Patent 11680958 was granted and assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on June, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method includes irradiating a target droplet in an extreme ultraviolet light source of an extreme ultraviolet lithography tool with light from a droplet illumination module. Light reflected and/or scattered by the target droplet is detected. Particle image velocimetry is performed to monitor one or more flow parameters inside the extreme ultraviolet light source.