Patent ID: 7728953
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G03B,G03F

Abstract:
1. An exposure method, comprising: pre-measuring a mark formed on a substrate before transferring the substrate into an exposure apparatus which exposes the substrate, the pre-measuring being performed on every substrate to be exposed by the exposure apparatus; notifying waveform data of the mark measured in said pre-measuring to at least one device among said exposure apparatus, an analyzing device provided separately from the exposure apparatus, and a management device positioned higher than the exposure apparatus and the analyzing device for managing at least one of the exposure apparatus and the analyzing device; and aligning and exposing the substrate in the exposure apparatus based on the waveform data of the mark notified in said notifying to at least one device among said exposure apparatus, said analyzing device and said management device, wherein said pre-measuring and said aligning are performed in parallel as pipeline processing.