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Exposure apparatus

US5138643A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1990
Grant dateAug 11, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70866
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus includes a chamber for placing an article in a predetermined ambience; a holding device for holding the article in the chamber; a fluid supplying device for supplying a temperature adjusting fluid into the holding device through a flow passageway; a detecting device for detecting leakage of the fluid from the flow passageway; and a flow rate controlling device for controlling the flow rate of the fluid to be supplied to the holding device on the basis of the detection by the detecting device.

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