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Exposure apparatus

US5633698A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1995
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/7096
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus comprises a substrate holding portion for holding a photosensitive substrate including a surface, a substrate stage for two-dimensional positioning of the photosensitive substrate via the substrate holding portion, the substrate stage including an upper surface, and an exposure system for transferring a pattern on a mask to the photosensitive substrate by an exposing illumination light. The substrate holding portion is provided in the substrate stage so that the portion of the upper surface of the substrate stage surrounding the photosensitive substrate is substantially flush with the surface of the photosensitive substrate.

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