Imprint apparatus, imprint method, and method of manufacturing article

A method of manufacturing an article, the method comprising:

• forming a cured product of a composition on a substrate by using an imprint apparatus;
• and
• processing the substrate on which the cured product of the composition is formed by the forming,
• wherein the imprint apparatus performs imprint processing by using a mold having a protruding portion that protrudes from a base and by bringing the protruding portion into contact with a composition on the substrate, and comprises:
• a mold holder configured to hold the mold;
• a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate on which the composition is disposed;
• a position detection device configured to acquire a position of the protruding portion of the mold held by the mold holder;
• a driver configured to drive at least one of the mold holder and the substrate holder such that the composition and the protruding portion of the mold are brought into contact with each other;
• a first illuminator configured to emit light that cures the composition;
• a second illuminator configured to emit light that cures the composition;
• a masking blade configured to limit a range of light with which the substrate is irradiated;
• and
• a controller configured to perform control processing such that the composition at a position corresponding to a first region of the protruding portion is irradiated with the light from the first illuminator and perform control processing such that the composition at a position corresponding to a second region outside the first region of the protruding portion is irradiated with the light from the second illuminator, while the composition and the protruding portion are maintained in contact with each other,
• wherein the second illuminator includes a scanning element configured to move a beam of the light that cures the composition on the substrate, and
• wherein the controller is configured to:
• determine a position of the masking blade such that a region smaller than a region of the protruding portion is shielded from the irradiating light,
• determine a scanning condition such that the light emitted from the second illuminator scans a periphery around the region shielded by the masking blade, and
• adjust a position of an irradiation region of the second illuminator such that an irradiation region of the second illuminator on the substrate matches an outer peripheral region of the mold, based on the position of the protruding portion of the mold acquired by the position detection device.

An imprint method for performing imprint processing, the imprint method comprising:

• forming a cured product of a composition on a substrate by using an imprint apparatus,
• wherein the imprint apparatus performs imprint processing by using a mold having a protruding portion that protrudes from a base and by bringing the protruding portion into contact with the composition on the substrate, and comprises:
• a mold holder configured to hold the mold;
• a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate on which the composition is disposed;
• a position detection device configured to acquire a position of the protruding portion of the mold held by the mold holder;
• a driver configured to drive at least one of the mold holder and the substrate holder such that the composition and the protruding portion of the mold are brought into contact with each other;
• a first illuminator configured to emit light that cures the composition;
• a second illuminator configured to emit light that cures the composition;
• a masking blade configured to limit a range of light with which the substrate is irradiated;
• and
• a controller configured to perform control processing such that the composition at a position corresponding to a first region of the protruding portion is irradiated with the light from the first illuminator and perform control processing such that the composition at a position corresponding to a second region outside the first region of the protruding portion is irradiated with the light from the second illuminator, while the composition and the protruding portion are maintained in contact with each other,
• wherein the second illuminator includes a scanning element configured to move a beam of the light that cures the composition on the substrate, and
• wherein the controller is configured to:
• determine a position of the masking blade such that a region smaller than a region of the protruding portion is shielded from the irradiating light,
• determine a scanning condition such that the light emitted from the second illuminator scans a periphery around the region shielded by the masking blade, and
• adjust a position of an irradiation region of the second illuminator such that an irradiation region of the second illuminator on the substrate matches an outer peripheral region of the mold, based on the position of the protruding portion of the mold acquired by the position detection device.