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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Omameuda, Utsunomiya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an exposure method of performing a scan exposure of a substrate, held by a substrate stage, in a first direction for each shot region, a surface position of an exposure area is pre-measured before the exposure area reaches a region, to be irradiated with exposure light, of the substrate, movement of the substrate stage in order to change a shot region to undergo the scan exposure includes first movement in which the substrate stage moves along a curved trajectory, and second movement in which the substrate stage rectilinearly moves in the first direction, and, while the movement of the substrate stage is the first movement, the surface position is pre-measured, and a pre-measure position in a shot region is common among a plurality of shot regions.
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