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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Hiroshi Kurosawa, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kurosawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B027/42 ; G03B027/68 ; G01B011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scanning exposure apparatus is provided that is capable of increasing the overlay accuracy. Every time a reticle is exchanged, a direction overlay correction table is updated. A control device for the exposure apparatus corrects the target positions (target locus) of a wafer stage on the basis of the direction overlay correction table.