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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2005
Shinichiro Koga, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shinichiro Koga, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus includes an original stage arranged to hold a reflective original having a pattern, a substrate stage arranged to hold a substrate, an illumination optical system arranged to emit exposure light along a first direction inclined from a direction of a reflection surface of the reflective original, a projection optical system arranged to project the pattern onto the substrate along a second direction using the exposure light reflected by the reflection surface of the reflective original, an original reference member arranged on the original stage or the reflective original, a substrate reference member, having a substrate mark, arranged on the substrate stage or the substrate, and a detector arranged to detect light from the substrate mark of the substrate reference number, which is illuminated with light.