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1. A charged-particle beam exposure apparatus comprising:a charged-particle beam source for emitting a charged-particle beam;an electrooptic system array which has a plurality of electron lenses and forms a plurality of intermediate images of said charged-particle beam source by the plurality of electron lenses; anda projection electrooptic system for projecting on a substrate the plurality of intermediate images formed by said electrooptic system array,said electrooptic system array including:at least two electrodes arranged along paths of a plurality of charged-particle beams, each of said at least two electrodes having a plurality of apertures on the paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams; anda shield electrode which is interposed between said at least two electrodes and has a plurality of shields corresponding to the respective paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams. 2. A charged-particle beam exposure apparatus comprising:a charged-particle beam source for emitting a charged-particle beam;an electrooptic system array which has a plurality of electron lenses and forms a plurality of intermediate images of said charged-particle beam source by the plurality of electron lenses; anda projection electrooptic system for projecting on a substrate the plurality of intermediate images formed by said electrooptic system array,said electrooptic system array including:upper, middle, and lower electrodes arranged along paths of a plurality of charged-particle beams, said upper, middle, and lower electrodes having pluralities of apertures on the paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams; anda lower shield electrode which is interposed between said lower and middle electrodes and has a plurality of shields corresponding to the respective paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams. 3. A device manufacturing method comprising the steps of:installing a plurality of semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses including a charged-particle beam exposure apparatus in a factory; andmanufacturing a semiconductor device by using the plurality of semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses,the charged-particle beam exposure apparatus having:a charged-particle beam source for emitting a charged-particle beam;an electrooptic system array which has a plurality of electron lenses and forms a plurality of intermediate images of the charged-particle beam source by the plurality of electron lenses; anda projection electrooptic system for projecting on a substrate the plurality of intermediate images formed by the electrooptic system array,the electrooptic system array including:at least two electrodes arranged along paths of a plurality of charged-particle beams, each of the at least two electrodes having a plurality of apertures on the paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams; anda shield electrode which is interposed between the at least two electrodes and has a plurality of shields corresponding to the respective paths of the plurality of charged-particle beams. 4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the steps of:connecting the plurality of semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses by a local area network;connecting the local area network to an external network of the factory;acquiring information about the charged-particle beam exposure apparatus from a database on the external network by using the local area network and the external network; andcontrolling the charged-particle beam exposure apparatus on the basis of the acquired information.