Patent ID: 8125614

Claim:
An exposure apparatus which illuminates an original with light from a light source, and projects a pattern of the original onto a substrate by a projection optical system to expose the substrate, the apparatus comprising: a shutter inserted between the light source and a plane where the original is disposed; an exposure dose sensor configured to detect an exposure dose on the substrate; and a controller configured to control an exposure operation in accordance with control modes of the shutter, which include a first mode in which an exposure time of the substrate is controlled by opening the shutter and thereafter closing the shutter based on the output from the exposure dose sensor, and a second mode in which the exposure time of the substrate is controlled by controlling an operation speed of the shutter based on control information determined in advance based on a target, wherein the controller is configured to control the exposure operation so that, the substrate is exposed in the first mode with light having a first intensity if a first required exposure time that is an exposure time required to expose the substrate in the first mode with light having the first intensity is longer than a reference time, the substrate is exposed in the first mode with light having a second intensity lower than the first intensity if the first required exposure time is shorter than the reference time, and a required exposure dose accuracy is higher than a reference level, the substrate is exposed in the first mode with light having the second intensity if the first required exposure time is shorter than the reference time, the required exposure dose accuracy is lower than the reference level, and a second required exposure time that is an exposure time required to expose the substrate in the second mode with light having the first intensity is longer than the reference time, and the substrate is exposed in the second mode with light having the first intensity if the first required exposure time is shorter than the reference time, the required exposure dose accuracy is lower than the reference level, and the second required exposure time is shorter than the reference time.