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Title: Mitigation of radiation induced surface contamination

Abstract

A process for mitigating or eliminating contamination and/or degradation of surfaces having common, adventitious atmospheric contaminants adsorbed thereon and exposed to radiation. A gas or a mixture of gases is introduced into the environment of a surface(s) to be protected. The choice of the gaseous species to be introduced (typically a hydrocarbon gas, water vapor, or oxygen or mixtures thereof) is dependent upon the contaminant as well as the ability of the gaseous species to bind to the surface to be protected. When the surface and associated bound species are exposed to radiation reactive species are formed that react with surface contaminants such as carbon or oxide films to form volatile products (e.g., CO, CO.sub.2) which desorb from the surface.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Dublin, CA
  2. Livermore, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
875111
Patent Number(s):
6533952
Assignee:
EUV LLC (Santa Clara, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B08 - CLEANING B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL
G - PHYSICS G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY G03F - PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
mitigation; radiation; induced; surface; contamination; process; mitigating; eliminating; andor; degradation; surfaces; common; adventitious; atmospheric; contaminants; adsorbed; exposed; gas; mixture; gases; introduced; environment; protected; choice; gaseous; species; typically; hydrocarbon; water; vapor; oxygen; mixtures; dependent; contaminant; ability; bind; associated; bound; reactive; formed; react; carbon; oxide; films; form; volatile; products; cosub2; desorb; water vapor; reactive species; radiation induced; /216/134/

Citation Formats

Klebanoff, Leonard E, and Stulen, Richard H. Mitigation of radiation induced surface contamination. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Klebanoff, Leonard E, & Stulen, Richard H. Mitigation of radiation induced surface contamination. United States.
Klebanoff, Leonard E, and Stulen, Richard H. Wed . "Mitigation of radiation induced surface contamination". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/875111.
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2003},
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Works referenced in this record:

Cleaning of carbon contaminated vacuum ultraviolet‐optics: Influence on surface roughness and reflectivity
journal, January 1992