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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

May. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Asml Holding N.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Douglas C. Cappelli, Norwalk, CT (US);

Assignee:

ASML HOLDING N.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 (2005.12); G01B 9/02097 (2021.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/7049 (2012.12); G01B 9/02097 (2012.12); G03F 9/7088 (2012.12);
Abstract

A self-referencing interferometer (SRI) system for an alignment sensor apparatus includes a first prism and a second prism. The first prism has an input surface for an incident beam. The second prism is coupled to the first prism and has an output surface for a recombined beam. The recombined beam includes a first image and a second image rotated by 180 degrees with respect to the first image. The first and second prisms are identical in shape. A dual self-referencing interferometer (DSRI) system for an alignment sensor apparatus includes a first prism assembly having an input surface for a first incident beam and a second incident beam, and a second prism assembly coupled to the first prism assembly and having an output surface for a first recombined beam and a second recombined beam. The first and second prism assemblies are identical in shape.


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