Exposure method, method of fabricating periodic microstructure, method of fabricating grid polarizing element and exposure apparatus
First Claim
1. An exposure method, comprising:
- generating interfering light by crossing, at a predetermined angle, two or more light beams branched from output light from a coherent light source;
arranging a light shielding member having a light transmissive part of a substantially rectangular shape above a substrate;
irradiating the substrate with the interfering light through the light shielding member to shape, into the substantially rectangular shape, an interfering light irradiation region and to cause, at both sides of the interfering light irradiation region, non-interfering light irradiation regions to be generated, the interfering light irradiation region being a region on the substrate on which the interfering light is irradiated per one shot and interference fringes are formed, each of the non-interfering light irradiation regions being a region where only one of the two or more light beams is incident and the interference fringes are not formed;
conveying, in a stepwise manner, the substrate in a conveying direction; and
repeating said irradiating and said conveying so as to form a plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions each having the non-interfering light irradiation regions at the both sides thereof in the conveying direction;
whereinthe substrate is conveyed such that one of said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions is positioned without overlapping next one of said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions and one of the non-interfering light irradiation regions is positioned with overlapping next one of the non-interfering light irradiation regions so as to separate said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions solely by the overlapped non-interfering light irradiation regions in the conveying direction, andeach of said plurality of interfering light irradiation regions has a Gaussian distribution.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein an exposure apparatus capable of implementing a microfabrication onto a work with a higher throughput and a lower cost. The exposure apparatus generates interfering light by crossing two or more branched light beams branched from output light from a coherent light source at a predetermined interfering angle, and exposes the substrate by repeating an irradiation onto the substrate with the interfering light and a conveyance of the substrate. At this moment, the exposure apparatus shapes in interfering light irradiation region on the substrate onto which the interfering light is irradiated into a predetermined shape. Then, the exposure apparatus disposes a plurality of the interfering light irradiation regions in successive shots to be located adjacent to each other on the substrate in a direction of conveying the substrate without the interfering light irradiation regions being overlapped when exposing the substrate while conveying the substrate in a stepwise manner.
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10 Claims
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1. An exposure method, comprising:
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generating interfering light by crossing, at a predetermined angle, two or more light beams branched from output light from a coherent light source; arranging a light shielding member having a light transmissive part of a substantially rectangular shape above a substrate; irradiating the substrate with the interfering light through the light shielding member to shape, into the substantially rectangular shape, an interfering light irradiation region and to cause, at both sides of the interfering light irradiation region, non-interfering light irradiation regions to be generated, the interfering light irradiation region being a region on the substrate on which the interfering light is irradiated per one shot and interference fringes are formed, each of the non-interfering light irradiation regions being a region where only one of the two or more light beams is incident and the interference fringes are not formed; conveying, in a stepwise manner, the substrate in a conveying direction; and repeating said irradiating and said conveying so as to form a plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions each having the non-interfering light irradiation regions at the both sides thereof in the conveying direction;
whereinthe substrate is conveyed such that one of said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions is positioned without overlapping next one of said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions and one of the non-interfering light irradiation regions is positioned with overlapping next one of the non-interfering light irradiation regions so as to separate said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions solely by the overlapped non-interfering light irradiation regions in the conveying direction, and each of said plurality of interfering light irradiation regions has a Gaussian distribution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An exposure apparatus, comprising:
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a light source configured to emit coherent light; an optical system configured to cross two or more light beams at a predetermined interference angle to generate interfering light, the two or more light beams being branched from output light from the light source; a light shielding member arranged above the substrate and configured to have a light transmissive part of a substantially rectangular shape through which the interfering light generated by the optical system transmits; and a substrate conveyance controlling unit configured to convey the substrate in a conveying direction and to repeat an irradiation onto the substrate with the interfering light and a conveyance of the substrate, and to expose the substrate, wherein the optical system irradiates the substrate with the interfering light through the light shielding member to shape, into the substantially rectangular shape, an interfering light irradiation region and to cause, at both sides of the interfering light irradiation region, non-interfering light irradiation regions to be generated, the interfering light irradiation region being a region on the substrate on which the interfering light is irradiated per one shot and interference fringes are formed, each of the non-interfering light irradiation regions being a region where only one of the two or more light beams is incident and the interference fringes are not formed, a plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions each having the non-interfering light irradiation regions at the both sides thereof are formed in the conveying direction, the substrate conveyance controlling unit conveys, in a stepwise manner, the substrate such that one of said plurality of interfering light irradiation regions is positioned without overlapping next one of said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions and one of the non-interfering light irradiation regions is positioned with overlapping next one of the non-interfering light irradiation regions so as to separate said plurality of said interfering light irradiation regions solely by the overlapped noninterfering light irradiation regions in the conveying direction, and each of said plurality of interfering light irradiation regions has a Gaussian distribution. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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