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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Hideaki Hara, Kumagaya, JP;
Hiroaki Takaiwa, Kumagaya, JP;
Inventors:
Hideaki Hara, Kumagaya, JP;
Hiroaki Takaiwa, Kumagaya, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/52 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70341 (2013.01); G03F 7/70916 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by filling a liquid between a projection optical system and the substrate, and projecting the image of a pattern onto the substrate through the projection optical system and the liquid, and includes a liquid removing mechanism that intermittently blows a gas against a reference member, movable mirror, and the like, to which the liquid is adhered in order to remove that liquid.