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Imprint apparatus and article manufacturing method using same

US9594301B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2012
Grant dateMar 14, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB82Y40/00
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An imprint apparatus that transfers a pattern formed on a mold onto a resin on a substrate. A light irradiation unit irradiates the resin with light to cure the resin. A shape correction mechanism applies a force to the mold to deform a pattern region formed on the mold. A heating mechanism heats a substrate-side pattern region formed on the substrate to deform the substrate-side pattern region. A control unit obtains information regarding a difference between shapes of the pattern region formed on the mold and the substrate-side pattern region and controls the shape correction mechanism and the heating mechanism so as to reduce the difference between the shapes of the pattern region formed on the mold and the substrate-side pattern region based on the obtained information. The control unit controls a temperature distribution in the substrate-side pattern region by using the heating mechanism.

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