SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL REVIEW
Development of 300 Watts Excimer Laser
Kazuhiro HIRATA, Joichi KAWAMURA, Kazuaki SAJIKI and Hiroyuki KATO

The high power excimer laser has been developed for TFT (Thin Film Transistor) LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) annealing. We had supplied to the market up to the 240 watts (800 mJ, 300 Hz) average power excimer laser for industrial use. We are going to add the 300 watts (1000 mJ, 300 Hz) average power laser for our line-up. This 300 watts new laser is based on the 240 watts laser, but improved some points. In our test, 300 watts servo operation is able to oscillate over 50 million pulses with almost less than 1.2 percent for ƒÐ output stability. Our special gas control for better performance had been able to oscillate over 45 million pulses in 310 watts servo operation with almost less than 1.0 percent for ƒÐoutput stability. We are confident that it will be possible for this laser to produce over 300 watts average power with good stability.