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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2024
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Cho-Ying Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Tai-Yu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chieh Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Kang Yu, Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-Chieh Chien, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Jui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Heng-Hsin Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70916 (2013.01); G03F 7/70925 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes: removing debris on a collector of a lithography equipment by changing physical structure of the debris with a cleaner; forming a cleaned collector by exhausting the removable debris from the collector; and forming openings in a mask layer on a substrate by removing regions of the mask layer exposed to radiation from the cleaned collector.