Patent ID: 7692760

Claim:
A liquid immersion exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern onto a substrate while a space between the substrate and a projection lens unit, which projects the pattern onto the substrate, is filled with a liquid, said apparatus comprising: a stage which carries the substrate; a unit which supplies the liquid to the space between the substrate and the projection lens unit and recovers the liquid from the space; and a controller which controls driving of the stage on the basis of a driving profile representing a target driving value according to an elapsed time from a start to a stop of driving the stage in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection lens unit, wherein the controller uses a different driving profile on the basis of the presence or absence of a liquid immersion condition, so that an acceleration waveform of the stage corresponding to the driving profile does not include a predetermined specific frequency component that deteriorates a convergence waveform of the stage.