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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Shibazaki, Kumagaya, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing apparatus is equipped with: a first stage system that has a table on which a workpiece is placed and moves the workpiece held by the table; a beam irradiation system that includes a condensing optical system to emit beams; and a controller to control the first stage system and the beam irradiation system, and processing is performed to a target portion of the workpiece while the table and the beams from the condensing optical system are relatively moved, and at least one of an intensity distribution of the beams at a first plane on an exit surface side of the condensing optical system and an intensity distribution of the beams at a second plane whose position in a direction of an optical axis of the condensing optical system is different from the first plane can be changed.