EXPOSURE APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising:
- a chamber in which the vacuum is generated;
a blowing device including a supply nozzle located in said chamber and configured to blow, through said supply nozzle, a gas to an object arranged in said chamber in which the vacuum is generated; and
a recovery device including a recovery nozzle located in said chamber and configured to recover, through said recovery nozzle, the gas blown into said chamber through said supply nozzle,wherein said apparatus is configured so that the object moves in a direction opposite to a direction from said supply nozzle to said recovery nozzle, parallel to blowing by said blowing device.
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Abstract
An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in a vacuum is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a chamber in which the vacuum is generated, a blowing device including a supply nozzle (17a) located in the chamber and configured to blow, through said supply nozzle, a gas to an object (2) arranged in the chamber in which the vacuum is generated, and a recovery device including a recovery nozzle (17b) located in the chamber and configured to recover, through the recovery nozzle, the gas blown into the chamber through said supply nozzle, wherein the apparatus is configured so that the object moves in a direction opposite to a direction from the supply nozzle to the recover nozzle, parallel to blowing by the blowing device.
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1. An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising:
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a chamber in which the vacuum is generated; a blowing device including a supply nozzle located in said chamber and configured to blow, through said supply nozzle, a gas to an object arranged in said chamber in which the vacuum is generated; and a recovery device including a recovery nozzle located in said chamber and configured to recover, through said recovery nozzle, the gas blown into said chamber through said supply nozzle, wherein said apparatus is configured so that the object moves in a direction opposite to a direction from said supply nozzle to said recovery nozzle, parallel to blowing by said blowing device. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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2. An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising:
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a chamber in which the vacuum is generated; a blowing device including a supply nozzle located in said chamber and configured to blow, through said supply nozzle, a gas to an object arranged in said chamber in which the vacuum is generated; a recovery device including a recovery nozzle located in said chamber and configured to recover, through said recovery nozzle, the gas blown into said chamber through said supply nozzle; and an irradiator configured to irradiate the object with a pulse laser light, wherein said apparatus is configured so that a region on the object, to which said blowing device blows the gas, overlaps a region on the object, which is irradiated with the pulse laser light, and gas blowing by said blowing device and pulse laser light irradiation by said irradiator are performed in synchronism with each other.
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3. An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising:
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a chamber in which the vacuum is generated; a blowing device including a supply nozzle located in said chamber and configured to blow, through said supply nozzle, a gas to an object arranged in said chamber in which the vacuum is generated; and a recovery device including a recovery nozzle located in said chamber, and recovers, through said recovery nozzle, the gas blown into said chamber through said supply nozzle, wherein said apparatus is configured so that said blowing device blows a supersonic gas with a shock wave.
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4. An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in a vacuum, said apparatus comprising:
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a chamber in which the vacuum is generated; a blowing device including a supply nozzle located in said chamber and configured to blow, through said supply nozzle, a gas to an object arranged in said chamber in which the vacuum is generated; and a recovery device including a recovery nozzle located in said chamber and configured to recover, through said recovery nozzle, the gas blown into said chamber through said supply nozzle, wherein said apparatus is configured so that a component of the gas blown by said blowing device is sublimated to a solid.
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