Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
- Patent Title (中): 曝光装置和装置制造方法
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Application No.: US12395478Application Date: 2009-02-27
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Publication No.: US08223316B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Akihisa Kaga , Ryo Kasai
- Applicant: Akihisa Kaga , Ryo Kasai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA Inc IP Division
- Priority: JP2008-052580 20080303
- Main IPC: G03B27/32
- IPC: G03B27/32 ; G03B27/42 ; G03B27/54 ; G03B27/74

Abstract:
An exposure apparatus includes an optical path in which a plurality of optical units are arranged and which includes a portion of projecting a pattern of an original onto a substrate to expose the substrate to light, and a controller configured to monitor deteriorations, due to light, of the plurality of optical units, wherein the controller is configured to monitor each of a plurality of sections of the optical path each of which includes at least one optical unit, for deterioration of the at least one optical unit belonging to a corresponding section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090220874A1 EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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