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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Alexander Hendrik Vincent Van Veen, Rotterdam, NL;
Willem Henk Urbanus, Delft, NL;
Marco Jan-Jaco Wieland, Delft, NL;
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to charged particle beam generator comprising a charged particle source for generating a charged particle beam, a collimator system comprising a collimator structure with a plurality of collimator electrodes for collimating the charged particle beam, a beam source vacuum chamber comprising the charged particle source, and a generator vacuum chamber comprising the collimator structure and the beam source vacuum chamber within a vacuum, wherein the collimator system is positioned outside the beam source vacuum chamber. Each of the beam source vacuum chamber and the generator vacuum chamber may be provided with a vacuum pump.