Patent ID: 7948198
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G03F,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A reaction force cancelation system provided in a stage device, the stage device comprising a surface plate having a plurality of plate surfaces with different heights from each other, and installed on a base via a vibration-isolating section, and a plurality of stages that are disposed on the plate surfaces respectively and move on the plate surfaces, the system configured to cancel a plurality of reaction forces generated in the surface plate upon movements of the stages, the system comprising: a first and a second application device configured to apply each of a first and a second force to the surface plate to cancel the plurality of reaction forces cooperatively; and a control device configured to control magnitudes of the first and second forces; wherein heights of action points of the first and second forces in the surface plate are different from each other; and wherein the control device is configured to controls the first and second forces so as to counterbalance the plurality of reaction forces as resultant forces and resultant moments based on a distance from a height of a center of gravity of the surface plate to a height of an action point of the plurality of reaction forces in each of the plurality of stages, a distance from the height of a center of gravity to a height of an action point of the first force, and a distance from the height of a center of gravity of the surface plate to a height of an action point of the second force.