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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Ting-Ya Cheng, Taipei, TW;
Han-Lung Chang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Shi-Han Shann, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Jui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Shuo Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); H05G 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70033 (2013.01); G02B 7/182 (2013.01); G03F 7/7055 (2013.01); H05G 2/006 (2013.01); H05G 2/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system is disclosed. The method includes irradiating a target droplet with EUV radiation, detecting EUV radiation reflected by the target droplet, determining aberration of the detected EUV radiation, determining a Zernike polynomial corresponding to the aberration, and performing a corrective action to reduce a shift in Zernike coefficients of the Zernike polynomial.