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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2005
Toshinobu Tokita, Tochigi, JP;
Hirohisa Ota, Saitama, JP;
Eigo Kawakami, Tochigi, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kasumi, Tochgi, JP;
Toshinobu Tokita, Tochigi, JP;
Hirohisa Ota, Saitama, JP;
Eigo Kawakami, Tochigi, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kasumi, Tochgi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus for exposing a predetermined pattern onto an object via a projection optical system includes a pattern generating unit that includes plural pixels, and generates the predetermined pattern by driving the plural pixels, a measuring unit for measuring at least one of optical performance of the pattern generating unit and a driving state of the plural pixels, and a maintenance unit for maintaining the pattern generating unit based on a measuring result by the measuring unit.