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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tooru Kawashima, Shioya-gun, JP;
Kenji Yaegashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a detection apparatus for detecting a plurality of marks, comprising a plurality of detection units each including a mirror and a scope configured to detect light from the marks via the mirror, wherein the plurality of detection units include a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a third detection unit, and in a surface direction parallel to a surface on which the plurality of marks are arranged, a direction of an optical axis between the mirror and the scope in the third detection unit is different from at least one of a direction of an optical axis between the mirror and the scope in the first detection unit and a direction of an optical axis between the mirror and the scope in the second detection unit.