Patent ID: 8834774
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B82Y,G03F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An imprinting method for forming a predetermined pattern in a resist surface of a substrate coated with a photo-curing type resist by using a plurality of molds, each mold of the plurality of molds having a pattern of projections and recesses formed in a transfer surface, comprising the steps of: aligning, for each mold of the plurality of molds, the pattern of the mold with a predetermined position of the substrate; pressing, for each mold of the plurality of molds, the pattern surface of the mold against the resist surface of the resist-coated substrate; irradiating, for each mold of the plurality of molds, the resist with ultraviolet light to cure the resist; and releasing, for each mold of the plurality of molds, the mold from the substrate; wherein the steps in the imprinting method are performed in a plurality of units selected from a) independent units in each of which one step is executed, b) composite units in each of which a plurality of steps are executed, and c) combinations of independent units and composite units; and wherein the mold and the substrate are paired with each other as they are conveyed between the units; and wherein one to three of the imprinting steps of aligning, pressing, irradiating and releasing can each selectively be performed by at least two units, with the two units being arranged in parallel; and wherein at least one of the plurality of molds is disposed at each of the two units in parallel.