Patent ID: 8681314

Claim:
An exposure apparatus that transfers a predetermined pattern onto a substrate, comprising: an optical member through which exposure light is transmitted; a base that has a guide surface; a substrate table that supports the substrate and that moves relative to the optical member along the guide surface while being supported above the guide surface in a non-contact manner; a position information obtaining device that obtains position information of the substrate table while the substrate table is moving; a shape information obtaining device that is provided at the substrate table and that obtains shape information of the substrate table; a transmitting device that transmits electricity to the shape information obtaining device in a non-contact manner and that receives the shape information of the substrate table from the shape information obtaining device in a non-contact manner; and a control device that communicates with the position information obtaining device and the shape information obtaining device and that controls a movement of the substrate table based on the position information of the substrate table from the position information obtaining device and the shape information of the substrate table from the shape information obtaining device.