Patent ID: 8482716

Claim:
An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate by radiating an exposure light beam onto the substrate through a liquid, the exposure apparatus comprising: a projection optical system; and a liquid immersion device which supplies the liquid and which recovers the liquid, wherein: the liquid immersion device has an inclined surface which is facing a surface of the substrate and which is inclined with respect to a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system; the inclined surface of the liquid immersion device is arranged such that a surface of the substrate is facing the inclined surface during exposure; the inclined surface is inclined upwardly and radially outwardly with respect to the optical axis; the inclined surface is formed to surround a projection area onto which the exposure light beam is radiated; and the liquid immersion device has a recovery port, which is formed on a face of the inclined surface and which recovers the liquid on the substrate during the exposure.