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Stage apparatus, exposure apparatus and method for exposing substrate plate

US6864955B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2003
Grant dateMar 8, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/6838
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The stage apparatus has a movable stage structure body which holds a substrate plate to be processed and is movable on a base structure body. This stage apparatus comprises a receipt edge orifice disposed at least at a portion of a fluid path which is disposed at said stage structure body; and a feed edge orifice being detachably engageable with said receipt edge orifice at a predetermined position on a base structure body and providing or discharging a predetermined fluid to the receipt edge orifice during said engagement of said feed edge orifice with said receipt edge orifice.

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