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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Yezheng Tao, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel John William Brown, San Diego, CA (US);

Alexander Anthony Schafgans, San Diego, CA (US);

Palash Parijat Das, Oceanside, CA (US);

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/223 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/008 (2013.01); H01S 3/0064 (2013.01); H01S 3/2391 (2013.01); H05G 2/003 (2013.01); H01S 3/2232 (2013.01); H01S 3/2308 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical source for a photolithography tool includes a source configured to emit a first beam of light and a second beam of light, the first beam of light having a first wavelength, and the second beam of light having a second wavelength, the first and second wavelengths being different; an amplifier configured to amplify the first beam of light and the second beam of light to produce, respectively, a first amplified light beam and a second amplified light beam; and an optical isolator between the source and the amplifier, the optical isolator including: a plurality of dichroic optical elements, and an optical modulator between two of the dichroic optical elements.


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