Patent ID: 8355113

Claim:
An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate, the exposure apparatus comprising: a first moving apparatus that moves a first pattern in a prescribed scanning direction; a second moving apparatus that moves a second pattern in the prescribed scanning direction; a substrate moving apparatus that moves a substrate having a plurality of shot regions in the prescribed scanning direction to a first exposure region to which a first exposure light from the first pattern is irradiated and to a second exposure region to which a second exposure light from the second pattern is irradiated; and a controller that controls the first moving apparatus, the second moving apparatus and the substrate moving apparatus using a first exposure mode that: (1) when the substrate is moving in one direction, moves the first pattern in a prescribed direction to expose a first shot region on the substrate using the first exposure light irradiated to the first exposure region, (2) then continues movement of the substrate in the one direction while moving the second pattern in a specified direction to expose a second shot region on the substrate, (3) then reverses the respective movement directions of the substrate and the second pattern so as to be reverse directions to expose a third shot region on the substrate using the second exposure light irradiated to the second exposure region, and (4) then continues movement of the substrate in the reverse direction while moving the first pattern in a direction that is the reverse of the prescribed direction to expose a fourth shot region on the substrate using the first exposure light irradiated to the first exposure region.