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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Masato Hamatani, Kounosu, JP;
Toshio Tsukakoshi, Ageo, JP;
Masato Hamatani, Kounosu, JP;
Toshio Tsukakoshi, Ageo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus for transferring a pattern onto an object via a projection optical system, including a moving body arranged on an image plane side with respect to the projection optical system, a wave-front measuring unit at least a part of which is arranged in the moving body, and which measures wave-front information of the projection optical system, an adjusting unit that adjusts a state of an image of a projected pattern generated on the object via the projection optical system, and a controller that controls the adjusting unit using the wave-front information and Zernike Sensitivity corresponding to exposure conditions of the object.