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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Hashimoto, Saitama, JP;
Akio Akamatsu, Utsunomiya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an exposure apparatus that performs an exposure process to transfer a pattern of a mask to a substrate, including a projection optical system configured to project the pattern of the mask onto the substrate, a measurement pattern arranged on an object plane of the projection optical system and including a plurality of pattern elements having different positions in an optical axis direction of the projection optical system, a first detection unit configured to detect light from the measurement pattern via the projection optical system, and a control unit configured to control a relative position between the mask and the substrate in the optical axis direction when the exposure process is performed.
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