Exposure apparatus and correction apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiromi Suda
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Abstract
An exposure apparatus is configured to expose a pattern of an original on a substrate by using light from a light source. The exposure apparatus includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the original by polarized light by using the light from the light source, and a correction unit configured to correct misalignment of the optical axis of the light from the light source and the optical axis of the illumination optical system. The correction unit includes a first lens and a deflecting member, the first lens can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, and a deflecting direction of the light deflected by the deflecting member is variable.
Claims7
An exposure apparatus configured to expose a pattern of an original on a substrate by using light from a light source, said exposure apparatus comprising:
- an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the original by polarized light by using the light from the light source;
- a correction unit configured to correct misalignment of an optical axis of the light from the light source and an optical axis of the illumination optical system;
- and
- a detecting device configured to detect the misalignment of the optical axes,
- wherein the correction unit includes a first lens and a deflecting member, the first lens can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the first lens, and a deflecting direction of the light deflected by the deflecting member is variable,
- wherein the correction unit moves at least one of the first lens and the deflecting member, and corrects the misalignment of the optical axes based on a result detected by the detecting unit,
- wherein the detecting unit comprises:
- a first detecting unit configured to detect a positional misalignment X1 of the misalignment of the optical axes;
- and
- a second detecting unit configured to detect an angular misalignment X2 of the misalignment of the optical axes, and
- wherein the detecting unit further comprises:
- a control unit configured to set a traveling distance Sx of the first lens and a driving amount Tx of the deflecting member by using constants a to d as follows:
- Sx=(d·X1−b·X2)/(a·d−b·c)
- Tx=(−c·X1+a·X2)/(a·d−b·c)
- c/a≠d/b.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.