Patent ID: 8208119

Claim:
An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate by radiating an exposure light beam onto the substrate through a liquid, the exposure apparatus comprising: a flow-passage forming member having a supply inlet from which the liquid is supplied, the flow-passage forming member having a liquid recovery outlet in a lower surface thereof, an upper surface of the substrate facing the lower surface of the flow-passage forming member during an exposure, and the liquid supplied from the supply inlet covering only a portion of the upper surface of the substrate during the exposure; a temperature sensor provided at the flow-passage forming member; a substrate stage having a substrate-holding member by which the substrate is held, the substrate-holding member holding the substrate on an underside of the substrate and the substrate-holding member being movable below the supply inlet; and a temperature adjustment system which performs temperature adjustment for the substrate-holding member depending on a temperature of the liquid to be supplied from the supply inlet onto the substrate held by the substrate-holding member.