Patent ID: 7829263
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. An exposure method for exposing a resist to be applied onto a substrate by one of a plurality of resist coating units, said method comprising: a data transmission step for transmitting data of the resist coating unit between an apparatus that includes the plurality of resist coating units and an exposure apparatus for exposing the resist applied to the substrate, data of the resist coating unit specifying which unit among the plurality of resist coating units should be used to apply a resist onto the substrate; a selecting step for choosing an exposure amount pattern that represents exposure amounts corresponding to a plurality of shots on the substrate, respectively, on the basis of data of the resist coating unit; an exposure step for exposing the resist applied onto the substrate, in accordance with the exposure amount pattern chosen by said selecting step; a data receiving step of receiving the data of the resist coating unit by an apparatus including a plurality of resist developing units; and a developing step of selecting one of resist developing unit from the plurality of resist developing units on the basis of the data of the resist coating unit, and developing the resist on the substrate exposed using the selected resist developing unit.