Abstract:
The present invention provides an electron beam drawing apparatus which can easily perform beam adjustment and rotating center adjustment without increasing the size of the apparatus. The electron beam drawing apparatus includes an electron beam emitting unit which emits an electron beam, a rotary stage which rotatably supports a turntable for retaining a drawing object, and a sample stage which is supported by the turntable in a range including a rotating center of the turntable to retain an adjustment sample. A rotationally symmetrical pattern such as a concentric pattern and a radial pattern can be drawn in the drawing object by irradiating the drawing object with the electron beam during rotation of the turntable. Before the pattern is actually drawn in the drawing object, beam adjustment and rotating center adjustment are performed using an adjustment sample. The adjustment sample is retained by the sample stage, and the sample stage is supported by the turntable in the range including the rotating center of the turntable. Therefore, the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment can be performed using the adjustment sample supported by the turntable, and the different stage for placing the adjustment sample is not required, which allows the apparatus to be miniaturized.

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD  
       [0001]     The present invention relates to an electron beam drawing apparatus.  
       BACKGROUND TECHNIQUE  
       [0002]     Recently, there have been developed various recording mediums in which large-capacity image/sound data and digital data can be recorded. An optical disc such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) can be cited as an example of this kind of recording medium. There has also been developed a large-capacity disc such as a magnetic recording hard disc.  
         [0003]     However, in producing a conventional master disc with a visible-range or ultraviolet-range laser beam, recording resolution is restricted by a spot diameter of a recording laser beam. In order to increase the recording density of the above-mentioned disc, it has been studied to perform the production, so-called cutting, of the master disc by a master disc producing apparatus using an electron beam, which has the spot diameter smaller than that of the visible-range or ultraviolet-range laser beam and by which the recording resolution can be improved.  
         [0004]     In the production of the master disc, after the electron beam resist is applied onto a substrate, the electron beam is irradiated in a vacuum atmosphere. A latent image of a fine pattern is formed on the electron beam resist by the irradiation of the electron beam (electron beam exposure). A development process, a patterning process, and a resist removing process are performed to the substrate, and a fine convexoconcave pattern is formed on the substrate. Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a master disc producing apparatus in which the electron beam is utilized.  
         [0005]     In the above-mentioned master disc producing apparatus, the disc substrate onto which the electron beam resist is applied is irradiated with the electron beam while rotated on a rotary stage, so that the fine pattern such as a concentric pattern and a radial pattern is drawn on the disc substrate. Therefore, before the pattern is drawn with the electron beam, it is necessary that objective lens strength and an astigmatism corrector in an electron beam optical system be previously adjusted to narrow the beam diameter. For this reason, it is necessary that a beam adjustment sample be attached in the apparatus or on the substrate. Furthermore, in order to correctly form the concentric or radial fine pattern on the disc substrate, it is necessary that a rotating center of the rotary stage be specified to match a drawing origin of the electron beam with the rotating center of the rotary stage, i.e., with a polar coordinate origin of a rotary linear motion stage system.  
         [0006]     Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a beam diameter adjustment technique, wherein the fine-structured adjustment sample attached to a micro-adjustment stage adjacent to the turntable is matched with a substrate height, and the focus adjustment is performed by an electron microscope function possessed by the drawing apparatus of itself such that the resolution of the adjustment sample becomes the best in the electron microscope image.  
         [0007]     Non-Patent Document 2 discloses a rotating center adjustment technique, wherein a grating is attached to a center portion of the turntable, and the turntable is rotated to adjust a position of the electron beam.  
         [0008]     However, in the beam diameter adjustment technique disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1, because it is necessary that the adjustment sample be moved in an electron beam irradiation range during the adjustment, it is necessary to lengthen a movement distance of a radial-direction moving linear motion stage, which results in a problem that the whole drawing apparatus becomes large. In the case where the drawing apparatus has a function of applying a decelerating voltage for decelerating the electron beam to the substrate as a drawing target, usually the stage on which the adjustment sample is placed is not equipped with a function of applying the decelerating voltage. Therefore, the focal height of the electron beam is different between the substrate surface having a potential of the applied decelerating voltage and the adjustment sample having a ground potential because the decelerating voltage is not applied. Accordingly, in order to correctly perform the beam adjustment in the actual decelerating voltage applied state, decelerating voltage applying means is separately required for the adjustment sample, which results in problems such as complication of an apparatus configuration and cost increase.  
         [0009]     On the other hand, in the rotating center adjustment technique disclosed in Non-Patent Document 2, time and effort are required because the grating is attached only in the adjustment while detachment of the grating is required in the actual drawing.  
         [0010]     Patent Document 1; Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-367241  
         [0011]     Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-36572  
         [0012]     Non-Patent Document 1. JPN. J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 40, pp 1653-1660, Oct. 30, 2000, “High-Density Recording Using an Electron Beam Recorder”, by Yasumitu Wada, Masahiro Katsumura, Yoshiaki Kojima, Hiroaki Kitahara, and Tetsuya Iida  
         [0013]     Non-Patent Document 2: Applied Optics, Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 2032, April, 1994, “Electron-beam writing system and its application to large and high-density diffractive optic elements”, Shiro Ogata, Masami Tada and Masahiro Yoneda  
       DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION  
     Problem to be Solved by the Invention  
       [0014]     The above-described problem can be cited as an example of the problem to be solved by the invention. An object of the invention is to provide an electron beam drawing apparatus which can easily perform the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment without increasing the size of the apparatus.  
       Means for Solving the Problem  
       [0015]     According to one aspect of the present invention, an electron beam drawing apparatus includes: an electron beam emitting unit which emits an electron beam; a rotary stage which rotatably supports a turntable for retaining a drawing object; and a sample stage which is supported by the turntable in a range including a rotating center of the turntable to retain an adjustment sample.  
         [0016]     In the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the drawing object is irradiated with the electron beam emitted from the electron beam emitting unit. Since the drawing object is retained by the turntable supported by the rotary stage, the drawing object is irradiated with the electron beam during the rotation of the turntable, and thereby the rotationally symmetrical pattern such as a concentric pattern and a radial pattern can be drawn on the drawing object. The drawing object includes, but not limited to, the master optical disc substrate.  
         [0017]     The beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment are performed before the pattern is actually drawn on the drawing object. The beam adjustment means focus adjustment of an electron beam spot formed on the drawing object. The rotating center adjustment means that the rotating center of the turntable is specified to match a drawing origin of the electron-beam with the rotating center of the turntable in order to correctly form the concentric or radial fine pattern on the disc substrate. The beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment are performed by irradiating the electron beam on the adjustment sample. In the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the adjustment sample is retained by the sample stage, and the sample stage is supported by the turntable in the range including the rotating center of the turntable. Therefore, the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment can be performed using the adjustment sample supported by the turntable, and the different stage for placing the adjustment sample is not required. This allows the apparatus to be miniaturized.  
         [0018]     On one manner of the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention further includes a sample stage support mechanism which movably supports the sample stage in a direction perpendicular to a surface in which the turntable retains the drawing object. In this manner, since the sample stage retaining the adjustment sample is movable in the direction perpendicular to the turntable surface, the sample stage is moved at a position when the sample stage is required during the adjustment and the like, and the sample stage is retracted out of the way when the sample stage is not required.  
         [0019]     In another manner of the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the sample stage support mechanism can move the sample stage below the surface at which the turntable retains the drawing object. Accordingly, after the adjustment is completed with the adjustment sample, the sample stage never interrupts the arrangement of the drawing object on the turntable by retracting the sample stage below the turntable.  
         [0020]     In still another manner of the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the turntable has a recess portion in the surface in which the turntable retains the drawing object near the rotating center, and the sample stage support mechanism is an elevating mechanism which is provided in the recess portion to raise and lower the sample stage.  
         [0021]     In this manner, the recess portion is formed in the turntable, and the sample stage can be retracted into the recess portion by the sample stage support mechanism when the sample stage is not required.  
         [0022]     In still another manner of the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the sample stage has conductivity, the sample stage support mechanism supports the sample stage while the sample stage is in contact with the drawing object when the drawing object is retained by the turntable, and the sample stage support mechanism further includes voltage applying means for applying a voltage to the sample stage.  
         [0023]     In this manner, since the sample stage retaining the adjustment sample also functions as the electrode for applying the voltage to the drawing object, the decelerating voltage of the electron beam or the like can be applied to the drawing object through the sample stage. Therefore, it is not necessary that the voltage applying electrode be provided independently of the sample stage, and hence the apparatus configuration can be simplified to perform the cost reduction.  
         [0024]     In a preferred example of the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the sample stage support mechanism biases the sample stage against the drawing object. Since the sample stage also functions as the voltage applying electrode, the contact between the sample stage and the drawing object can securely be maintained by appropriately biasing the sample stage against the drawing object. The sample stage is fixed to the turntable to perform the rotation motion, and hence biasing the sample stage against the drawing object particularly helps securing of electric connection during the rotation.  
         [0025]     In another preferred example of the electron beam drawing apparatus of the invention, the adjustment sample is made of a conductive material having a fine structure in a surface thereof, the fine structure having enough flatness to reflect light. Accordingly, a sample height can be detected with an optical substrate height measuring device, and the beam adjustment can correctly be performed. since the one adjustment sample can be used for both the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment, it is not necessary that the different adjustment samples be separately prepared for the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0026]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a master disc producing apparatus which is an embodiment of an electron beam drawing apparatus according to the invention;  
         [0027]      FIGS. 2A  to  2 C are sectional views showing a turntable according to first and second embodiments;  
         [0028]      FIGS. 3A and 3B  show an example of a beam adjustment sample;  
         [0029]      FIG. 4  is a flowchart showing an adjustment process according to the first embodiment;  
         [0030]      FIGS. 5A  to  5 C are sectional views showing a turntable according to a third embodiment; and  
         [0031]      FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing an adjustment process according to the third embodiment. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER  
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               10  master disc producing apparatus  
               11  vacuum chamber  
               15  disc substrate  
               16  turntable  
               17  air spindle motor  
               18  stage  
               71  adjustment sample  
               72  sample stage  
               73  sample stage support mechanism  
               78  center boss  
           
         
       
     
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0042]     Preferred embodiments of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.  
         [0000]     (Basic Configuration)  
         [0043]     The present invention provide a rotary stage type electron beam drawing apparatus used to draw a rotationally symmetrical pattern for a master optical disc and the like.  FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a configuration of a master disc producing apparatus  10  which is of an electron beam drawing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.  
         [0044]     An outline of a master disc producing process will be described below making an optical disc as an example. Because the electron beam is remarkably attenuated in the atmosphere, the electron beam is used in vacuum. Accordingly, the electron gun, the turntable on which the substrate for producing the master optical disc is placed, and the like are arranged in vacuum. For example, a silicon (Si) substrate is used to produce the master optical disc. An electron beam resist is applied onto a principal surface of the silicon substrate. The substrate onto which the electron beam resist is applied is rotated in the master disc producing apparatus  10 , and the substrate is irradiated with the electron beam modulated by an information data signal to form a spiral latent image having a fine convexoconcave pattern such as a pit and a groove.  
         [0045]     After the electron beam exposure, the substrate is taken out from the master disc producing apparatus  10 , and a development process is applied to the substrate. Then, the patterning process and the resist removing process are performed to form the fine convexoconcave pattern on the substrate. A conductive film is formed on the principal surface of the substrate on which the pattern is formed, and an electroforming process is performed to produce a master optical disc (stamper).  
         [0046]     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the master disc producing apparatus  10  includes a vacuum chamber  11 , a drive device which drives the disc substrate arranged in the vacuum chamber  11 , and an electron beam emission head  40  which includes an electron beam optical system attached into the vacuum chamber  11 . An optical disc substrate  15  for master optical disc (hereinafter simply referred to as “disc substrate”) is placed on a turntable  16 . The turntable  16  is rotated about a rotating axis which is an axis perpendicular to the principal surface of the disc substrate by an air spindle motor  17 , which is a rotational drive device for rotating the disc substrate  15 . The air spindle motor  17  is accommodated in a linear motion stage  18 . The linear motion stage  18  is coupled to a feed motor  19  which is a translational drive device, and the linear motion stage  18  performs translational movement of the air spindle motor  17  and turntable  16  in a predetermined direction (X-direction in  FIG. 1 ) in a plane parallel to the principal surface of the disc substrate  15 . The turntable  16  is made of a dielectric material such as ceramic, and the disc substrate  15  is retained on the turntable  16  by an electrostatic chucking mechanism (not shown).  
         [0047]     A light source  22  and a photo detector  23  are provided in the vacuum chamber  11  to detect a height of the principal surface of the disc substrate  15 , and the output of the photo detector  23  is supplied to a height detection unit  24 . For example, the photo detector  23  includes a position sensor or a CCD (Charge Coupled Device). The photo detector  23  receives the light emitted from the light source  22  and reflected from the surface of the disc substrate  15 , and supplies a light receiving signal to the height detection unit  24 . The height detection unit  24  detects the height of the principal surface of the disc substrate  15  based on the light receiving signal.  
         [0048]     The vacuum chamber  11  is installed through a vibration isolating table (not shown) such as an air dumper to suppress vibration transfer from the outside. A vacuum pump  28  is connected to the vacuum chamber  11  to discharge the air inside the chamber, and thereby the inside of the chamber is maintained at a predetermined degree of vacuum. A drive control unit  30  is also provided to control the air spindle motor  17  and feed motor  19 . The drive control unit  30  is operated under the control of CPU  25  which controls the whole of the master disc producing apparatus  10 .  
         [0049]     An electron gun  41 , a converging lens  42 , blanking electrodes  43 , an aperture  44 , beam deflection electrodes  45 , a focus adjustment lens  46  and an objective lens  47  are sequentially arranged, in this order, in the electron beam emission head  40  which emits the electron beam. The electron beam emission head  40  is attached to a ceiling surface of the vacuum chamber  11  insuch a state that an electron beam emission port  49  provided at the tip of an electron gun cylinder  48  is orientated toward a space in the vacuum chamber  11 . The electron beam emission port  49  is arranged at a position close to and opposite to the principal surface of the disc substrate  15  on the turntable  16 .  
         [0050]     In the electron gun  41 , a high voltage supplied from an electron gun power supply  51  is applied to a cathode (not shown) to emit the electron beam which is accelerated to, e.g., 10 KeV. The converging lens  42  converges and introduces the emitted electron beam to the aperture  44 . A blanking drive unit  54  is operated based on a signal from a recording control unit  52 , and controls the blanking electrodes  43  to turn on and off the electron beam. That is, the blanking drive unit  54  largely deflects the electron beam passing through the blanking electrodes  43  by applying the voltage between the blanking electrodes  43 . When the electron beam is largely deflected, the electron beam does not converge into an iris hole of the aperture  44  and does not pass through the aperture  44 , which causes the electron beam emission head  40  to be in an off state.  
         [0051]     A beam deflection drive unit  55  applies the voltage to the beam deflection electrode  45  to deflect the electron beam passing through the bean deflection electrode  45  in response to a control signal from CPU  25 . Therefore, the positional control of an electron beam spot with respect to the disc substrate  15  is performed. A focus lens drive unit  56  performs focus adjustment of the electron beam spot, which is irradiated on the principal surface of the disc substrate  15 , based on the detection signal from the height detection unit  24 . The blanking drive unit  54 , the beam deflection drive unit  55  and the focus lens drive unit  56  act as a beam adjustment unit  57 , and are controlled by CPU  25 .  
         [0052]     As described above, when the electron beam is incident to the resist layer formed on the disc substrate  15  at high speed during the electron beam exposure of the disc substrate  15 , the electron beam passes through the resist layer, and hence the exposure amount is decreased to reduce the (exposure) sensitivity. Therefore, in the present invention, a decelerating voltage (−V R ) is applied to the disc substrate  15 . The decelerating voltage is a negative voltage having magnitude by which the electron beam can be decelerated. A voltage source  60  is provided to apply the decelerating voltage and an electrostatic chucking voltage for retaining the disc substrate  15  on the turntable  16 .  
       First Embodiment  
       [0053]     A first embodiment of the master disc producing apparatus  10  according to the invention will be described below. In the master disc producing apparatus  10  having the above basic configuration, it is necessary to adjust the electron beam before the disc substrate  15  is actually irradiated with the electron beam to produce the master disc. Specifically, the optical system such as the objective lens  47  in the electron beam emission head  40  is adjusted to perform the focus adjustment (hereinafter referred to as “beam adjustment”) of the electron beam spot formed on the disc substrate  15 . In order to correctly form the concentric or radial fine pattern on the disc substrate, the rotating center of the turntable  16  is detected to match the drawing origin of the electron beam with the rotating center of the turntable  16 , i.e., with the polar coordinate origin (hereinafter referred to as “rotating center adjustment”).  
         [0054]     In the invention, in order to perform those adjustments, the beam adjustment sample is provided near the center of the turntable  16 , more properly in the range including the rotating center.  FIG. 2A  is a sectional view showing the turntable  16  according to the first embodiment, in which the disc substrate  15  is not placed on the turntable  16 . A recess portion  50  is formed at the center of the turntable  16 . A sample stage  72  retaining a beam adjustment sample  71  (hereinafter also simply referred to as “sample  71 ”) is accommodated in the recess portion  50  while the sample stage  72  is supported by a sample stage support mechanism  73 . The sample stage support mechanism  73  is formed as an elevating mechanism which moves the sample stage  72  in a vertical direction of  FIG. 2A . Since the sample stage support mechanism  73  is fixed to the turntable  16 , the sample stage  72  is also rotated when the turntable  16  is rotated. The sample stage  72  has a recess portion on the side where the disc substrate  15  is placed, and the sample  71  is fixed in the recess portion. The sample  71  is fixed within the range including the rotating center of the turntable  16 .  
         [0055]     It is desired that the sample  71  can be applied to both the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment. Specifically, examples of the sample  71  include a sample produced in such a manner that metallic particles such as Au or latex spheres are dispersed on the surface of material having a flat surface enough to reflect the light and then conductive treatment is applied, and a sample produced in such a manner that the patterning of a fine dot array pattern or mesh-shape line shown in  FIG. 3A  is applied to the material having the flat surface enough to reflect the light and then the conductive treatment is applied thereto. Thus, the sample  71  formed by the conductive pattern having the enough flatness to reflect the light can be used in both the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment, and hence it is not necessary that the different samples are separately prepared for the individual adjustment.  
         [0056]     The beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment are performed before the disc substrate  15  is placed on the turntable  16 . As shown in  FIG. 2A , during the adjustment, the sample stage  72  is raised by the sample stage support mechanism  73  such that the sample  71  is located slightly above an upper surface of the turntable  16 . Preferably, the sample stage  72  is positioned such that a sample surface of the sample  71  is substantially matched with the upper surface position of the disc substrate  15  when the disc substrate  15  is placed on the turntable  16 . That is, it is preferred that the height of the sample surface of the sample  71  from the turntable  16  is equal to the height of the disc substrate, and that an error between the height of the sample surface from the turntable and a thickness of the disc substrate is set within a focal depth of the electron beam. However, even if the error does not fall within the focal depth of the electron beam, when the sample  71  has a property of reflecting the light, the error can be absorbed by measuring the error by the height detector  24  and controlling the focus drive unit  56  to perform the focus control based on the measured height.  
         [0057]     On the other hand, when the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment are completed, the disc substrate  15  is placed on the turntable  16  to draw the pattern by the electron beam.  FIG. 2B  is a sectional view showing the turntable  16  when the disc substrate  15  is placed. When the disc substrate  15  is placed on the turntable  16 , the sample stage  72  is lowered in the recess portion  50  by the sample stage support mechanism  73  to the position where the sample stage  72  does not interrupt the placement of the disc substrate  15 , i.e., to the position below the upper surface of the turntable  16 .  
         [0058]     Next, the adjustment process including the beam adjustment and rotating center adjustment will be described.  FIG. 4  is a flowchart showing an adjustment process in the first embodiment. In the following description, it is assumed that the dot pattern sample shown in  FIG. 3A  is used as the sample  71 .  
         [0059]     As shown in  FIG. 2A , the sample stage support mechanism  73  is adjusted to raise the sample stage  72  until the sample surface of the sample  71  substantially projects, by the thickness of the disc substrate  15 , from the upper surface of the turntable  16  (Step S 1 ).  
         [0060]     Then, the beam adjustment is performed such that the electron beam is focused onto the sample surface of the sample  71 . Specifically, the electron beam is scanned while being irradiated on the sample surface, and the sample surface is observed by displaying a scanning electron microscope image (hereinafter referred to as “SEM image”) obtained from secondary electron or reflection electron information. At this point, the turntable  16  and the stage  18  are kept standing still. The SEM image of the sample surface becomes the dot pattern image as shown in  FIG. 3A  When the focal point of the electron beam is not located on the sample surface, one dot shape of the dot pattern becomes defocused or a large elliptical shape by astigmatism. On the other hand, when the focal point of the electron beam is located on the sample surface, one dot shape of the dot pattern becomes a round shape having a minimum area. Therefore, the SEM image of the sample surface is observed to adjust the optical system in the electron beam emission head  40  such as the objective lens  47 , the focus adjustment lens  46  and the astigmatism corrector such that the resolution becomes the optimum (Step S 2 ).  
         [0061]     Then, the rotating center adjustment is performed. That is, the drawing origin of the electron beam is matched with the rotating center of the turntable  16 . Specifically, while the turntable  16  is rotated, the sample surface is irradiated with the electron beam to scan the sample surface, and the observation is performed by displaying the SEM image. In this embodiment, since the dot pattern shown in  FIG. 3A  is used as the sample  71 , the concentric SEM image shown in  FIG. 3B  is observed during the rotation of the turntable  16 . The position of the stage  18  and the deflection amount of electron beam are adjusted such that the center of the concentric circle is located in the center of the visual field of the electron microscope. At this point, since the stage  18  can be moved only in the X-direction of  FIG. 1 , the positioning in the X-direction is mainly performed by the movement of the stage  18 , and the positioning in the Y-direction (i.e., the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the stage  1 B) is performed by controlling the deflection amount of electron beam with the electron beam emission head  40  or by moving the electron beam emission head  40 .  
         [0062]     Specifically, the low-magnification SEM image is initially displayed, and the position of the stage  18  is controlled such that the electron beam is located at the center position of the concentric image. Then, the electron beam is deflected by controlling the beam deflection drive unit  55 , and thereby a residual error component is corrected at the rotating center position of the turntable  16 . The above operation is repeated by magnifying the SEM image, and the drawing origin of the electron beam is matched with the rotating center of the turntable  16  (Step S 3 ).  
         [0063]     When the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment are completed, the sample stage  72  is lowered to the position where the sample stage  72  does not interrupt the placement of the disc substrate  15  on the turntable  16  as shown in  FIG. 2B  (Step S 4 ).  
         [0064]     Next, the disc substrate  15  to which photoresist is coated is placed on the turntable  16  such that preferably the rotating center of the turntable  16  is matched with the center of the disc substrate  15  (Step S 5 ). Then, the exposure is performed by the electron beam drawing to produce the master disc.  
         [0065]     Thus, according to this embodiment, since the sample stage can be lowered in the turntable  16  to the position where the sample stage does not interrupt the placement of the disc substrate  15  when the disc substrate  15  is placed, the dedicated stage for retaining the beam adjustment sample is not required, and the apparatus can be down sized. Furthermore, since the rotating center adjustment sample is always in the attached state, the rotating center is always adjusted as the apparatus function, and the pattern can accurately be drawn without the deviation of the origin.  
       Second Embodiment  
       [0066]     Next, a second embodiment will be described. The object of the first embodiment is the disc substrate  15  having no center hole. On the other hand, the second embodiment is applied when the disc substrate which is the object of the electron beam drawing has the center hole, and the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the turntable structure. In the second embodiment, since the whole configuration except for the turntable structure of the master disc producing apparatus  10  is similar that of the first embodiment, the description will be omitted.  
         [0067]      FIG. 2C  is a sectional view showing a turntable  16   a  in the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, a disc substrate  15   a  has the center hole, and a center boss  78  engaging the center hole of the disc substrate  15   a  is provided in the upper surface of the turntable  16   a . The center boss  78  is also used as the sample stage, and the sample  71  is arranged on the center boss  78 . That is, the center boss  78  engaging the disc substrate  15   a  having the center hole is commonly used with the disc substrate  15   a . Specifically, as shown in  FIG. 2C , the center boss  78  has a recess portion, and the sample  71  is arranged in the recess portion. At this point, the sample  71  is arranged in the recess portion of the center boss  78  such that the height of the sample surface of the sample  71  from the upper surface of the turntable  16   a  becomes equal to the thickness of the disc substrate  16   a.    
         [0068]     In the second embodiment, by the method similar to the first embodiment, the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment are performed by the SEM observation of the sample  71 . However, since the disc substrate  15   a  can be retained on the turntable  16   a  while the center hole of the disc substrate  15   a  engages the center boss  78 , it is not necessary to lower the center boss  78  which also functions as the sample stage. In other words, the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment can be performed even after the disc substrate  15   a  is placed on the turntable  16   a.    
         [0069]     Accordingly, in the second embodiment, the apparatus can be downsized, and the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment can accurately be performed by utilizing the sample  71  supported by the turntable  16   a.    
       Third Embodiment  
       [0070]     Then, a third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, the sample stage is also sued as an armature (electrode) which applies the decelerating voltage of the electron beam.  FIG. 5A  is a sectional view showing the turntable  16  according to the third embodiment, and the sample stage  72  is used as an applied voltage electrode in the turntable  16  of  FIG. 5A . Specifically, the sample stage  72  is made of a conductive material such as a metallic material, and the electron beam decelerating voltage is applied from the voltage source  60 . While the disc substrate  15  is placed on the turntable  16 , an upper end portion  72   a  of the sample stage  72  is in contact with the lower surface of the disc substrate  15  as shown in  FIG. 5A , and the sample stage  72  applies the electron beam decelerating voltage supplied from the voltage source  60  to the disc substrate  15 . The sample stage support mechanism  73  supports the sample stage  72  at the position where the upper end portion  72   a  of the sample stage  72  is in contact with the lower surface of the disc substrate  15  with proper pressure, while the disc substrate  15  is placed on the turntable  16   
         [0071]      FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing an adjustment process in the third embodiment. Similarly to the first embodiment, the adjustment process includes the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment. In the adjustment process of the third embodiment, since steps S 11  to S 15  are similar to steps S 1  to S 5  of the first embodiment, the description will be omitted.  
         [0072]     After steps S 11  to S 15 , the sample stage support mechanism  73  is driven to raise the sample stage  72  again, and the sample stage support mechanism  73  is stopped at the position where the upper end portion  72   a  of the sample stage  72  comes into contact with the lower surface of the disc substrate  15  as shown in  FIG. 5A  (Step S 16 ).  
         [0073]     Next, the drawing by the electron beam is performed (Step S 17 ). At this time, the voltage source  60  supplies the decelerating voltage to the sample stage  72  and disc substrate  15 , which are electrically connected to each other, such that the sample stage  72  and disc substrate  15  become the negative electrode. Therefore, the disc substrate  15  is negatively charged, and the electrons in the electron beam irradiated on the principal surface of the disc substrate  15  is decelerated.  
         [0074]     Thus, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, in the third embodiment, the sample stage  72 , on which the sample  71  is placed to perform the beam adjustment and the rotating center adjustment, is also used as the electrode for applying the electron beam decelerating voltage. Accordingly, it is not necessary that the decelerating voltage electrode be provided independently of the sample stage  72 , so that the apparatus configuration can be simplified.  
         [0075]     Next, a modification of the third embodiment will be described.  
         [0076]      FIG. 5B  shows a modification of the third embodiment, in which the sample stage support mechanism is formed by a spring  73   a . An upper end of the spring  73   a  which functions as the sample stage support mechanism is fixed to the bottom surface of the sample stage  72 , and a lower end of the spring  73   a  is fixed to the bottom surface of the recess portion  50  formed on the turntable  16 . Therefore, the spring  73   a  biases the sample stage  72  against the lower surface of the disc substrate  15  with proper pressure. This enables the upper end portion  72   a  of the sample stage  72  to be continuously in contact with the lower surface of the disc substrate  15  by the elastic force of the spring  73   a , even if the disc substrate  15  is vertically swung by the rotation of the motor.  
         [0077]      FIG. 5C  shows another modification of the second embodiment, in which the sample stage is used as the electrostatic chucking electrode. It is necessary that the disc substrate  15  be firmly fixed to the turntable  16  while the pattern is drawn by the electron beam. Therefore, as described above, the electrostatic chucking system, electrostatically adsorbing the disc substrate  15  and turntable  16  by the Coulomb force is used as the method of firmly fixing the disc substrate  15  to the turntable  16 . In the third embodiment, the sample stage  72  is used as the electrode which applies the electron beam decelerating voltage. Alternatively, as shown in  FIG. 5C , an inner electrode  61  is embedded in the turntable  16 , and the positive voltage is applied to the inner electrode  61  to form the positive electrode. This allows the disc substrate  15  and the turntable  16  to be electrostatically adsorbed.  
       INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY  
       [0078]     The invention can be applied to the rotary stage type electron beam drawing apparatus in which the fine rotationally symmetrical pattern (for example, the spiral pattern, the concentric pattern, and the radial pattern) is drawn on the master disc such as the optical disc and the magnetic disc.