Patent ID: 7755740

Claim:
An exposure apparatus for exposing a plurality of shot areas on a substrate to light through a liquid, the apparatus comprising: a movable stage including a chuck configured to hold the substrate and a plate arranged around of the chuck; a projection optical system configured to project a light through an original onto the substrate held by the chuck; a first liquid supply nozzle arranged along a periphery of a final optical element of the projection optical system; and a plurality of second liquid supply nozzles arranged on the stage; wherein the exposure apparatus supplies the liquid to a gap between the final optical element and the substrate through the first liquid supply nozzle; and wherein the exposure apparatus selects a nozzle for supplying the liquid from among the plurality of the second liquid supply nozzles based on a location of an exposure shot area on the substrate and supplies the liquid to a gap between the chuck and the plate using the selected second liquid supply nozzle.