Substrate placement in immersion lithography
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1. An exposure apparatus configured to expose an object with an exposure beam via a projection optical system and a liquid, the apparatus comprising:
- a local liquid immersion member configured to form a liquid immersion area with a liquid under the projection optical system;
a first stage that has an upper surface contactable with the liquid immersion area and a holder disposed in a depressed section of the upper surface, the first stage being capable of holding the object with the holder in the depressed section so that a gap is formed between a surface of the object and the upper surface;
a second stage;
a detection device comprising a detector;
a drive system configured to drive at least the first stage, the drive system configured to drive the first stage so that the object held in the depressed section is moved relative to the liquid immersion area that is formed between the projection optical system and a part of the object and so that the immersion liquid reaches the gap; and
a control system configured to control driving of at least the first stage, wherein the control system is configured to control driving of at least the first stage based on periphery positional information of at least the first stage obtained by the detector located above the first stage while obtaining the periphery positional information of the first stage.
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Abstract
A method for determining an offset between a center of a substrate and a center of a depression in a chuck includes providing a test substrate to the depression, the test substrate having a dimension smaller than a dimension of the depression, measuring a position of an alignment mark of the test substrate while in the depression, and determining the offset between the center of the substrate and the center of the depression from the position of the alignment mark.
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1. An exposure apparatus configured to expose an object with an exposure beam via a projection optical system and a liquid, the apparatus comprising:
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a local liquid immersion member configured to form a liquid immersion area with a liquid under the projection optical system; a first stage that has an upper surface contactable with the liquid immersion area and a holder disposed in a depressed section of the upper surface, the first stage being capable of holding the object with the holder in the depressed section so that a gap is formed between a surface of the object and the upper surface; a second stage; a detection device comprising a detector; a drive system configured to drive at least the first stage, the drive system configured to drive the first stage so that the object held in the depressed section is moved relative to the liquid immersion area that is formed between the projection optical system and a part of the object and so that the immersion liquid reaches the gap; and a control system configured to control driving of at least the first stage, wherein the control system is configured to control driving of at least the first stage based on periphery positional information of at least the first stage obtained by the detector located above the first stage while obtaining the periphery positional information of the first stage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. An exposure method of exposing an object with an exposure beam via a projection optical system and a liquid, the method comprising:
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supplying the liquid via a local liquid immersion member provided on a lower end side of the projection optical system, in order to form a liquid immersion area with the liquid under the projection optical system; below a detector of a detection device, moving a first stage that has an upper surface contactable with the liquid immersion area and a holder disposed in a depressed section of the upper surface and that is capable of holding the object with the holder in the depressed section so that a gap is formed between a surface of the object and the upper surface, so that the object held in the depressed section is moved relative to the liquid immersion area that is formed between the projection optical system and a part of the object and also the immersion liquid reaches the gap; moving the first stage, wherein moving of at least the first stage is controlled based on periphery positional information of at least the first stage obtained by the detector located above the first stage while obtaining the periphery positional information of the first stage; and using a second stage for taking measurements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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