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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Cymer, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Anders Mason, San Diego, CA (US);

Omar Zurita, San Diego, CA (US);

Gregory Allen Rechtsteiner, San Diego, CA (US);

Willard Earl Conley, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cymer, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70625 (2013.01); G03F 7/70041 (2013.01); G03F 7/70575 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photolithography method includes producing, from an optical source, a pulsed light beam; and scanning the pulsed light beam across a substrate of a lithography exposure apparatus to expose the substrate with the pulsed light beam including exposing each sub-area of the substrate with the pulsed light beam. A sub-area is a portion of a total area of the substrate. For each sub-area of the substrate, a lithography performance parameter associated with the sub-area of the substrate is received; the received lithography performance parameter is analyzed, and, based on the analysis, a first spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is modified and a second spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is maintained.


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