MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, PATTERN FORMATION APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
First Claim
1. A movable body apparatus including a movable body which substantially moves along a predetermined plane, the apparatus comprising:
- a scale which is arranged at one of the movable body and the outside of the movable body, with a first direction within a plane parallel to the predetermined plane serving as a longitudinal direction, and having a grating section that has a predetermined width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and
a measurement device which measures positional information of the movable body in a periodic direction of the grating section at a plurality of measurement points placed on the scale, wherebythe placement of the plurality of measurement points is decided so that of the plurality of measurement points, n points (wherein, n is an integer of two or more) or more are positioned within the predetermined width on the scale, and when the movable body is at a predetermined position, n+1 or more of the plurality of measurement points are positioned to be within the predetermined width on the scale.
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Abstract
On the +X and −X sides of a projection unit, a plurality of Y heads are arranged in parallel to the X-axis by a predetermined distance half or less than half the effective width of the scale, so that two heads each constantly form a pair and face a pair of Y scales. Similarly, on the +Y and −Y sides of the projection unit, a plurality of X heads are arranged in parallel to the Y-axis by the predetermined distance described above, so that two heads each constantly form a pair and face a pair of X scales. Of the pair of heads consisting of two heads which simultaneously face the scale, measurement values of a priority head is used, and when abnormality occurs in the measurement values of the priority head due to malfunction of the head, measurement values of the other head is used. Then, by using the measurement values of the two pairs of Y heads and the pair of X heads, a position of a stage within a two-dimensional plane is measured in a stable manner and with high precision.
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37 Claims
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1. A movable body apparatus including a movable body which substantially moves along a predetermined plane, the apparatus comprising:
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a scale which is arranged at one of the movable body and the outside of the movable body, with a first direction within a plane parallel to the predetermined plane serving as a longitudinal direction, and having a grating section that has a predetermined width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a measurement device which measures positional information of the movable body in a periodic direction of the grating section at a plurality of measurement points placed on the scale, whereby the placement of the plurality of measurement points is decided so that of the plurality of measurement points, n points (wherein, n is an integer of two or more) or more are positioned within the predetermined width on the scale, and when the movable body is at a predetermined position, n+1 or more of the plurality of measurement points are positioned to be within the predetermined width on the scale. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A movable body apparatus including a movable body which substantially moves along a predetermined plane, the apparatus comprising:
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a scale which is arranged at one of the movable body and the outside of the movable body, with a first direction within a plane parallel to the predetermined plane serving as a longitudinal direction, and having a grating section that has a predetermined width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a measurement device which measures positional information of the movable body in a periodic direction of the grating section at a plurality of measurement points placed on the scale, whereby the measurement device has a plurality of head sets including a first head which irradiates a measurement beam on a first measurement point and a second head which irradiates a measurement beam on the first measurement point or in its vicinity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A movable body apparatus including a movable body which substantially moves along a predetermined plane, the apparatus comprising:
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a measurement device which measures positional information of the movable body in a direction of one degree of freedom in the predetermined plane, at a plurality of measurement points placed in a movement range of the movable body, whereby the measurement device has a plurality of heads which generate measurement information by irradiating a measurement beam on at least one of the plurality of measurement points when the movable body is located at a predetermined position. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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