Exposure apparatus, temperature regulating system, and device manufacturing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8982315
APP PUB NO 20080259293A1
SERIAL NO

12104697

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An exposure apparatus which includes a plurality of units to be temperature-regulated, and transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate while activating the plurality of units is disclosed. The exposure apparatus comprising a plurality of flow passages which run parallel to each other and through which a fluid to temperature-regulate the plurality of units flows, a bypass line which runs parallel to the plurality of flow passages so as to bypass the plurality of flow passages, and a flow rate controller configured to control a flow rate of fluid flowing through the bypass line, so that a total flow rate of the fluid flowing through the plurality of flow passages and the bypass line becomes a target flow rate.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aichi, Shintaro Utsunomiya, JP 6 42

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