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Exposure apparatus

US7038759B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 2002
Grant dateMay 2, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67109
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate to a pattern. The apparatus includes a channel which causes pure water to flow as a coolant, a temperature adjustment unit which adjusts a temperature of the pure water flowing in the channel, and a coolant generation device which generates the pure water flowing in the channel as the coolant with a resistivity of not less than 1 MΩ·cm.

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