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Exposure apparatus

US5285488A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1992
Grant dateFeb 8, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/702
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus includes an exposure beam source for projecting a beam flux for exposure, having a non-uniform intensity distribution, toward a range including an exposure zone, set with respect to a main body of the exposure apparatus; illuminance detectors disposed at least at two points inside the exposure beam flux but outside the exposure zone; and a detecting device for detecting a change in intensity of the exposure beam and a change in relative position of the exposure zone and the exposure beam flux, on the basis of detected illuminances at the two points.

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