Patent ID: 8605252
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G03F

Abstract:
1. An exposure apparatus comprising: an immersion area forming member having a supply inlet from which a liquid is supplied, the immersion area forming member having a liquid recovery outlet in a lower surface thereof, an upper surface of a substrate facing the lower surface of the immersion area forming member during exposure, and the liquid supplied from the supply inlet covering only a portion of the upper surface of the substrate during the exposure; a substrate stage having a first substrate holding member by which the substrate is held, the first substrate holding member being moved below the immersion area forming member; a first temperature sensor provided at the first substrate holding member; a first temperature adjustment system which performs temperature adjustment for the first substrate holding member; and a second temperature adjustment system which performs temperature adjustment for the liquid to be supplied from the supply inlet of the immersion area forming member; and a controller which controls the first and second temperature adjustment systems and to which the measurement result of the first temperature sensor is inputted, the controller controlling a temperature adjustment operation based on the measurement result of the first temperature sensor such that a temperature of the liquid to be supplied from the supply inlet is substantially the same as that of the substrate held by the first substrate holding member during the exposure, wherein during the exposure, the substrate held by the first substrate holding member is exposed with an exposure beam through the liquid supplied from the supply inlet of the immersion area forming member.