- the light source 20 may contain a pulsed laser system 22, e.g., a gas discharge laser, e.g., an excimer gas discharge laser, e.g., a KrF or ArF laser operating at high power and high pulse repetition rate and may be a MOP A configured laser system, e.g., as shown in United States Patents Nos. 6,625,191, 6,549,551, and 6,567,450.
- the laser may also be, e.g., a solid state laser, e.g., a YAG laser.
- the light source 20 may also include a target delivery system 24, e.g., delivering targets in the form of liquid droplets, solid particles or solid particles contained within liquid droplets.
- the targets may be delivered by the target delivery system 24, e.g., into the interior of a chamber 26 to an irradiation site 28, otherwise known as an ignition site or the sight of the fire ball.
- irradiation site 28 otherwise known as an ignition site or the sight of the fire ball.
- Laser pulses delivered from the pulsed laser system 22 along a laser optical axis 55 through a window (not shown) in the chamber 26 to the irradiation site suitably focused, as discussed in more detail below in coordination with the arrival of a target produced by the target delivery system 24 to create an ignition or fire ball that forms an x-ray (or soft x- ray (EUV) releasing plasma, having certain characteristics, including wavelength of the x- ray light produced, type and amount of debris released from the plasma during or after ignition, according to the material ofthe target.
- x-ray or soft x- ray (EUV) releasing plasma
- the light source may also include a collector 30. e.g., a reflector, e.g., in the form of a truncated ellipse, with an aperture for the laser light to enter to the ignition site 28.
- a collector 30 e.g., a reflector, e.g., in the form of a truncated ellipse, with an aperture for the laser light to enter to the ignition site 28.
- the collector 30 may be, e.g., an elliptical mirror that has a first focus at the ignition site 28 and a second focus at the so-called intermediate point 40 (also called the intermediate focus 40) where the EUV light is output from the light source and input to, e.g., an integrated circuit lithography tool (not shown).
- the system 20 may also include a target position detection system 42.
- the pulsed system 22 may include, e.g., a master oscillator-power amplifier ("MOP A") configured dual chambered gas discharge laser system having, e.g., an oscillator laser system 44 and an amplifier laser system 48, with, e.g., a magnetic reactor- switched pulse compression and timing circuit 50 for the oscillator laser system 44 and a magnetic reactor-switched pulse compression and timing circuit 52 for the amplifier laser system 48, along with a pulse power timing monitoring system 54 for the oscillator laser system 44 and a pulse power timing monitoring system 56 for the amplifier laser system 48.
- the pulse power system may include power for creating laser output from, e.g., a YAG laser.
- the system 20 may also include an EUV light source controller system 60, which may also include, e.g., a target position detection feedback system 62 and a firing control system 65, along with, e.g., a laser beam positioning system 66.
- the target position detection system may include a plurality of droplet imagers 70, 72 and 74 that provide input relative to the position of a target droplet, e.g., relative to the ignition site and provide these inputs to the target position detection feedback system, which can, e.g., compute a target position and trajectory, from which a target error cam be computed, if not on a droplet by droplet basis then on average, which is then provided as an input to the system controller 60, which can, e.g., provide a laser position and direction correction signal, e.g., to the laser beam positioning system 66 that the laser beam positioning system can use, e.g., to control the position and direction of he laser position and direction changer 68, e.g., to change the focus point ofthe laser beam to a different ignition point 28.
- the target position detection feedback system which can, e.g., compute a target position and trajectory, from which a target error cam be computed, if not on a droplet by droplet basis
- the imager 72 may, e.g., be aimed along an imaging line 75, e.g., aligned with a desired trajectory path of a target droplet 94 from the target delivery mechanism 92 to the desired ignition site 28 and the imagers 74 and 76 may, e.g., be aimed along intersecting imaging lines 76 and 78 that intersect, e.g., alone the desired trajectory path at some point 80 along the path before the desired ignition site 28.
- the target delivery control system 90 in response to a signal from the system controller 60 may, e.g., modify the release point ofthe target droplets 94 as released by the target delivery mechanism 92 to correct for errors in the target droplets arriving at the desired ignition site 28.
- An EUV light source detector 100 at or near the intermediate focus 40 may also provide feedback to the system controller 60 that can be, e.g., indicative of the errors in such things as the timing and focus of the laser pulses to properly intercept the target droplets in the right place and time for effective and efficient LPP EUV light production.
- FIG. IA there is shown schematically further details of a controller system 60 and the associated monitoring and control systems, 62, 64 and 66 as shown in FIG. 1.
- the controller may receive, e.g., a plurality of position signal 134, 136 a trajectory signal 136 from the target position detection feedback system, e.g., correlated to a system clock signal provided by a system clock 116 to the system components over a clock bus 115.
- the controller 60 may have a pre-arri al tracking and timing system 110 which can, e.g., compute the actual position of the target at some point in system time and a target trajectory computation system 112, which can, e.g., compute the actual trajectory of a target drop at some system time, and an irradiation site temporal and spatial error computation system 114, that can, e.g., compute a temporal and a spatial error signal compared to some desired point in space and time for ignition to occur.
- a pre-arri al tracking and timing system 110 can, e.g., compute the actual position of the target at some point in system time and a target trajectory computation system 112, which can, e.g., compute the actual trajectory of a target drop at some system time
- an irradiation site temporal and spatial error computation system 114 that can, e.g., compute a temporal and a spatial error signal compared to some desired point in space and time for ignition to occur.
- the controller 60 may then, e.g., provide the temporal error signal 140 to the firing control system 64 and the spatial error signal 138 to the laser beam positioning system 66.
- the firing control system may compute and provide to a resonance charger portion 118 of the oscillator laser 44 magnetic reactor-switched pulse compression and timing circuit 50 a resonant charger initiation signal 122 and may provide, e.g., to a resonance charger portion 120 of the PA magnetic reactor-switched pulse compression and timing circuit 52 a resonant charger initiation signal, which may both be the same signal, and may provide to a compression circuit portion 126 of the oscillator laser 44 magnetic reactor-switched pulse compression and timing circuit 50 a trigger signal 130 and to a compression circuit portion 128 ofthe amplifier laser system 48 magnetic reactor-switched pulse compression and timing circuit 52 a trigger signal 132, which may not be the same signal and may be computed in part from the temporal error signal 140 and from inputs from the light out detection apparatus 54 and 56, respectively for the oscillator laser system and
- the spatial error signal may be provided to the laser beam position and direction control system 66, which may provide, e.g., a firing point signal and a line of sight signal to the laser bean positioner which may, e.g. position the laser to change the focus point for the ignition site 28 by changing either or both of the position of the output of the laser system amplifier laser 48 at time of fire and the aiming direction ofthe laser output beam.
- FIG.'s 2 A and 2B there is shown, respectively a schematic view side view of a collector 30 looking into the collector mirror 150, and a cross-sectional view of the rotationally symmetric collector mirror 150 arrangement along cross-sectional lines 2B in FIG. 2A (although the cross-sectional view would be the same along any radial axis in FIG. 2A.
- the elliptical collection mirror 150 is circular in cross section looking at the mirror, which may be the cross-section at the greatest extension of the mirror, which is shown in FIHG. 1 A to be almost to the focus point 28 of the elliptical mirror 150, so as not to block target droplets 94 from reaching the ignition point designed to be at the focus point 28. It will be understood, however, that the mirror may extend further towards the intermediate focus, with a suitable hole in the mirror (not shown) to allow passage ofthe target droplets to the focus point.
- the elliptical mirror may also have an aperture 152, e.g., shown to be circular in FIG.
- the aperture 152 can also be, e.g., more tailored to the beam profile, e.g., generally rectangular, within the requirements, if any of modifying the beam optical path to make corrections of the focus of the laser beam 154 on an ignition site, depending upon the type of control system employed.
- the debris shield 180 may be made up of a plurality of thin plates 182, made, e.g., of thin foils of molybdenum, extending radially outward from the desired ignition site and defining narrow planar radially extending channels 184 through the debris shield 180.
- the illustration of FIG. 2A is very schematic and not to scale and in reality the channels are as thin as can possibly be made.
- the foil plates 182 can be made to be even thinner than the channels 184, to block as little ofthe x- ray light emitted from the plasma formed by ignition of a target droplet 94 by the laser beam 155 focused on the ignition site 28.
- each ray 190 of EUV light (and other light energy) emitted from the ignition site 28 traveling radially outward from the ignition site 28 will pass through a respective channel 182 in the debris shield 180, which as shown in FIG. 2B may, if desired, extend all the way to the collection mirror 150 reflective surface.
- the ray 190 Upon striking the surface of the elliptical mirror 150, at any angle of incidence, the ray 190 will be reflected back within the same channel 180 as a reflected ray 192 focused on the intermediate focus 40 shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 there is shown an alternative embodiment according to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention.
- the debris shield 180 is not shown for simplicity and this embodiment can be utilized with or without a debris shield as appropriate, as discussed in more detail below, as can also, e.g., the single elliptical collector mirror shown in FIG.'s 2 A and B.
- a secondary collector reflecting mirror 200 has been added, which may comprise, e.g., a section of a spherical mirror 202, having a center at the ignition site 28, i.e., the focus of the elliptical mirror 150, and with an aperture 210 for the passage ofthe light from the collector mirror 150 to the intermediate focus 40 (shown in FIG. 1).
- the collector mirror 150 functions as discussed above in regard to FIG.'s 2 A and 2B with respect to rays 190 emitted from the ignition point 28 toward the collector mirror 150. Rays of light 204 emitted from the ignition site 28 away from the collector mirror 150 which strike the section of the spherical mirror 202, will be reflected back through the focus of the elliptical collector mirror 132 and, pass on to the elliptical collector mirror 150 as if emitted from the focus 28 ofthe elliptical mirror 150, and, therefore also be focused to the intermediate focus 40. It will be apparent that this will occur with or without the presence ofthe debris shield 180 as described in relation to FIG.'s 2 A and 2B. Turning now to FIG.
- FIG. 4 shows a collector mirror 150 connected to a source of current, e.g., DC voltage source 220.
- This current can be, e.g., one embodiment of the present invention in which the current maintains the reflector at a selected temperature to, e.g., evaporate deposited lithium.
- An alternate concept for lithium removal from the first collector mirror is to employ helium ion or hydrogen ion sputtering.
- the low mass of these ions when kept at low energies ( ⁇ 50eV), e.g., can lead to extremely low sputter yield for, e.g., the molybdenum layer and/or the silicon layer, e.g., in an EUV multi-layer mirror fabricated with Mo/Si layers.
- a source of current e.g., DC voltage source 220 may, e.g., be connected to the collector mirror 150, e.g., to a metal, e.g., aluminum or nickel backing (not shown) for the mirror 150.
- the mirror 150 may thus be heated to an elevated temperature above that of the surrounding gas, e.g., helium gas, making up the content of the EUV light source chamber 26 interior.
- Other heating of the reflector may occur according to alternative embodiments of the invention, e.g., by radiant heating from, e.g., a heat lamp (not shown) in the vessel 26.
- FIG. 4 Another aspect of debris cleaning may incorporate, e.g., as shown in FIG. 4, e.g., the introduction of RF, e.g., from a source of RF frequency voltage 230 and an antenna, shown schematically at 232 within the chamber 26 in FIG. 4.
- the RF may be connected to the mirror 150 or a metallic backing (not shown) in which event a dark shield (not shown) made of a suitable conductive material and connected to ground potential may be formed over the back of the collector mirror 150, separated from the mirror 150 by an insulator, e.g., an air gap, and the potential, e.g., DC from DC source 220 that is connected also to the mirror 150.
- the RF may be replaced by a DC voltage during the time when the ignitions occur at ti. t 2 , t 3 , and for a short time on either side of the ignition time, with RF between such times, at least directly after the ignition, if not completely through the next occurrence of the DC potential during the next ignition.
- the DC from source 220 may be a positive potential during the time of the respective ignition, perhaps coextensive with the continuous voltage from the RF source 230, and a negative potential between such positive pulses.
- the voltage applied to the collector mirror 150 is meant to, on the one hand, evaporate metallic debris, e.g., lithium emitted from the plasma during and after ignition of a target droplet of such lithium or other target metallic material. Also evaporated could be metallic elements such as K, Fe, Na or the like that appear due, e.g., to impurities in the lithium target droplets themselves and are similarly deposited on the collector mirror 150 surface after ignition.
- metallic debris e.g., lithium emitted from the plasma during and after ignition of a target droplet of such lithium or other target metallic material.
- metallic elements such as K, Fe, Na or the like that appear due, e.g., to impurities in the lithium target droplets themselves and are similarly deposited on the collector mirror 150 surface after ignition.
- the RF is meant to form a localized ionic plasma, e.g., of excited He atoms in the vicinity of the collector mirror 150 surface, with the intent that these excited ions in the localized plasma may strike lithium atoms or compounds of lithium on the collector mirror 150 and sputter them off of the mirror surface.
- a localized ionic plasma e.g., of excited He atoms in the vicinity of the collector mirror 150 surface
- This embodiment of the invention contemplates, e.g., a balancing between the evaporation mechanism and the sputtering mechanism, e.g., if the RF is at ⁇ 500W power (at 13.65MHz, as dictated by federal regulations for RF frequency sputtering) then the mirror temperature should be maintained at or near some desired temperature and if the RF is increased, e.g., to >500 W at 13.65 MHz then the temperature can correspondingly be reduced.
- a balancing between the evaporation mechanism and the sputtering mechanism e.g., if the RF is at ⁇ 500W power (at 13.65MHz, as dictated by federal regulations for RF frequency sputtering) then the mirror temperature should be maintained at or near some desired temperature and if the RF is increased, e.g., to >500 W at 13.65 MHz then the temperature can correspondingly be reduced.
- a collector 225 may be composed of, e.g., a plurality of nested shells, forming, e.g., different sections made up, e.g., of elliptical and parabolic reflecting shells, e.g., in FIG. 6a parabolic shells 230 and 240 and elliptical shells 250 and 260.
- the elliptical shells, e.g., 230 and 240 may be comprised of respectively first parabolic reflecting surfaces 233, 242, and second parabolic reflecting surfaces 234, 244.
- the elliptical sections 250 and 260 may be comprised of, e.g., elliptical reflecting surfaces 252 and 262.
- FIG. 6B there is shown an alternative embodiment with an additional two parabolic shell sections 232 and 236, with section 232 comprising, e.g., a first parabolic reflecting surface 231 and a second parabolic reflecting surface 234, and section 236 comprising, e.g., a first parabolic reflecting surface 237, a second parabolic reflecting surface 238 and a third parabolic reflecting surface 239.
- Each of the reflecting shells 230, 240, 250 and 260 are arranged to reflect between them 100 percent of the light emitted from the ignition point 21 within a section of a sphere from 11° to 55° from an axis of rotation 310 generally aligned with the focus ofthe collector 225 reflecting shells, with the shells 230, 240, 250 and 260being generally symmetric about this axis of rotation 310 also.
- the embodiment of FIG. 6A shows an embodiment where essentially all of the light in the portion of the sphere just described enters at least one ofthe shells 230, 240, 250 and 260.
- parabolic shell sections 230 and 240 is incident on the first reflecting surfaces 233, 242, and either reflected towards the intermediate focus 40, or is the also reflected off of the respective second reflective surface 234, 244 to the intermediate focus.
- the elliptical shell sections 250, 260 all of the light entering each such shell 250, 260 is reflected to the intermediate focus, e.g., because the ellipses formed by the reflecting surfaces 252, 262 each have a first focus at the ignition point 28 and a second focus at the intermediate focus 40.
- the angle of incidence of the particular rays, the number of reflections in a given shell section 230, 240, 250 and 260, a certain average efficiency of reflection will occur and also depending on the construction of the shells a certain percentage of the available light will enter each section 230, 240, 250 and 260, such that, as illustrated in FIG. 6 A 19% is reflected and focused in shell section 230 at an average total efficiency of 65%, 17% is reflected and focused in shell section 240 at an average total efficiency of 75%, 43% is reflected in shell section 250 at an average total efficiency of 80% and 21% is reflected and focused in shell section 260 with an average total efficiency of 91%.
- FIG. 6B shows an alternative embodiment adding two more parabolic shell sections 232, 236. These added sections may serve, e.g., to collect more light up to about 85% from the axis of rotation and at least one of the added sections may have a first reflective surface 237, a second reflective surface 238 and a third reflective surface 239. As can be seen from FIG. 6B, e.g., a ray 290 of emitted light from the source or ignition point may just enter the parabolic reflective shell section 236 and be reflected as ray 292 to the second reflective surface 238 and then reflected as ray 294 to the third reflective surface 239 and then form focused ray 296.
- a ray 290 of emitted light from the source or ignition point may just enter the parabolic reflective shell section 236 and be reflected as ray 292 to the second reflective surface 238 and then reflected as ray 294 to the third reflective surface 239 and then form focused ray 296.
- a ray 300 may just enter the parabolic reflector shell 236 at the other extremity of the shall opening and also be reflected off of the first reflective surface 237 as ray 320 and the second reflective surface 237 as ray 304 and the very end of the third reflective surface as focused ray 306.
- one of the parabolic shell sections e.g., section 240
- a ray 280 may just enter this section 240 and be reflected off of the first parabolic reflecting surface 242 as ray 282 and the very end ofthe second parabolic reflecting surface as focused ray 283, and another ray 284 may just enter the section 240 to be reflected off of the second reflective surface 244 as focused ray 286.
- a ray 308 emitted from the ignition point may just enter the shell section 250 and be reflected off of the elliptical reflecting surface 252 as a focused ray 309, and a ray 318 just enter the shell section 250 at the opposite side as ray 308 and be reflected as focused ray 319.
- FIG.'s 7 and 8 there is shown a plot of grazing angle of incidence reflectivity for (1) a single layer Ruthenium reflecting surface and (2) a Mo/Si bilayer stack with a Mo/Si 14nm thick single Mo layer and a 4nm single Si layer and (3) a ten period multi-layer Mo/Si stack, with a pitch of 9.4nm and a MO/Si thickness ratio of 22.5:1, having, e.g., 40 multi-layer stacks, each for grazing angles of incidence of 5° and 15°.
- a molybdenum substrate is assumed.
- collectors can be tuned to a certain wavelength, with some given bandwidth spread, e.g., by using the reflective properties of, e.g., a nested shell collector to favor reflectivity near a selected center wavelength, e.g., in the embodiments of FIG. 6A and B.
- FIG. 9 shows aspects of an embodiment of the present invention.
- a collector assembly 330 may comprise, e.g., a portion of a spherical mirror reflecting surface 332, which may be a normal angle of incidence multi-layer stack, reflecting the light produced from the ignition point 28 to one of, e.g., three nested elliptical shell sections 336, 338 and 340 in a nested elliptical shell collector 334.
- Each of the shell sections 336, 338 and 340 may have a reflecting surface 366, 368, 369 that is on the inside of a respective shell 360, 362, 364. As shown in FIG.
- the shell section 336 may receive the light from a rim section 370 of the spherical mirror 332
- the shell section 338 may receive the light from an intermediate section ofthe spherical mirror 332
- the shell section 340 receives the light reflected from a central portion ofthe spherical mirror 332.
- the shell sections 336,338 and 340 may be coated with a multi-layer of Mo/Si rather than the conventionally proposed thick single layer of Ru.
- two reflections occur, e.g., one from the spherical mirror and one in each shell, e.g., for shells having elliptical reflecting surfaces, at grazing angles between about 5° and 15°, as can be seen from FIG's 7 and 8. This can, e.g., significantly reduce, e.g., a significant amount of out of band EUV radiation, e.g., assuming that 13.5 is the desired band.
- Ru mirrors e.g., in a Wolter-type configuration remain very reflective for both 13.5nm and l lnm at both 5° and 15° grazing angles of incidence, whereas Mo/Si stacks of grazing angle of incidence reflective coatings, as shown in FIG.'s 7 and 8 can be much more selective, especially around 15°.
- the above described embodiment does not have the spatial purity of, e.g., a grating spectral purity filter, as has been proposed in the art, but it does have a significant advantage in reflectivity and preservation of in-band EUV radiation over the other solutions, e.g., a grating filter, proposed in the art.
- a lithium LPP EUV light source could employ a solid stream of liquid lithium or a lithium droplet source.
- the number of atoms per droplet can be calculated and for a solid stream one can assume that only material within the focused beam constitutes a droplet at ignition, although, from a debris standpoint adjacent material in the stream may also form debris, particularly if struck by lower energy laser radiation in the skirts of the energy distribution ofthe focused laser beam.
- both types of target source can be considered to have the same droplet size given by a droplet diameter, ddropiet-
- the volume of the droplet is then given by:
- pii th i um 0.535 g/cm 3 is the density of lithium, such that:
- N atoms 2.43xl0 22 -d plet ⁇ 5 ⁇ ; where the diameter of the droplet is in centimeters. Converting the droplet diameter from centimeters to micrometers gives:
- N atoms 2.43xl0 l0 -d plet ⁇ 6 ⁇ .
- the number of atoms per droplet versus droplet size is shown in FIG. 10
- the number of I3.5nm photons contained in, e.g., a single 40mj pulse is shown in FIG. 10
- the 40mj pulse example assumes a 10% conversion efficiency into 4 ⁇ steradians and a 400mj laser pulse.
- the number of 13.5nm photons per pulse is given by:
- the yearly usage of lithium is given by the number of pulses per year times the amount per pulse.
- the resulting mass usage is, e.g.,:
- Mass Per Year M ⁇ •RR -60sec/min-60min/hr -24hr/day-365day/yr-DC ⁇ 8 ⁇ . i.e.,
- Mass Per Year 8.83 x 10 "6 • d ⁇ • RR • DC ⁇ 9 ⁇ ; where the droplet diameter is in micrometers and the resulting mass is in grams.
- a system with no lithium recovery running at 6kHz with a droplet diameter of 50 ⁇ m running at 100% duty cycle for a full year would consume 6,622 grams or about a 12.3 liter volume of lithium.
- a droplet diameter of 25 ⁇ m under similar conditions would consume only 828 grams or about 1.5 liters of lithium.
- the atomic flux will fall off as the square of the distance from the laser-droplet interaction point (ignition site).
- the number of atoms emitted from the interaction point per second is the number of atoms per droplet times the repetition rate:
- Total Atomic Emission 2.43x10 10 -d ⁇ oplet -RR ⁇ 10 ⁇ ; where the droplet diameter is in micrometers and RR is the laser repetition rate in Hz.
- the atomic flux (atoms/cm 2 ) through the surface an imaginary sphere centered at the ignition site will be the total atomic emission divided by the surface area in centimeters:
- FIG. 11 shows the rate of lithium influx onto the mirror surface vs. mirror radius for several droplet diameters, i.e., (1) 25 ⁇ m. (2) 55 ⁇ m, (3) lOO ⁇ m and (4) 200 ⁇ m, assuming a 6kHz repetition rate and 100% duty cycle.
- the influx of lithium onto the mirror surface can, e.g., be exceeded by the sputter rate of lithium, e.g., caused by incident helium ions.
- the sputter rate of molybdenum by these same, e.g., helium ions must then be many orders of magnitude slower than that for, e.g., lithium.
- the required ratio of sputter rate of the first and second metals, e.g., molybdenum to lithium, in order to achieve, e.g., a 1 year lifetime for the multi-layer coated collector mirror can be calculated, e.g., by assuming use of, e.g., a multi-layer stack with 300 layer pairs, e.g., so that erosion of, e.g., the first 200 layer pairs leaves a still comfortably effective 100 good pairs, i.e., still maintaining high reflectivity. Also assumed is a sputter rate for the silicon layers that is much higher than that for the first metal, e.g., molybdenum layers and thus provides a negligible contribution to the mirror lifetime.
- a typical EUV mirror can consist, e.g., of a layer pair of molybdenum and silicon with the molybdenum layer 2.76 nm thick, such that 200 pairs for sacrificial erosion gives, e.g., 552 nm of molybdenum erosion before end-of-life for this mirror.
- the molybdenum sputter rate must be below 552 nm/year, i.e., 1.75xl0 "5 nm/sec.
- the lithium sputter rate in terms of atoms per cm 2 per second converts to nm/sec from the thickness of a monolayer of lithium, given the atomic number density of lithium per its mass density and atomic weight, with appropriate unit conversions, as follows:
- AtomicNumberDensity ⁇ - 24 ⁇ 12 >> '
- the number of atoms per cm 2 in a monolayer then is the square of the number of atoms along an edge per cm: 1.28x10 15 atoms/cm 2 .
- the number atoms of, e.g., lithium, removed by sputtering per second must match the influx rate given in Equation 11.
- the number of monolayers removed per second is equal to the influx rate divided by the number of atoms per cm 2 in a monolayer.
- Thickness removal rate is the monolayer removal rate times the thickness of a monolayer
- ThicknessRemovalRate MonolayerThickness(nm) •
- LithiumThickness Removal Rate 2.17x l0 ⁇ 16 • LithiumInfluxRate(atoms I cm 2 s) ⁇ 14 ⁇
- the lithium influx rate shown in FIG. 11 converts to a required lithium thickness sputter rate, shown in FIG. 12, for the same 1-4 droplet sizes, repetition rate and duty cycle
- the required thickness sputter rate for lithium can be compared to the maximum allowed thickness sputter rate for molybdenum, e.g., for a 1 year collector lifetime.
- the data in FIG. 12 divided into the maximum allowed molybdenum sputter rate, 1.75xl0 "5 nm/sec is shown in FIG.13 for the same 1-4 droplet sizes, repetition rate and duty cycle
- the question is what is needed to create a molybdenum sputter rate 4 or more 0 orders of magnitude less than the lithium sputter rate.
- RF Induction RF Induction
- ion energy distribution that is Gaussian shaped with, e.g., a FWHM of 2.5 eV as discussed, e.g., in J. Hopwood, "Ion Bombardment Energy Distributions in a Radio Frequency Induction Plasma," Applied Physics Letters, Vol 62, No. 9 (March 1, 1993), pp 940-942.
- the peak ofthe ion energy distribution can, e.g., be adjusted with proper choice of, e.g., electric field strength and helium pressure. By choosing, e.g., a peak ion energy of 20 eV, the helium ions have high sputter yield for lithium, but have energies safely below that of the molybdenum sputter threshold.
- FIG. 15 there is shown a plot of normalized ion energy distribution (1 on the log scale and 2 on the linear scale) centered on 20 eV and FWHM of 2.5 eV along with the sputter yields for (3) lithium, (4) silicon, and (5) molybdenum.
- the helium ion density must be 5 times the value of lithium influx density shown for various conditions in FIG. 11.
- This helium ion influx expressed in Equation 15 may be considered to be the bare minimum, assuming, e.g., the lithium does not deposit perfectly uniformly. In this event a higher total sputter rate may be required, e.g., to ensure that islands of lithium do not develop.
- other researchers have shown that the ejection of material from an LPP plasma tends to travel toward the laser source. One can, therefore, e.g., arrange the system such that the laser illuminates the lithium droplet from a direction away from the collector, or through an aperture in the collector mirror that causes much of this debris to not strike the collector mirror. Thus, the total lithium load on the mirror may be reduced from the total theoretical amount striking the mirror.
- the peak helium current density must be 3.38xl0 15 ions/cm 2 s per eV in order to sputter a total of 1.88xl0 15 lithium atoms/cm 2 s.
- This helium current density distribution (1) is plotted in FIG. 16 on a log scale, with (2) silicon sputter density and (3) lithium sputter density, along with empirically determined sputter yield of (4) lithium, (5) silicon, and (6) molybdenum and the product of these functions times the ion current density.
- the integral of these sputter densities over all helium ion energies gives the total sputter rate. These integrals are shown respectively as dashed curves (1) for lithium and (2) for silicon, in FIG. 17.
- the integrated lithium sputter density is 1.88x10 15 atoms/cm 2 s, matching the lithium influx rate.
- the integrated silicon sputter density is 9.17xl0 10 atoms/cm 2 s.
- the integrated molybdenum sputter density is 1.16xl0 "205 atoms/cm 2 s.
- differential sputter rates between molybdenum and lithium are so low that, e.g., less layers of the collector mirror need be employed, e.g., many less that a previously anticipated 300 base pair mirror concept.
- a single molybdenum layer will last more than a year under these conditions and the assumptions of this sputter yield model.
- This performance could be even more improved using a debris shield between the ignition spot and the collector main mirror or main an secondary mirrors, but the debris shield, as seen from these results, may also be totally eliminated, at least for a lithium target.
- Helium ion sputtering can be arranged such that it removes the lithium atoms from the collector mirror at a sufficient rate while sputtering molybdenum at a low enough rate for far greater than 1 year lifetime.
- Sputtering of molybdenum by, e.g., lithium ions must also be considered in the embodiment ofthe present invention being discussed, since, e.g., there will be lithium ions formed a debris from the ignition plasma which do not reach the optic surface, but which will be available to the sputtering plasma and will be accelerated toward the mirror surface with a similar energy distribution as the helium ions.
- Equation 17 Using Equation 17 and the assumptions of a 25 ⁇ m droplet and a 10 cm mirror radius, 1.88x10 lithium ions/cm s would be incident on the mirror, and the peak lithium ion current density is 7.06x10 15 lithium ions/cm 2 s per eV, with the assumption of a 2.5eV FWHM spread in incident ion energy, which, when multiplied by the sputter yield for molybdenum and integrated over all ion energies, gives a total molybdenum sputter density of 2.54x10 "48 atoms/cm 2 s. This is much higher than that for helium ions, but still much, much lower than the rate required for one year of useful life.
- the molybdenum sputter density with lithium ions can be converted to thickness loss rate by using Equations 12 and 13.
- the sputter thickness rate for molybdenum when attacked by lithium atoms, is 3.99x10 "64 nm sec or 1.25xl0 "56 nm/year.
- This also leads to the conclusion that the above noted beneficial results of the sputtering plasma ionized cleaning ofthe EUV optics by, e.g., helium ion sputtering are still realizable even with, e.g., lithium sputtering of molybdenum.
- An additional beneficial result is the reconsideration of the previously proposed use of, e.g., a ruthenium capping layer on, e.g., the multi-layer mirror.
- a ruthenium capping layer has been proposed to prevent EUV-assisted oxidation of the first silicon layer in the Mo/Si stack.
- Multi-layer mirrors are usually terminated with a silicon layer rather than a molybdenum layer because the molybdenum layer would quickly oxidize once exposed to room air.
- Applicants before the above analysis regarding sputtering plasma cleaning of the EUV optics had considered, e.g., a multi-layer mirror terminated with silicon, with the expectation that the first layer of silicon would be eroded to expose the first layer of molybdenum or a ruthenium capping layer to avoid oxidation of a first layer of molybdenum if that approach was taken.
- the super-slow erosion rate of molybdenum, and a similar expected low erosion rate for ruthenium allows for use of a ruthenium capping layer expected to last for the useful life of the mirror. This results in no loss of the first layer of silicon, and no need to worry about what havoc the sputtered silicon atoms might cause, and no oxidation problems with an exposed molybdenum layer.
- the minimum RF power needed to create the desired sputtering plasma at or near the optic surface can be calculated by assuming, e.g., that every helium ion that is created strikes the collector mirror, which will underestimate the required RF power, but should give an order of magnitude estimate.
- Each helium ion that strikes the collector mirror requires 24.5 eV to ionize, and according to the above example of an embodiment of the present invention has to have an average kinetic energy of 20eV when it reaches the collector mirror.
- Converting energy units from eV to J gives a minimum plasma power density of 66.9 mW/cm . Multiplying by the half the surface area of the 10cm radius mirror, 628 cm , gives 42W of minimum total plasma power. Assuming conservatively that only 1% of the plasma power is effectively used, the required plasma power calculated is 4.2kW, which is acceptable, especially considering the very large area over which this power can be dissipated. This estimate of plasma power compares to the previous assumptions of 400mJ per pulse at 6kHz LPP laser power, 2.4kW of laser power and assuming the collector mirror subtends ⁇ steradians, it will be exposed to half of this laser power, i.e., 1.2kW.
- the thermal load from the LPP is similar to the thermal load of the plasma cleaning.
- the sum of the two powers is 5.4kW, resulting in a power density on the mirror of 8.6W/cm 2 .
- Applicants believe that a collector mirror exposed to a 10W/cm 2 or less power density is easily cooled, e.g., with water channels along the back of the mirror, or between the grounded shield and the mirror.
- a photo-chemical cleaning apparatus 400 may include a chamber, within which may be mounted, e.g., a collector holding jig 402 that is adapted to hold a collector for cleaning.
- a source of photonic energy e.g., a DUV light source 410
- the collector holding jig 402 and the light source 410 arranged so that the light from the light source 410 simulates light coming from a point source at the focus ofthe collector, e.g., the ignition site 28 discussed above, such that the collector 404 is irradiated as if by light from a target ignition site.
- the chamber 401 may first be purged by the use of nitrogen provided to the chamber through N 2 valve and then evacuated from the chamber 401 using gas exit valve, followed by the introduction of a fluorine containing gas, e.g., molecular F 2 or NF 3 .
- the collector 404 may then be subjected to irradiation by the light source, e.g., DUV light at a range of ⁇ between, e.g., 160-300nm, e.g., from a KrF excimer laser at 193mn, e.g., in a MOPA configuration for high power at about 40 W, with a pulse repetition rate at about 4kHz.
- the light source e.g., DUV light at a range of ⁇ between, e.g., 160-300nm, e.g., from a KrF excimer laser at 193mn, e.g., in a MOPA configuration for high power at about 40 W, with
- fluorine based carbon materials e.g., CF 4
- An alternative of a KrF DUV light source could be, e.g., a commercially available
- DUV lamp e.g., a KrCl DUV lamp.
- thicknesses of about 3.5nm carbon atom deposition on an EUV optic e.g., a collector reflective surface can reduce reflectivity by about 5% and a lOnm deposition by about 14%.
- Such levels of thickness of deposit are expected to be removed from, e.g., the collector optics reflective surfaces under treatment in fluorine with selected concentrations and the above referenced level of DUV light for a selected time.
- the process could also employ replenishing the fluorine supply with a gas flow control valve (not shown) to maintain, e.g., a desired concentration of fluorine during the cleaning process.
- Applicants herein also propose according to an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present invention that other types of barrier materials may be used in the multi-layer reflecting mirror stacks to help improve the thermal stability and reflectivity of, e.g., Mo/Si reflective stacks, e.g., optimized for 13.5 nm EUV light reflectivity.
- other types of barrier materials may be used in the multi-layer reflecting mirror stacks to help improve the thermal stability and reflectivity of, e.g., Mo/Si reflective stacks, e.g., optimized for 13.5 nm EUV light reflectivity.
- inter-diffusion barrier layers comprising carbides selected from the group comprising ZrC, NbC, SiC, borides, e.g., selected from the group ZrB 2 , NbB 2 , disilicides selected from the group comprising ZrSi 2 , NbSi 2 and nitrides BN, ZrN, NbN and Si 3 N .
- borides e.g., selected from the group ZrB 2 , NbB 2 , disilicides selected from the group comprising ZrSi 2 , NbSi 2 and nitrides BN, ZrN, NbN and Si 3 N .
- Other such layers could include yttrium, scandium, strontium compounds and/or these metals in pure form.
- the carbides and borides mentioned are preferred due to the ability to create smoother diffusion barrier layers with such materials.
- multi-layer stacks including e.g., MoSi 2 /Si, Mo 2 C/Si, Mo/C/Si/C and Mo/X/Si/X, where the first two are MLMs where MoSi 2 or Mo 2 C is used in place ofthe Mo normally used in normal Mo/Si mirror coatings, with no inter-diffusion barriers.
- the other two are with the so-called inter-diffusion barriers, where C refers to carbon and X refers to a suitable material, including further compounds, e.g., the above noted borides, disilicides, and nitrides as the X materials.
- Nitrides are currently preferred embodiments according to applicants for inter-diffusion barrier layers in the applications according to embodiments ofthe present invention.
- Mo 2 Si/Si is described in the paper Y. Ishii et al. "Heat resistance of Mo/Si, MoSi 2 /Si, and Mo 5 Si 3 /Si multilayer soft x-ray mirrors", J. Appl. Phys. 78, (1995) p. 5227.
- Helium has high transparency to EUV, which makes it a good choice for a buffer gas for which a transmission of 90% is representative. Based on the partial pressures required for efficient sputtering, a few mTorr, helium buffer gas transmission would be nearly 100%.
- a possible collector multi-layer surface could comprise, e.g., 300 coating pairs instead ofthe normal 90 pairs. The extra pairs would not improve the reflectivity over a 90 pair mirror, but instead these extra layers can, if required, get used once the top layers are eroded away. With a 300 pair mirror the sputter rate differential between lithium and the mirror need not be so high that a single mirror layer lasts fro, e.g., months at a time. Instead three could be, e.g., an extra 210 layer pairs worth of mirror erosion that can be sustained.
- Lithium chemical compounds that might be generated in the LPP vessel e.g., LiH, LiOH, Li 2 CO 3 , etc.
- the sputter rate required to stay ahead ofthe lithium deposition could be much higher in an EUV light source than the literature indicates is typically practiced, e.g., in modern deposition and etch machines, which is at lease part of a reason for, e.g., a combined approach to keeping the, e.g., lithium off of the mirror surfaces.
- a very light sputtering plasma impinging on at least the main and secondary reflecting surfaces could have the same beneficial carbon and other lithium compound removal properties.
- Sputtered lithium and lithium compounds along with lithium ejected from the plasma that does not collect on the reflecting surface may be trapped in cold fingers [not shown] contained in the EUV light source vessel, e.g., in the form of cooled, e.g., water cooled fins or plates extending from the inside walls ofthe vessel, and out ofthe optical path from the collector to the intermediate focus.
- cold fingers e.g., in the form of cooled, e.g., water cooled fins or plates extending from the inside walls ofthe vessel, and out ofthe optical path from the collector to the intermediate focus.
- tin as the source element it may be possible to use, e.g., a hydrate ofthe metal, e.g., S11H 4 , which is a vapor at room temperature, along with a hydrogen plasma for cleaning the collector in a tin-based LPP source.
- Hydrogen has high 13.5nm transmission and the resulting SnH 4 could be pumped away rather than trapped on cold fingers like the lithium.
- FIG. 21A and B The results are shown in FIG. 21A and B.
- the two graphs have the same data, just different scales.
- the lines 506 are for lithium. If pressure*distance product scaling were applied, these three sets of for tin data would fall approximately on top of each other.
- Argon has at least 10 times higher stopping power than helium for a given gas pressure.
- lithium can be stopped with less buffer gas than tin.
- the required buffer pressure, even with argon will need to be in the range of about lOmT for tin. Since xenon and tin have nearly the same atomic mass, applicants expect that the required buffer pressure for a xenon LPP would also be in the range of lOmT.
- Such a high buffer gas pressure can present EUV self-absorption problems for xenon and tin. But not for lithium, both because ofthe lower buffer pressure requirement and also the lower EUV absorption of lithium.
- FIG.'s 22A-E show the raw Faraday cup signal vs. time for, respectively tin and lithium.
- FIG.'s 22C and D these signals are plotted vs. ion energy using time-of-flight respectively for tin and lithium.
- FIG. 22E the area under these curves is plotted vs. a pressure*distance product ofthe buffer gas, with the lower plot line (1) being tin and the upper (2) being lithium.
- the material being evaporated needs to have, e.g., a certain thickness, e.g., 50 A, e.g., about 10 monolayers, before published values of vapor pressure are realized, i.e., the material, e.g., lithium may be harder to evaporate directly off of the surface ofthe mirror, nevertheless, the transmittance of such a thickness of lithium on the mirror surfaces is about 95%, and about 90%, double- pass, so that such a layer on the mirror would not significantly detract from the overall CE, e.g., at 13.5nm.
- a certain thickness e.g., 50 A, e.g., about 10 monolayers
- the transmittance of such a thickness of lithium on the mirror surfaces is about 95%, and about 90%, double- pass, so that such a layer on the mirror would not significantly detract from the overall CE, e.g., at 13.5nm.
- Such a layer of "evaporationless” lithium may actually be beneficial in that it may be able to protect the collector mirror from the onslaught of highspeed lithium atoms and ions.
- This lithium layer will be sputtered instead ofthe molybdenum layer ofthe multi-layer mirror.
- Xenon because it is a gas, will not form such a protective layer and a tin layer, because of its very high EUV absorption, would only be 52% transmitting.
- Molybdenum 0.081 1.45 xenon will sputter molybdenum at 18 times higher rate than lithium. This difference alone would give a 2.7B pulse collector lifetime without changing anything else.
- the "evaporationless" steady state thin layer of lithium may provide the remaining 37X reduction in sputter rate. Even if it does not, the EUV LLC concept of producing a mirror with -100 extra sacrificial layer pairs could add a 10X increase in lifetime, e.g., to 27B pulses, which combined with the lower erosion from lithium could give a collector lifetime of 100B pulses.
- Applicants have also examined the effectiveness of electrostatic protection ofthe collector mirror.
- the target bias e.g., in a time scale that is, e.g., short compared with the travel time ofthe ions from the target to the mirror.
- the ion travel time is about 2.5 ⁇ s, so a circuit half-period of 0.7 ⁇ s should be sufficient.
- applicants were surprised to find that the full 0.47 ⁇ F capacitance was drained of its -1000 V potential in a time scale almost exactly the same as during the inductance measurement using the copper strap. Applicants determined that the laser pulse initiates a discharge between the target plate and the vessel wall.
- target material and multi-layer reflective coating metals may have similar relationships as discussed above to allow for the continuous cleaning by, e.g., sputtering, e.g., of ions, e.g., induced by the creation of a sputtering plasma in the vicinity ofthe optic reflecting surface(s), which ions may also be, e.g., other than helium, e.g., H, N or O.
- the heating mechanism for the reflecting surface could be a heat lamp directed at the reflective surface.
- Other such changes and additions may be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
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