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Imprint apparatus, imprint method, and method of manufacturing article

US9835941B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2014
Grant dateDec 5, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70483
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing an imprint process of molding an imprint material on a substrate with a mold to form a pattern on the substrate, the apparatus including a supply device configured to supply, to a space between the imprint material on the substrate and the mold, a penetrating gas that penetrates at least one of the mold, the imprint material and the substrate and a condensable gas that is liquefied by pressure rise due to the molding, and a controller configured to control the supply device so as to change at least one of a supply amount of the penetrating gas and a supply amount of the condensable gas based on information on a recipe for the imprint process.

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