Patent ID: 6943865

Claim:
A device manufacturing apparatus for use in manufacturing a device, said apparatus comprising: a main booth in which an exposure apparatus is installed; a transport booth in which a mechanism arranged to transfer an object to and/or from the exposure apparatus is installed; an air conditioning booth having a temperature adjusting device which supplies a temperature adjusting gas to said main booth and said transport booth to control temperature therein; a duct through which the temperature adjusting gas, at least in said transport booth, is recovered to said air conditioning booth; a first component, arranged in a space that is outside said duct but inside said main booth, to detect a state of a predetermined portion in the space, or to drive or to control the predetermined portion; and a second component arranged in said duct and electrically connected to said first component to receive an electrical signal that pertains to the state of the predetermined portion from said first component, or to supply an electrical signal generated to drive or to control the predetermined portion to said first component.