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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:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2020
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Taylor John Hartung, San Diego, CA (US);

Yue Ma, Escondido, CA (US);

Marc Guy Langlois, Rancho Mirage, CA (US);

Jeremy Burke, San Diego, CA (US);

Esteban Joseph Sandoval Johnson, Chula Vista, CA (US);

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70916 (2013.01); G03F 7/70033 (2013.01); G03F 7/7085 (2013.01); G03F 7/70808 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for a collector flow ring (CFR) housing configured to mitigate an accumulation of fuel debris in an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation system. An example CFR housing can include a plurality of showerhead flow channel outlets configured to output a plurality of first gaseous fluid flows over a plurality of portions of a plasma-facing surface of the CFR housing. The example CFR housing can further include a gutter purge flow channel outlet configured to output a second gaseous fluid flow over a fuel debris-receiving surface of the CFR housing. The example CFR housing can further include a shroud mounting structure configured to support a shroud assembly, a cooling flow channel configured to transport a fluid, and a plurality of optical metrology ports configured to receive a plurality of optical metrology tubes.


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