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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Miyajima, Tochigi, JP;
Hideki Nogawa, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/758 ; G03B 2/752 ; G03B 2/742 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/758 ; G03B 2/752 ; G03B 2/742 ;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus includes a movable stage, a chuck device which is arranged on the stage and holds a substrate, a first gas supply device for supplying a gas to a position of the substrate to be exposed, and a plurality of divided planar members which are arranged adjacent to a periphery of the substrate such that at least a part of the divided planar members covers a position measurement mirror of the movable stage, and are flush with or substantially flush with a surface of the substrate or a substrate holding surface of the chuck device.