Patent ID: 7551264

Claim:
An exposure apparatus comprising: a measurement unit which performs a measurement operation for a substrate; an exposure unit which performs an exposure operation for the substrate; a plurality of chucks configured to hold the substrate; a base; a single coarse adjustment stage which is arranged on the base and movable along the surface of the base; first and second fine adjustment stages which are arranged on said coarse adjustment stage, in common, and are movable along the surface of said coarse adjustment stage; and a transporting unit which loads at least one chuck among the plurality of chucks, in said first fine adjustment stage, transports the chuck from said first fine adjustment stage to said second fine adjustment stage, and unloads the chuck from said second fine adjustment stage, wherein said first and second fine adjustment stages are configured to be able to perform, in parallel, an exposure operation for the substrate held by a chuck mounted on said first fine adjustment stage and a measurement operation for the substrate held by a chuck mounted on said second fine adjustment stage.