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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Akihiro Nakauchi, Tochigi, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Nakauchi, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern of a mask onto an object using light from a light source, includes a projection optical system for projecting the pattern onto the object, and a measuring apparatus for measuring, as an interference fringe, optical performance of the projection optical system using the light, wherein the measuring apparatus is a point diffraction interferometer that has a pinhole to form an ideal spherical wave, a line diffraction interferometer that has a slit to form an ideal cylindrical wave or an ideal elliptical wave, or a shearing interferometer that utilizes a shearing interferometry.