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Movable body drive method, pattern formation method, exposure method, and device manufacturing method for maintaining position coordinate before and after switching encoder head

  • US 8,264,669 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2008
  • Issued: 09/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A movable body drive method in which a movable body is driven along a predetermined plane including a first axis and a second axis orthogonal to each other, the method comprising:

  • a first process in which a position coordinate of the movable body is obtained, based on measurement values of three encoder heads among a plurality of first encoder heads whose position in a direction parallel to the second axis is different and a plurality of second encoder heads whose position in a direction parallel to the first axis is different, with the three encoder heads respectively facing three gratings among a pair of first gratings whose periodic direction is in a direction parallel to the first axis and a pair of second gratings whose periodic direction is in a direction parallel to the second axis that are arranged on a surface parallel to the predetermined plane of the movable body, the first gratings and the second gratings being positioned on a top surface of the movable body; and

    a second process in which a measurement value of an encoder head to be newly used is set so that the position coordinate is maintained before and after the switching of the encoder head.

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