Patent ID: 7068350

Claim:
An exposure apparatus that sequentially transfers a pattern of a mask onto a plurality of divided areas on an object by synchronously moving said mask and said object in a predetermined scanning direction, said exposure apparatus comprising: a mask stage that holds said mask and is movable in at least said scanning direction; an object stage that holds said object and is movable in a two-dimensional plane; and a stage control system that controls both said mask and said object stages, said stage control system controlling both stages based on instruction values according to a jerk curve, which is an inverse curve of polarized symbols, when a preliminary operation where said both stages are accelerated after deceleration in said scanning direction is performed in between divided areas in the same row in a non-scanning direction perpendicular to said scanning direction, the jerk curve including an interval where jerk is zero provided in between a jerk curve convex to a plus side and a jerk curve convex to a minus side.