Patent ID: 7385674

Claim:
An exposure apparatus in which by projecting an image of a pattern onto a substrate, the substrate is exposed, the exposure apparatus comprising: a projection optical system having an optical member, the image being projected onto the substrate through a liquid between the optical member and the substrate opposite to the optical member; a substrate holding member that holds the substrate and keeps the liquid so that the substrate is immersed in the liquid; a liquid supply system that supplies, at a vicinity of a projection area of the projection optical system, the liquid onto the substrate from above the substrate held by the substrate holding member; and a movable member that supports the substrate holding member and that moves the substrate holding member, wherein the substrate held by the substrate holding member is moved during the exposure relative to the optical member while a space between the optical member and the substrate is filled with the liquid, the substrate holding member is attachable to the movable member in a state in which the substrate is held by the substrate holding member, and after the substrate holding member is attached to the movable member, liquid is supplied.