Patent ID: 8502959

Claim:
An exposure apparatus for transferring a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate, the apparatus comprising: a convey unit configured to convey the substrate while chucking and holding a lower surface of the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the convey unit according to a conveyance condition determined based on state information indicating a state of the lower surface of the substrate, wherein the control unit controls the convey unit so that a conveyance acceleration is lower when the convey unit conveys the substrate in a vertical direction with a downward acceleration in a first conveyance condition than when the convey unit conveys the substrate in the vertical direction with the downward acceleration in a second conveyance condition, and wherein the control unit controls, in the first conveyance condition, the convey unit so that the conveyance acceleration is lower when the convey unit conveys the substrate in the vertical direction with the downward acceleration than when the convey unit conveys the substrate in the vertical direction with an upward acceleration.