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Patent No.:

US 9904182 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Makoto Shibuta, Kumagaya, JP;

Assignee:

NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/42 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70716 (2013.01); G03F 7/707 (2013.01); G03F 7/70341 (2013.01); G03F 7/70866 (2013.01); G03F 7/2041 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exposure apparatus that can prevent disadvantages due to a leaked liquid is provided. The exposure apparatus includes a substrate holder that includes a peripheral wall portion and supporting portions located on an inside of the peripheral wall portion and that supports a substrate with the supporting portions by negatively pressurizing a space surrounded by the peripheral wall portion, and a recovery mechanism that includes a collection inlets provided on the inside of the peripheral wall portion and a vacuum system connected to the collection inlets, in which a liquid penetrated from an outer periphery of the substrate is sucked and recovered, in the state with an upper surface of the peripheral wall portion and a back surface of the substrate being spaced at a first distance.


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Shibuta, Makoto. (2018). Exposure apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 9904182). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9904182

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