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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Tohru Kiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Mizutani, Yokohama, JP;
Tohru Kiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Mizutani, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus of one aspect of the present invention is provided with a moving mechanism that moves a first portion of a belt-shaped substrate that has photosensitivity in a first heading along a first direction and moves a second portion of the substrate in a second heading along the first direction, a stage mechanism that holds a mask and moves it in a third heading along a second direction in synchronization with the movement of the substrate, and a projection optical system. The projection optical system forms a first projection image of the pattern on the first portion so that the third heading on the mask and the first heading on the first portion optically correspond, and forms a second projection image of the pattern on the second portion so that the third heading on the mask and the second heading on the second portion optically correspond.