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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2005
Masahiro Morisada, Tochigi, JP;
Masahiro Morisada, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stage alignment apparatus includes a first moving member which moves in a first direction, a second moving member which moves in a second direction different from the first direction, a stage which is slidably supported by the first moving member and the second moving member and is guided in the first and second directions, a first control section which controls a posture of the first moving member in a third direction, the third direction being a direction rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, and a second control section which controls a posture of the second moving member in the third direction on the basis of a signal which controls the posture of the first moving member in the third direction.