Imprinting apparatus and method therefor

An imprinting apparatus that transfers a pattern of a mold to a resin on a substrate by a step-and-repeat imprint, the imprinting apparatus comprising:

• a substrate stage consisting of a single substrate stage;
• a deposition mechanism configured to deposit the resin onto the substrate;
• a first driving mechanism configured to change a relative position, on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, of the substrate and the mold;
• a second driving mechanism configured to change the relative position, on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, of the mold and the deposition mechanism;
• and
• a control unit configured to control the deposition mechanism and the first and second driving mechanisms so as to perform an N+Mth resin deposition process of depositing the resin onto the substrate and an Nth imprint process of transferring the pattern of the mold to the resin on the substrate in parallel, wherein N and M are positive integers;
• wherein a driving range of the second driving mechanism is wider than a size of the pattern of the mold such that M may be an integer greater than one;
• and
• wherein the control unit is configured to change a relative position of the mold and the deposition mechanism in performing the resin deposition process and the imprint process in parallel.