Exposure apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7177008
APP PUB NO 20040233407A1
SERIAL NO

10879144

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A scanning exposure apparatus includes a projection system, a stage system, a first detector and a control system. The stage system has first and second stages, each of which is movable independently in a plane while holding a substrate. The first detector detects focusing information of a vicinity of an outer circumference of the substrate during a detecting operation. The control system controls the stage system to perform the detecting operation with the first stage, while performing a first exposure operation on the substrate held by the second stage. After the first exposure operation, a second exposure operation for the substrate held on the first stage is performed, in which a shot area in the vicinity of the outer circumference of the substrate is exposed by moving the first stage while adjusting a position of the substrate surface held by the first stage using the detected focusing information.

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  • NIKON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nishi, Kenji Yokohama, JP 164 8610
Ota, Kazuya Ota-ku, JP 76 3785

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