1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a discharge lamp, a connecting cable that is used when connecting a discharge lamp and a power supply, a light source apparatus that is provided with a discharge lamp, and an exposure apparatus that is provided with this light source apparatus.
2. Description of Related Art
An exposure apparatus, such as a full field exposure type (stationary exposure type) projection exposure apparatus (e.g., a stepper) or a scanning exposure type projection exposure apparatus (e.g., a scanning stepper) that transfers a pattern formed on a reticle (or a photomask and the like) to a wafer (or a glass plate and the like) that is coated with a resist, is used in a lithographic process for fabricating various devices (such as microdevices and electronic devices). An exposure light source apparatus that comprises a combination of a discharge lamp, such as a mercury lamp, and a condenser mirror is used in such an exposure apparatus, and that discharge lamp is held via a prescribed mounting mechanism.
Among conventional light source apparatuses that have a discharge lamp, there is a type that is provided with a cooling mechanism for reducing the effects of heat generation. In one example of a conventional cooling mechanism, cooled air is supplied from an outer surface of one base of the discharge lamp toward an outer surface of another base via an outer surface of a bulb part (e.g., refer to Japanese Patent Application, Publication No. H09-213129). In another example of a known conventional cooling mechanism, a ring-shaped groove part is provided on a base of a discharge lamp, and cooled air is supplied to a bulb part via the groove part and a prescribed air-blowing pipe (e.g., refer to Japanese Patent Application, Publication No, H11-283898).
With the discharge lamp cooling mechanism in the conventional light source apparatus, cool air is blown principally against the bulb part of the discharge lamp, and consequently there is a problem in that the cooling action with respect to the base is small. Also, the discharge lamp has a base on the fixed side and a base on the free end side, and in the case of cooling the base on the free end side using a conventional cooling mechanism, it is necessary to install piping for air blowing and the like around the base, and consequently there is the problem of much of the light from the discharge lamp being blocked.
A purpose of some aspects of the invention is to provide a light source apparatus in which the cooling action on the base member of the discharge lamp is large, and the amount of blocked light is small with respect to the light that is generated from the discharge lamp when cooling the base on the free-end side.
Another purpose is to provide a discharge lamp and a connecting cable that can be adapted to such a light source apparatus, and exposure technology wherein that light source apparatus is used.
A discharge lamp in an aspect according to the present invention is a discharge lamp that houses electrodes for electric discharge in a glass member, consisting of a base member that is coupled to the glass member; a relay member that is provided in the base member and is formed with an electrically conductive material; a coupling member that has an electrically conductive member that is electrically connected with the relay member; and a flow path that is provided in the relay member and the coupling member for supplying a cooling medium to the base member.
Also, a connecting cable according to the present invention is a connecting cable for coupling an apparatus that uses a cooling medium and electric power and a supply source of the cooling medium and a power supply, consisting of a tubular member that is formed with a flexible material and that has a flow path for the cooling medium; and a covering member that is formed with a flexible material that has electrical conductivity and provided so as to cover the tubular member.
A light source apparatus in an aspect according to the present invention is a light source apparatus that is connected to a power supply and a supply source of a cooling medium, consisting of the discharge lamp of the present invention; and the connecting cable of the present invention for connecting the power supply and the supply source, and the discharge lamp.
An exposure apparatus in an aspect according to the present invention is an exposure apparatus that exposes a pattern on a photosensitive substrate using exposure light that is generated from a light source apparatus, characterized by using the light source apparatus of the present invention as the light source apparatus.
Part (A) of
Part (A) of
One example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is explained below, referencing
Also, an elliptical mirror 2 (condenser mirror) is fixed to a bracket (not shown) so that it surrounds a bulb part of the discharge lamp 1. A light emitting part inside the bulb part of the discharge lamp 1 is disposed in, for example, the vicinity of a first focal point P1 of the elliptical mirror 2. The exposure light source 30 comprises the discharge lamp 1, the elliptical mirror 2, the mounting member 31, the electric power cables 33A and 33B, the air-blowing pipes 35A and 35B, the power supply 32 and the air blower 34 (discussed later in detail).
A light beam emitted from the discharge lamp 1 is converged in the vicinity of a second focal point by an elliptical mirror 2, after which it passes through the vicinity of a shutter 3 in an open state, which changes the light beam to divergent light, and then impinges a mirror 4 that folds the optical path. The shutter 3 is opened and closed by a shutter drive apparatus 3a, and as one example, a stage control system 15 described below controls a shutter drive apparatus 3a based on an instruction from a main control system 14, which provides supervisory control of the operation of the entire apparatus.
The light beam reflected by the mirror 4 enters an interference filter 5, which selects just exposure light IL of a prescribed bright line (e.g., the Wine, which has a 365 nm wavelength). Furthermore, in addition to the Mine, it is possible to use the g-line, the h-line, light that combines such lines, or, for example, a bright line from a lamp other than a mercury lamp as the exposure light IL. The selected exposure light IL enters a fly-eye lens 6 (optical integrator), and numerous secondary light sources are formed on a variable aperture stop 7, which is disposed at the emergent surface of the fly-eye lens 6. The exposure light IL that passes through the variable aperture stop 7 then enters a reticle blind (variable field stop) 9 via a first relay lens 8. The plane in which the reticle blind 9 is disposed is substantially conjugate with a pattern surface of a reticle R, and an illumination area on the reticle R is defined by setting the shapes of the openings of the reticle blind 9 via a drive apparatus 9a. In addition, the configuration is such that the stage control system 15 can open and close the reticle blind 9 via the drive apparatus 9a so that a wafer W is not unnecessarily irradiated with exposure light when, for example, the wafer W is stepped.
The exposure light IL that passes through the reticle blind 9 downwardly illuminates a pattern area of the pattern surface of the reticle R via a second relay lens 10, a dichroic mirror 11 that reflects the exposure light IL, and a condenser lens 12. The illumination optical system 13 comprises the shutter 3, the mirror 4, the interference filter 5, the fly-eye lens 6, the variable aperture stop 7, the relay lenses 8 and 10, the reticle blind 9, the dichroic mirror 11, and the condenser lens 12. The light beam from the exposure light source 30, which serves as the exposure light IL, illuminates the reticle R (mask) via the illumination optical system 13, and one shot region of the wafer W (photosensitive substrate), which is coated with photoresist, is exposed at a projection magnification β (β is, for example, ¼ or ⅕) with the pattern inside the pattern area of the reticle R via a projection optical system PL. In the explanation below, the Z axis is parallel to an optical axis AX of the projection optical system PL, the X axis is parallel to the paper surface of
At this time, the reticle R is held on a reticle stage RST, which is finely movable in the X and Y directions and in the rotational directions around the Z axis, on a reticle base (not shown). The position of the reticle stage RST is measured with high accuracy by a laser interferometer 18R that irradiates a movable mirror 17R, which is fixed to the reticle stage RST, with a measuring laser beam, and that measured value is supplied to the stage control system 15 and the main control system 14. Based on that measured value and control information from the main control system 14, the stage control system 15 controls the position of the reticle stage RST via a drive system 19R, which comprises a linear motor, etc.
Moreover, the wafer W is held on a wafer stage WST via a wafer holder (not shown), and the wafer stage WST is mounted on a wafer base (not shown) so that it is freely movable in the X and Y directions. The position of the wafer stage WST is measured with high accuracy by a laser interferometer 18W that irradiates a movable mirror 17W, which is fixed to the wafer stage WST, with a measuring laser beam, and that measured value is supplied to the stage control system 15 and the main control system 14. Based on that measured value and control information from the main control system 14, the stage control system 15 controls the position of the wafer stage WST (wafer W) via a drive system 19W, which comprises a linear motor, etc.
When exposing the wafer W, a step-and-repeat system repetitively performs: an operation wherein the wafer stage WST moves a shot region of the wafer W into the exposure field of the projection optical system PL; and an operation wherein the reticle R is irradiated with the light beam from the exposure light source 30 via an illumination optical system 13 and the relevant shot region on the wafer W is exposed with the pattern of the reticle R via the projection optical system PL. Thereby, the image of the pattern of the reticle R is transferred to each shot region on the wafer W.
Furthermore, in order to perform alignment beforehand when performing this exposure, a reticle alignment microscope 20 that detects the position of an alignment mark formed in the reticle R is installed above the reticle R, and an alignment sensor 21 that detects the position of an alignment mark, which is accessorily provided to each shot region on the wafer W, is installed on a side surface of the projection optical system PL. In addition, a reference mark member 22, wherein a plurality of reference marks is formed for the alignment sensor 21 and the like, is provided in the vicinity of the wafer W on the wafer stage WST. The detection signals of the reticle alignment microscope 20 and the alignment sensor 21 are supplied to an alignment signal processing system 16, which derives the array coordinates of the detected mark by, for example, performing image processing on the detection signals, and this array coordinate information is supplied to the main control system 14. The main control system 14 aligns the reticle R and the wafer W based on the array coordinate information.
The following explains the basic constitution of the exposure light source 30 that includes the discharge lamp 1 of the projection exposure apparatus of the present embodiment.
Part (A) of
The base parts 26 and 28 basically are used as electric power receiving terminals for supplying electric power from the power supply 32 to the cathode EL2 and the anode EL1 via the electric power cables 33B and 33A (refer to
Namely, in sequence from the rod-shaped part 25b to the outer side, the following parts are formed in the base part 26, which is connected to the cathode EL2: a flange part 26a; a columnar shaft part 26b; a columnar recessed part 26f; and a columnar fixed part 26h, which has an outer diameter that is slightly smaller than that of the shaft part 26b; furthermore, a pressed surface 26g is formed at the border between the recessed part 26f and the fixed part 26h. The pressed surface 26g lies in a plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L.
When attaching the discharge lamp 1, the shaft part 26b of the discharge lamp 1 mates with an opening part 31b of the mounting member 31 shown by the double dashed line, and the flange part 26a is placed on an upper surface 31a of the mounting member 31. As shown in part (B) of
Also, a groove part 26d is formed in a spiral shape on an outer surface of the shaft part 26b around an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal direction L. Cool air is supplied to the groove part 26d via a flexible air-blowing pipe 358 from the air blower 34 and an air-blowing path 31c that is formed in the mounting member 31. Also, a terminal 38 is fixed to the metal mounting member 31 having good conductivity by a bolt 39, and the terminal 38 is connected to the power supply 32 by the electric power cable 33B. With this constitution, electric power is supplied from the power supply 32 to the cathode EL2 of the discharge lamp 1 via the electric power cable 338, the terminal 38, the mounting member 31, and the flange part 26a of the base part 26.
Also, urging members 36A, 36B, 36C are fixed at three locations below the mounting member 31 so as to be freely rotatable and urged downward by tension coil springs 37A, 37B, and 37C. By urging the pressed surface 26g of the base part 26 downward by the distal end parts of the urging members 36A to 36C, the base part 26 (and by extension the discharge lamp 1) is stably held by the mounting member 31. Moreover, by raising upward the urging members 36A to 36C by a lever mechanism not shown, it is possible to easily remove the discharge lamp 1 from the mounting member 31.
Next, in part (A) of
In the case of providing the base-side connector 52 in order to couple the electric power cable 33A and the air-blowing pipe 35A facing a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L of the discharge lamp 1 in this manner, as shown in
Part (B) of
Also, the cover member 50 has an annularly formed flat part 50a that is placed on the upper surface of the mount part 28c and a cylindrical part 50c that covers the side surface of the base part 28, and a distal end part 50ca of the cylindrical part 50c further extends from the base part 28 to the side of the rod-shaped part 25c of the glass tube 25. Note that in part (B) of
A cylindrical projecting part 51d is formed on the bottom surface of the flow path bending member 51 that is fixed on the cover member 50 so as to project out to an opening 50h in the center of the flat part 50a of the cover member 50, and an air-blowing path 51c for supplying cool air is formed so as to head from the center part of this projecting part 51d to the center part of the flow path bending member 51, and there bend toward the flat side surface 51a, and the distal end part of the air-blowing path 51c is in communication with a recessed part 51b that is provided in the side surface 51a. Also, as shown in part (A) of
Also, a base-side connector 52 has a fixed part 54 that is fixed to the side surface 51a of the flow path bending member 51, and a cylinder part 55 that is fixed so as to threadably mount the center opening part of the fixed part 54 by a screw part 55a, with the fixed part 54 and the cylinder part 55 both being made of metal with good electrical conductivity. The fixed part 54 has a flat part 54a that is fixed to the side surface 51a and a cylinder part 54b that is projected to the outside, and recessed parts 54c are formed at three locations in the cylinder part 54b. Also, a countersunk part 54d is formed as shown in part (C) of
In part (B) of
Next,
In
Also, in the present embodiment, as shown by the appearance of the arrow B, the electrical cable 33A is a member in which a plurality of long, thin lead wires can be woven in a cylindrical mesh shape, and the air-blowing pipe 35A that is long and thin, cylindrical, and flexible by being made of a soft synthetic resin (such as plasticized polyvinyl chloride, low-density polyethylene, and the like, the same below) or synthetic rubber and the like is housed in this electric power cable 33A. Both end parts of this electric power cable 33A are extended longer than the air-blowing pipe 35A, and the air-blowing pipe 35A is a size that is capable of housing the cylindrical member 64A of the cable side first coupling member 62A. And, a metal belt part 66A is fixed so as to fasten the distal end part of the air-blowing pipe 35A and the cylinder part 63Ab with the electric power cable 33A, in the state of the distal end part of the cylindrical member 64A being inserted in the air-blowing pipe 35A, and the distal end part of the electric power cable 33A covering the cylinder part 63Ab of the cable side first coupling member 62A.
The cable side second coupling member 62B is constituted by fixing a cylindrical member 64B on a main body member 63B with a setscrew 65B symmetrically with the cable side first coupling member 62A, and the cable-side second connector 58B is constituted by fixing a cylindrical member 60B on a main body member 59B with a setscrew 61B symmetrically with the cable-side first connector 58A. The main body members 59B and 63B and the cylindrical members 60B and 64B are all made of metal having good electrical conductivity, and a metal belt part 66B is fixed so as to tighten the distal end part of the air-blowing pipe 35A in which the distal end part of the cylindrical member 64 is inserted and the cylinder part 63Bb of the main body member 63B with the electric power cable 33A. Thereby, the coupling members 62A and 62B on the cable side and the electric power cable 33A and air-blowing pipe 35A are coupled so that the air-blowing pipe 35A and the cylindrical members 64A and 64B are in communication and the electric power cable 33A and the main body members 63A and 63B are electrically connected.
Also, a distal end part 63Ba of the main body member 63B of the cable side second coupling member 62B is fixed by being threadably mounted in a screw part 59Bc of the main body member 59B of the cable-side second connector 58B. Projecting parts 59Bb are formed at three locations on the outer surface of a cylindrical distal end part 59Ba of the main body member 59B of the cable-side second connector 58B.
In the coupling cable 57 of
Note that it is possible to omit the cylindrical members 60A, 64A, 64B, and 60B in the coupling cable 57. Moreover, by omitting the cable side coupling members 62A and 62B, it is possible to adopt a constitution that couples the electric power cable 33A and the air-blowing pipe 35A to the cable-side connectors 58A and 58B.
Next,
Also, the terminal that is fixed by the bolt 44 to the mounting member 40 is coupled to the power supply 32 by the electric power cable 46, and the electric power cable 46 and the fixed part 42 of the power supply-side connector 41 are electrically connected. Moreover, the cylinder part 43 of the power supply-side connector 41 is coupled to the air blower 34 via a recessed part 40a that is provided in the mounting member 40 and a pipe 45 that is routed along the pipe path, and thus constituted so that it is possible to supply cool air from the air blower 34 to the cylinder part 43 of the power supply-side connector 41.
In
In this case, the cylinder part 54b of the base-side connector 52 of the discharge lamp 1 and the distal end part 59Aa of the cable-side first connector 58A of the coupling cable 57 are coupled. For this reason, the cylindrical member 60A of the cable-side first connector 58A is inserted in the cylinder part 55 of the base-side connector 52 so that both are in communication. Moreover, the cylinder part 42b of the power supply-side connector 41 and the distal end part of the cable-side second connector 58B of the coupling cable 57 are coupled. For this reason, the cylindrical member 60B of the cable-side second connector 58B is inserted in the cylinder part 43 of the power supply-side connector 41, so that both are in communication.
In
Moreover, the cool air that is supplied from the air blower 34 to the cylinder part 43 of the power supply-side connector 41 via the pipe 45 is sent into the cylinder part 55 of the base-side connector 52 via the cylindrical member 60B of the cable-side second connector 58B of the coupling cable 57, the cylindrical member 64B of the cable side second coupling member 62B, the air-blowing pipe 35A, the cylindrical member 64A of the cable side first coupling member 62A, and the cylindrical member 60A of the cable-side first connector 58A as shown by the arrows A1, A2, A3, and A4. The cool air that is supplied to the cylinder part 55 is as shown by the =rows A5, A6, and A7 sent to the bulb part 25a (refer to part (A) of
Also, in
The operational advantages of the exposure light source 30 and the exposure apparatus of the present embodiment are as follows.
(1) The discharge lamp 1 of part (B) of
Accordingly, electric power for electric discharge is supplied to the electrodes for electric discharge via the fixed part 54 of the base-side connector 52, the flow path bending member 51, and the base part 28, and cold air is supplied to the base part 28 via the air-blowing paths in the flow path bending member 51 and the base-side connector 52. Thereby, the base part 28 is efficiently cooled.
(2) Also, the distal end part of the fixed part 54 of the base-side connector 52 is cylindrical, and the cylinder part 55 that forms the flow path is installed inside of it. Accordingly, in addition to being able to easily couple the cable-side first connector 58A of the coupling cable 57 of
(3) Also, the base part 28 is coupled in the longitudinal direction L to the glass tube 25 (refer to part (A) of
(4) Also, the flow path bending member 51 of part (B) of
(5) Also, the cover member 50 that has the cylindrical part 50c that covers the side surface of the base part 28 is fixed to the bottom surface of the flow path bending member 51 of part (B) of
(6) Also, in the present embodiment, cool air is supplied to the glass tube 25 side via the space between the cover member 50 and the base part 28. By supplying air that has cooled the base part 28 in this way to the glass tube 25 side, the glass tube 25 is also cooled. In relation to this, by extending the distal end part 50ca of the cylinder part 50c of the cover member 50 further than the base part 28, it is possible to raise the cooling effect with respect to the glass tube 25 side. However, for example, in the case of the amount of blown air being large, it is not always necessary to extend the distal end part 50ca further than the base part 28.
Instead of cool air (or another gas), it is acceptable to use a cooled fluid (pure water, fluorine-based inert liquid, and the like). In this case, it is possible to provide a recovery path in order to recover the fluid that is flowed to the surface of the base part 28, to be re-cooled and supplied to the base-side connector 52 side.
(7) Also, the groove part 28b as an air-blowing path is formed in a spiral shape on the surface of the shaft part 28a of the base part 28 between the cover member 50 and the base part 28. In this way, by flowing air in a spiral shape on the surface of the base part 28, it is possible to improve the cooling efficiency of the base part 28.
Note that instead of providing the groove part 28b on the side of the shaft part 28a of the base past 28 in this way, it is possible to form a spiral-shaped groove part in a region of the cylinder part 50c of the cover part 50 that faces the shaft part 28a. By adopting such a constitution, it is possible to raise the cooling efficiency of the base part 28.
(8) Also, the mount part 28c is provided at the upper end of the base part 28 of part (B) of
(9) Also, the coupling cable 57 of
(10) Also, since the electric power cable 33A is a member that consists of a plurality of lead wires woven in a mesh shape, it is possible to easily achieve both flexibility and conductivity.
(11) Also, the coupling cable 57 is provided with the cable-side first connector 58A that is coupled to one end of the electric power cable 33A and the air-blowing pipe 35A, and since it is connected with the base-side connector 52 of the discharge lamp 1 via the cable-side first connector 58A, it is possible to easily and quickly perform coupling to and separation from the discharge lamp 1.
(12) Also, the coupling cable 57 is provided with the cable-side second connector 58B that is coupled to the other end of the electric power cable 33A and the air-blowing pipe 35A, and connected with the power supply-side connector 41 on the side of the power supply 32 and the air blower 34 via this cable-side second connector 58B. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and quickly perform coupling to and separation from the power supply 32 and the air blower 34.
(13) Also, the exposure light source 30 of the present embodiment is an apparatus that is connected to the power supply 32 and the air blower 34 of
(14) Also, the exposure apparatus of the present embodiment is an exposure apparatus that exposes the pattern of the reticle R onto a wafer W (photosensitive substrate) using exposure light that is generated from the discharge lamp 1, and uses the exposure light source 30 of the present embodiment as the exposure light source. Accordingly, the amount of blocked light of the light from the discharge lamp 1 is reduced, and it is possible to increase the throughput of the exposure step by increasing the illumination of the exposure light. Furthermore, it is possible to efficiently cool the discharge lamp 1, and so since heat deformation is reduced, it is possible to improve the image formation characteristics.
In the above embodiment, the base-side connector 52 is directly fixed to the side surface 51a of the flow path bending member 51 of the discharge lamp 1 as shown in part (B) of
Also, the base-side connector 52A that is provided with a fixed part 54A and a cylinder part 55A differs from the base-side connector 52 of part (B) of
Also, one end of the air-blowing pipe 35A is arranged so as to cover the distal end part of the cylinder part 70a in the state of the electric power cable 33A1 covering the cylinder part 70a of the coupling member 70, and a metal belt part 66C is fixed so as to fasten the distal end part 70a with the electric power cable 33A1. Similarly, the other end of the air-blowing pipe 35A1 is arranged so as to cover the distal end part of the coupling part 54Ad in the state of the cable 33A1 covering the coupling part 54Ad of the fixed part 54A of the base-side connector 52A, and a metal belt part 66D is fixed so as to fasten the coupling part 54Aa with the electric power cable 33A1.
As a result, the fixed part 54A of the base-side connector 52A is electrically connected to the flow path bending member 51 via the electric power cable 33A1 of the extension cable 57A and the coupling member 70, and the cylinder part 55A of the base-side connector 52A is in communication with the air-blowing path 51c of the flow path bending member 51 via the air-blowing pipe 35A1 of the extension cable 57A and the coupling member 70. Accordingly, by coupling the cable-side first connector 58A of the coupling cable 57 of
The operational effects of this modification are as follows.
(1) By providing the extension cable 57A that is arranged between the base-side connector 52A and the flow path bending member 51 and is capable of supplying electric power and cool air to the electrodes of the discharge lamp 1, when mounting and removing the extension cable 57 of
(2) Also, the extension cable 57A has the air-blowing pipe 35A1 that is formed with a flexible material with the inner part thereof serving as an air-blowing path, and the electric power cable 33A1 that is formed with a flexible material having electrical conductivity and covering the air-blowing pipe 35A1. Accordingly, since it is possible to supply electric power and cool air with essentially one cable, the piping does not become complicated.
(3) Also, since the electric power cable 33A1 is a member that consists of a plurality of lead wires woven in a mesh shape, it is possible to easily achieve both flexibility and conductivity.
(4) Also, since one end of the electric power cable 33A1 is fixed to the flow path bending member 51 via the coupling member 70, and the other end is fixed to the fixed part 54A of the base-side connector 52A, it is possible to electrically connect the base-side connector 52A and the flow path bending member 51 with a simple constitution.
Also in the above embodiment, the spiral-shaped groove part 28b is formed between the base part 28 and the cover member 50 as shown in part (B) of
In addition, the projection exposure apparatus (exposure apparatus) of the abovementioned embodiment can be manufactured by: incorporating the exposure light source, the illumination optical system, which comprises a plurality of lenses and the like, and a projection optical system in an exposure apparatus main body, and then optically adjusting such; attaching the reticle stage, the wafer stage, and the like, each of which comprise numerous machine parts, to the exposure apparatus main body and then wiring and piping them; and performing an overall adjustment (electrical adjustment, operation verification, and the like). Furthermore, it is preferable to manufacture the projection exposure apparatus in a clean room in which the temperature, the cleanliness level, and the like are controlled.
In addition, a microdevice, such as a semiconductor device, is manufactured by, for example: a step that designs the functions and performance of the microdevice; a step that fabricates a mask (reticle) based on the designing step; a step that fabricates a substrate, which is the base material of the device; a substrate processing step that includes, for example, a process that exposes the pattern of the reticle onto the substrate (wafer and the like) by using the projection exposure apparatus of the embodiments discussed above, a process that develops the exposed substrate, and a process that heats (cures) and etches the developed substrate; a device assembling step (including dicing, bonding, and packaging processes); and an inspecting step.
Furthermore, the light source apparatus of the present invention can also be adapted to the exposure light source of the abovementioned step-and-repeat projection exposure apparatus (such as a stepper) as well as a step-and-scan scanning exposure type projection exposure apparatus (such as a scanning stepper). In addition, the light source apparatus of the present invention can also be adapted to the exposure light source of a liquid immersion type exposure apparatus as disclosed in, for example, PCT International Publication WO99/49504 and PCT International. Publication WO2004/019128. In addition, the light source apparatus of the present invention can also be adapted to a light source apparatus of a proximity type or a contact type exposure apparatus, which do not use a projection optical system, or to the light source of equipment other than exposure apparatuses.
Furthermore, the embodiments discussed above use a reticle (mask) wherein a transfer pattern is formed, but an electronic mask may be used instead wherein a transmittance pattern or a reflected pattern is formed based on electronic data of the pattern to be exposed, as disclosed in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,778,257.
In addition, the type of exposure apparatus is not limited to a semiconductor device fabrication exposure apparatus, but can also be adapted widely to an exposure apparatus that is used for fabricating displays, such as liquid crystal devices and plasma displays, and that transfers a device pattern onto a glass plate, an exposure apparatus that is used in the fabrication of thin film magnetic heads and that transfers a device pattern onto a ceramic wafer, and an exposure apparatus that is used for fabricating, for example, imaging devices (CCDs), OLEDs, micromachines, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), and DNA chips. In addition to microdevices, such as semiconductor devices, the present invention can also be adapted to an exposure apparatus that transfers a circuit pattern to, for example, a glass substrate or a silicon wafer in order to fabricate a mask that is used by a light exposure apparatus, an EUV exposure apparatus, or the like.
Also, the coupling cable 57 of
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments discussed above, and it is understood that variations and modifications may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
According to a discharge lamp in an embodiment of the present invention, electric power for discharge is supplied to electrodes for discharge via the electrically conductive member of the coupling member, the relay member, and the base member. Moreover, the cooling medium is supplied to the base member via the flow path that is provided in the coupling member and the relay member.
According to a connecting cable in an embodiment of the present invention, electric power from the power supply is supplied to the apparatus side via the covering member that has flexibility, and the cooling medium from the supply source is supplied to the apparatus side through the inside of the flexible tubular member that is provided in the covering member.
Accordingly, according to the light source apparatus and the exposure apparatus in an embodiment, electric power from the power supply is supplied to the electrodes for discharge via the covering member of the connecting cable, the electrically conductive member of the coupling member of the discharge lamp, the relay member, and the base member. Moreover, the cooling medium from the supply source, after passing through the tubular member of the connecting cable, is supplied to the base member through the flow path of the coupling member and the relay member of the discharge lamp.
Accordingly, the cooling action on the base member is large. Also, the cooling medium is supplied to the discharge lamp side through the flexible tubular member in the flexible covering member for electric power supply of the connecting cable. Accordingly, in the case of the base member thereof being at the free end side, the amount of blocked light of the light that is generated from the discharge lamp by the connecting cable is small, the utilization efficiency of the light is high, and the temperature rise of the light source apparatus is small.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 12/576,921, filed Oct. 9, 2009, PCT/JP2008/056719, filed Apr. 3, 2008 currently pending, and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/907,656, filed Apr. 12, 2007, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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