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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Teis Johan Coenen, Vught, NL;

Han-Kwang Nienhuys, Utrecht, NL;

Sandy Claudia Scholz, Nettetal, DE;

Sander Bas Roobol, Veldhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G21K 1/06 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70133 (2013.01); G01T 1/2914 (2013.01); G03F 7/2002 (2013.01); G03F 7/7015 (2013.01); G03F 7/70058 (2013.01); G03F 7/70075 (2013.01); G03F 7/70083 (2013.01); G03F 7/70091 (2013.01); G03F 7/70141 (2013.01); G03F 7/70158 (2013.01); G21K 1/06 (2013.01); G03F 7/2004 (2013.01); G03F 7/2039 (2013.01); G21K 2201/067 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for determining an intensity profile of a radiation beam. The method comprises providing a diffraction structure, causing a relative movement of the diffraction structure relative to the radiation beam from a first position, wherein the radiation beam does not irradiate the diffraction structure to a second position, wherein the radiation beam irradiates the diffraction structure, measuring, with a radiation detector, diffracted radiation signals produced from a diffraction of the radiation beam by the diffraction structure as the diffraction structure transitions from the first position to the second position or vice versa, and determining an intensity profile of the radiation beam based on the measured diffracted radiation signals.


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