Patent ID: 9201298
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B82Y,G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. An imprint method of transferring a pattern formed on a mold onto a resin on a substrate, the method comprising: holding, in a holding step, the substrate on a holding surface by suction; deforming, in a deforming step, a shape of a substrate-side pattern area pre-existing on the substrate; bringing, in a contacting step, a resin on the substrate-side pattern area of the substrate in contact with the mold; adjusting, in an adjusting step, a position of the pattern of the mold and a position of the substrate-side pattern area; curing, in a curing step, the resin; and releasing, in a mold-releasing step, the mold from the resin in contact with the mold, wherein, in the deforming step, a deformation force, which is greater than a maximum static frictional force acting between a rear surface of the substrate corresponding to the substrate-side pattern area and the holding surface, is applied to the substrate in a direction along the surface thereof, and a suction force acting on the rear surface of the substrate corresponding to the substrate-side pattern area in the deforming step is less than a suction force acting on the rear surface of the substrate corresponding to the substrate-side pattern area in the adjusting step.