Patent ID: 8100684

Claim:
An imprint lithography apparatus comprising: a first array of template holders, a second array of template holders, a substrate table arranged to support a substrate to be imprinted, wherein the first array of template holders is arranged to hold a first array of imprint templates that can be used to imprint a first array of patterns onto the substrate, and the second array of template holders is arranged to hold a second array of imprint templates that can be used to imprint a second array of patterns onto the substrate, a motor configured to control movement of the substrate table, an actuator configured to control movement of the first array of imprint templates and/or an actuator configured to control movement of the second array of imprint templates, the motor, the actuator of the first array of imprint templates, and/or the actuator of the second array of imprint templates configured to control the patterns imprinted by the second array of imprint templates being interspersed between the patterns imprinted by the first array of imprint templates and the patterns imprinted by the second array of imprint templates being imprinted after the patterns imprinted by the first array of imprint templates between which the respective patterns of the second array of imprint templates are interspersed.