CN1890779B - Exposure apparatus, exposure method, device producing method - Google Patents

Abstract

An exposure apparatus (EX) is an apparatus for exposing a substrate (P) by irradiating exposure light (EL) onto the substrate (P) through a projection optical system (PL) and a liquid (1). The exposure apparatus (EX) has a substrate table (PT) for holding the substrate (P). A plate member (30) having a liquid repellent flat surface (30A) is replaceably attached to the substrate table (PT) to prevent the liquid from remaining, maintaining excellent exposure accuracy.

Description

Exposure device, exposure method and device making method

Technical field

The present invention relates on substrate, shine exposure light with exposure device, exposure method and device making method to the substrate exposure through liquid.In addition, optics that uses in the projection aligner of immersion method and the projection aligner that has used this optics have been the present invention relates to use.Moreover, the present invention relates to be suitable for environment that liquid or gas contact under the optics that uses.

Background technology

The pattern transfer that utilization will form on mask is made semiconductor devices or liquid crystal display device to the method for photosensitive on-chip so-called photoetching.The exposure device that uses in this photo-mask process has the mask platform that supports mask and the chip bench of supporting substrate, mobile one by one mask platform and chip bench, and meanwhile through projection optical system with the pattern transfer of mask to substrate.In recent years, further highly integrated corresponding for device pattern wishes to realize the further resolution increasing of projection optical system.Employed exposure wavelength is short more, and the numerical aperture of projection optical system is big more in addition, and the resolution of projection optical system is high more.Therefore, the exposure wavelength that uses in exposure device shortens year by year, and the numerical aperture of projection optical system also more and more increases.And now the exposure wavelength of main flow is the 248nm of KrF excimer laser, and the 193nm of the shorter ArF excimer laser of wavelength is also realizing practicability.In addition, same with resolution when exposing, the depth of focus (DOF) also becomes important.Resolution R and depth of focus δ represent with following formula respectively.

R＝k ₁·λ/NA ...(1)

δ＝±k ₂·λ/NA ² ...(2)

At this, λ is an exposure wavelength, and NA is the numerical aperture of projection optical system, k ₁, k ₂It is technological coefficient.According to (1) formula, (2) formula as can be known, if shorten exposure wavelength lambda and increase numerical aperture NA in order to improve resolution R, then depth of focus δ narrows down.

If depth of focus δ is too narrow, then be difficult to make substrate surface consistent, the danger of the tolerance limit deficiency when having exposure work with the image planes of projection optical system.In addition, make for the spendable optics material of the exposure light of short wavelengthization and limited.According to such viewpoint,, for example proposed to disclose No. 99/49504 communique or spy and opened disclosed immersion method in the flat 10-303114 communique in the world as the method that shortens in fact by the exposure light wavelength after the projection optical system and the expansion depth of focus.This immersion method is following method: the liquid that is full of water or organic solvent etc. below projection optical system and between the substrate surface soaks the zone to form liquid, utilizing the exposure light wavelength in the liquid is that (n is a liquid refractive index to airborne 1/n, usually being about 1.2～1.6) this point improves resolution, simultaneously the depth of focus enlarged about n times.

But, as shown in Figure 18 shown in the synoptic diagram, even in the exposure device that adopts immersion method, sometimes also to the fringe region E exposure of substrate P.In this case, the part of view field 100 reaches the outside of substrate P, and exposure light also shines on the chip bench 120 that keeps substrate P.Under the situation of immersion exposure, the liquid that forms liquid soaks the zone, makes it cover view field 100, but when the edge area E was exposed, the liquid of liquid soaked the outside that a regional part reaches substrate P, formed on chip bench 120.In addition, disposing various detection means around the substrate P on the chip bench 120 or detecting,, also have on chip bench 120, to form the situation that liquid soaks the zone in order to use these detection means or detecting sensor with under the situation of sensor.If on chip bench 120, form the part that liquid soaks the zone, then the possibility of liquid residue on chip bench 120 improved, cause because of its gasification, for example place the environment change etc. of light path of various detection light that environment (temperature, the humidity) change of substrate P or chip bench 120 thermal deformations take place or detect the positional information etc. of substrate P, the possibility that exists exposure accuracy to descend.In addition, after residual gas vaporization, stay the water mark, also have the principal element of the pollution become substrate P or liquid etc. or become the possibility of the main error of various detections.

Summary of the invention

The present invention carries out in view of such situation, and its 1st purpose is to provide exposure device, exposure method and the device making method that can prevent liquid residue and can keep excellent exposure precision, accuracy of detection.

In addition, the 2nd purpose of the present invention is to provide optics with the hydrophobic film that possesses Ultra-Violet Laser irradiation permanance and the projection aligner that this optics has been installed.

In order to solve above-mentioned problem, the present invention has adopted the following structure corresponding with Fig. 1～Figure 21 shown in the example.But, only be the illustration of this key element to the appended symbol that has bracket of each key element, do not limit each key element.

According to the 1st form of the present invention, provide following exposure device (EX): through liquid (1) to substrate (P) irradiation exposure light (EL) with to substrate (P) exposure, possess: the picture of pattern is projected in projection optical system (PL) on the substrate (P); And the chip bench (PT) that is used to keep substrate (P), go up the member (30) that at least a portion that is provided with its surface (30A) in removable mode is lyophobicity at chip bench (PT).

In addition, in the present invention, provide the device making method of the exposure device that it is characterized in that using above-mentioned form.

According to the present invention owing to be arranged on the member of the lyophobicity that is provided with on the chip bench in removable mode, so when the lyophobicity deterioration of this member, can with the component replacement of new lyophobicity.Thereby, can suppress liquid residue, even for example take place residually, also can successfully reclaim this liquid.Thereby, can prevent from can make the device that can bring into play desirable performance because of the exposure accuracy that residual liquid causes, the deterioration of accuracy of detection.

According to the 2nd form of the present invention, provide following exposure method: going up irradiation exposure light (EL) so that above-mentioned substrate (P) is carried out immersion exposure at substrate (P) through projection optical system (PL) and liquid (1), keep substrate (P) with substrate retaining member (30), substrate retaining member (30) has its surface and is roughly with par (30A) simultaneously with this substrate (P) surface around substrate (P), to keep the substrate retaining member (30) of substrate (P) to be transported into chip bench (PST, PT) on, to being transported into chip bench (PST, PT) substrate on (P) carries out immersion exposure, after the end of immersion exposure, from chip bench (PST, PT) transport the substrate retaining member (30) that keeps substrate (P).

In addition, in the present invention, provide the device making method that it is characterized in that using above-mentioned exposure method.

According to the present invention, by chip bench is transported into and transports the substrate retaining member that around substrate, has the par with substrate, can easily change the substrate retaining member with substrate to chip bench, for example when the lyophobicity of substrate retaining member worsens, can easily change.In addition, because the substrate retaining member has the par around substrate, so when this substrate retaining member being transported on the chip bench fringe region to substrate and carrying out immersion exposure with substrate, even the liquid of liquid soaks the part in zone and stretches out in the outside of substrate, also can utilize the par to keep the shape that liquid soaks the zone, can under the state that keeps liquid under the projection optical system well, carry out immersion exposure and do not cause the outflow etc. of liquid.Thereby, can prevent the deterioration of exposure accuracy, can make the device that can bring into play desirable performance.

According to the 3rd form of the present invention, following exposure device (EX) is provided, through liquid (1) to substrate (P) irradiation exposure light (EL) with to substrate (P) exposure, possess: the picture of pattern is projected in projection optical system (PL) on the substrate (P); And for projection optical system (PL) transfer table (PST) movably, transfer table (PST) is provided with the lyophobicity member that at least a portion is lyophobicity (30, PH, 300,400,500), and this lyophobicity member is replaceable.

In the exposure device of the 3rd form of the present invention owing to be arranged on the member of the lyophobicity that is provided with on the transfer table in removable mode, so when the lyophobicity deterioration of this member, can with new component replacement.Transfer table can be to possess to keep substrate and the detection system of the detection means of mobile chip bench or various reference feature or detecting sensor etc.Perhaps, as transfer table can possess chip bench and monitor station the two.And then, as transfer table, can possess a plurality of chip bench or a plurality of monitor station.

According to the 4th form of the present invention, the exposure method of following step is provided, substrate (P) irradiation exposure light (EL) is comprised following operation so that above-mentioned substrate (P) is carried out immersion exposure: at least a portion on the substrate (P) is supplied with aforesaid liquid (1) through liquid (1); Irradiation exposes light (EL) so that substrate is carried out immersion exposure to substrate (P) through liquid; The part of the exposure device different with the substrate that is supplied to liquid (30,300,400,500) has lyophobicity; And the part (30,300,400,500) of changing exposure device according to the deterioration of this lyophobicity with this lyophobicity.

In the exposure method of the 4th form of the present invention, though since the part of exposure device with lyophobicity because of the irradiation mis-behave of ultraviolet light, also can worsen and change this part according to it, so can prevent the residual of the liquid that causes because of deterioration or sew etc.Can carry out the replacing of above-mentioned part termly or according to result to various piece deduction or observation impaired condition.

According to the 5th form of the present invention, a kind of optics of installing on the chip bench of projection aligner (EX) (650,652,654) is provided, above-mentioned projection aligner (EX) exposing beam (EL) illumination mask (M), utilize on projection optical system keeps the pattern of mask (M) on liquid (1) is transferred to by chip bench the substrate (P), described optics possesses: the photoirradiated surface (660) that is shone by above-mentioned exposing beam; Utilization is by the bonding particulate sublayer (662) of the particulate sublayer formation of at least a formation in the silicon dioxide that forms on the surface of photoirradiated surface (660), magnesium fluoride and the calcium fluoride; And the hydrophobic film (664) that utilizes the noncrystalline fluororesin formation that on the surface of bonding particulate sublayer, forms.

The present inventor learns because fluoroalkyl silane terminal groups-CF when the connecting airtight property of fluorine analysis alkyl silane and matrix material glass ₃Chemically stable, thus with matrix material glass between not expectability hydrogen combine or the combination of the chemistry of condensation reaction etc.Therefore, the present inventor has studied the method that does not rely on chemical combination but intermolecular attraction is increased.Its result achieves success aspect following: by increasing the surface area with the bonding adhesive linkage of matrix material glass, make in the good mode of head and the tail and to adhere to energy and increase.According to optics of the present invention, by the silicon dioxide (SiO that forms bonding particulate sublayer ₂), magnesium fluoride (MgF ₂) and calcium fluoride (CaF ₂) in the particulate sublayer of at least a formation can obtain glass (principal ingredient SiO with matrix material ₂) compatibility good, with lucky the connecting airtight property of matrix material glass.In addition, produce the concavo-convex of the diameter derive from particle from the teeth outwards.Moreover, because silicon dioxide etc. are the very high materials of ultraviolet transmittance, so the laser radiation permanance of itself is also high.Thereby, if forming by silicon dioxide (SiO ₂), magnesium fluoride (MgF ₂) and calcium fluoride (CaF ₂) in the particulate sublayer of at least a formation after form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin, then enter in the atomic space of silicon dioxide etc. and with mode drying, the curing of its encirclement with the noncrystalline fluororesin.Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so and the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight of matrix material.

In addition, according to the 6th form of the present invention, provide a kind of chip bench (PST) to go up the optics of installing (650,652,654) at projection aligner, above-mentioned projection aligner exposing beam (EL) illumination mask (M), utilize projection optical system (PL) that the pattern of aforementioned mask is transferred to by chip bench (PST) through liquid (1) and go up on the substrate that keeps, described optics possesses: the photoirradiated surface (660) that is shone by above-mentioned exposing beam; The bonding plane that on the surface of above-mentioned photoirradiated surface, forms (668); And the hydrophobic film (664) that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin that on the surface of above-mentioned bonding plane, forms.In the optics of this form, above-mentioned bonding plane preferably utilizes the face of hydrogen fluoride etching.

Optics according to the 6th form, owing on photoirradiated surface, have the bonding plane that constitutes by the etched surface that utilizes the hydrogen fluoride etching, if so on bonding plane, form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin, then enter in the space of bonding plane and mode drying, the curing of its encirclement with the noncrystalline fluororesin.Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so and the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight of matrix material.

In addition, the above-mentioned photoirradiated surface of the optics of above-mentioned form can have matrix material glass.In addition, the above-mentioned photoirradiated surface of the optics of above-mentioned form can have the metal film that forms at least a portion of matrix material glass.According to these opticses, because the hydrophobic film that forms on photoirradiated surface has the laser radiation permanance, so can in long-time, maintain the hydrophobicity of the photoirradiated surface of the optics of installing on the chip bench of projection aligner.

In addition, in the present invention, also provide the projection aligner of the optics that possesses above-mentioned arbitrary form.According to this projection aligner, because the hydrophobic optics that can keep photoirradiated surface in long-time is being installed on the chip bench, so, also can carry out the draining on the photoirradiated surface of optics reliably even repeating under the situation of immersion exposure.

In addition, according to the 7th form of the present invention, a kind of projection aligner (EX) is provided, with exposing beam (EL) illumination mask (M), utilize projection optical system (PL) with the pattern of aforementioned mask through liquid transfer to the substrate that keeps by chip bench (PST), on the above-mentioned chip bench: the photoirradiated surface (660) that is shone by above-mentioned exposing beam; The bonding particulate sublayer (662) that on the surface of above-mentioned photoirradiated surface, forms; And the hydrophobic film (664) that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin that on the surface of above-mentioned bonding particulate sublayer, forms.

According to the projection aligner of the 7th form, owing on photoirradiated surface, have bonding particulate sublayer, so connect airtight the hydrophobic film and the bonding particulate sublayer that are made of the noncrystalline fluororesin at the optics of installing on the chip bench.Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so and the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight of matrix material.

In addition, the above-mentioned photoirradiated surface of the projection aligner of the 7th form can have matrix material glass.In addition, the above-mentioned photoirradiated surface of the projection aligner of the 7th form can have the metal film that forms at least a portion of matrix material glass.According to these projection aligners, because the hydrophobic film that forms on the photoirradiated surface of the optics of installing on the chip bench has the laser radiation permanance, so can in long-time, maintain the hydrophobicity of the photoirradiated surface of the optics of installing on the chip bench of projection aligner.

According to the 8th form of the present invention, a kind of optics (300,400,500,650,652,654) is provided, possess: article body (660) with photoirradiated surface; The particulate sublayer (662) that at least a particulate of selecting a group that utilization constitutes from silicon dioxide, magnesium fluoride and the calcium fluoride that is formed by the surface at above-mentioned photoirradiated surface forms; And the hydrophobic film (664) that utilizes the noncrystalline fluororesin to form.Because hydrophobic film is connected with photoirradiated surface securely through the particulate sublayer, so be extremely useful in the purposes of optical sensor that the present invention uses in liquid or steam atmosphere or lens etc.

According to the 8th form of the present invention, provide a kind of optics (300,400,500,650,652,654), possess: article body (660) with photoirradiated surface; The bonding plane (668) that on the surface of above-mentioned photoirradiated surface, utilizes etching to form; And the hydrophobic film (664) that utilizes the noncrystalline fluororesin on the surface of above-mentioned bonding plane, to form.Because hydrophobic film is connected with photoirradiated surface securely through the particulate sublayer, so be extremely useful in the purposes of optical sensor that the present invention uses in liquid or steam atmosphere or lens etc.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the summary construction diagram that an example of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Fig. 2 is the general view that liquid feed mechanism and liquids recovery mechanism are shown.

Fig. 3 is the planimetric map of chip bench.

Fig. 4 is the planimetric map that the chip bench of the state that has kept substrate is shown.

Fig. 5 is the sectional view of chip bench.

Fig. 6 illustrates each member to chip bench synoptic diagram removably.

Fig. 7 (a)～(d) is the synoptic diagram of an example that the work of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Fig. 8 (a)～(d) is the synoptic diagram of an example that the work of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Fig. 9 is the planimetric map that the substrate retaining member that is transported on the conveyer is shown.

Figure 10 is the sectional view that another example of chip bench is shown.

Figure 11 (a) and (b) be the summary construction diagram that another example of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Figure 12 (a) and (b) be the figure that another example of substrate retaining member is shown.

Figure 13 (a)～(d) is another routine synoptic diagram that the work of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Figure 14 is the summary construction diagram that another example of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Figure 15 is the summary construction diagram that another example of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Figure 16 is the summary construction diagram that another example of exposure device of the present invention is shown.

Figure 17 is the process flow diagram of an example that the manufacturing process of semiconductor devices is shown.

Figure 18 is the synoptic diagram that is used to illustrate former problem.

Figure 19 is the figure that is illustrated in the optics of installing on the wafer station relevant with example.

Figure 20 is the structural drawing of the optics installed on the wafer station relevant with example.

Figure 21 is the structural drawing of the optics installed on the wafer station relevant with example.

Embodiment

Below, Yi Bian with reference to accompanying drawing, Yi Bian exposure device of the present invention is described, but the present invention is not limited to this.

＜the 1 example 〉

Fig. 1 is the summary construction diagram that an example of exposure device of the present invention is shown.In Fig. 1, exposure device EX possesses: the mask platform MST that supports mask M; Chip bench PST through substrate frame PT supporting substrate P; With the lamp optical system IL of exposure light EL illumination by the mask M of mask platform MST support; To project to the substrate P that supports by chip bench PST with the pattern image of the mask M of exposure light EL illumination and go up projection optical system PL to expose; And blanket the control device CONT that controls the work of exposure device EX integral body.

Expand the depth of focus in order substantially to shorten exposure wavelength in fact when improving resolution, immersion method is applied to the exposure device EX of this example.This liquid immersion exposure apparatus possesses to the liquid feed mechanism 10 of substrate P feed fluid 1 and the liquids recovery mechanism 20 that reclaims the liquid 1 on the substrate P.In this example, use pure water as liquid 1.At least the pattern image with mask M be transferred on the substrate P during in, exposure device EX utilizes at least a portion (partly) the formation liquid of liquid 1 on the substrate P of the AR1 of view field that comprises projection optical system PL of supplying with from liquid feed mechanism 10 to soak regional AR2.Specifically, for exposure device EX, full of liquid 1 between the surface (plane of exposure) of the optical element 2 of the leading section of projection optical system PL and substrate P, liquid 1 between this projection optical system PL and substrate P and projection optical system PL project to the pattern image of mask M on the substrate P, and substrate P is exposed.

At this, in this example, as exposure device EX, with on one side on the different directions from each other on the direction of scanning (in the other direction) synchronously mobile mask M and substrate P, be that example illustrates in the situation to the scanning exposure apparatus (so-called scanning ledex) of the pattern exposure that on mask M, forms on the substrate P on one side.In the following description, the direction consistent with the optical axis AX of projection optical system PL is decided to be Z-direction, will be in the plane vertical with Z-direction the synchronous moving direction (direction of scanning) of mask M and substrate P be decided to be X-direction, will be decided to be Y direction with the Z-direction direction (non-direction of scanning) vertical with X-direction.In addition, will be that rotation (inclination) direction that carry out at the center is decided to be θ X, θ Y, θ Z direction with X-axis, Y-axis and Z axle respectively.Have, so-called here " substrate " is included in the substrate that has applied on the semiconductor wafer as the photoresist of photosensitive material again, and " mask " is included in the reticle mask of the device pattern that has formed reduced projection on the substrate.

Lamp optical system IL is with the optical system of exposure light EL illumination by the mask M of mask platform MST support, has: exposure light source; Make the illumination of the light beam that penetrates from the exposure light source uniform light integrators (homogenizer) that becomes; To carry out the collector lens of optically focused from the exposure light EL of light integrators; Relay lens system; And the field of illumination on the mask M that will be produced by exposure light EL be set at the variable field-of-view aperture of slit-shaped etc.Utilize lamp optical system IL and with the throw light on field of illumination of the regulation on the mask M of the exposure light EL of uniform Illumination Distribution.As the exposure light EL that penetrates from lamp optical system IL, for example can use extreme ultraviolet light (DUV light) or the ArF excimer laser (wavelength 193nm) and the F of the bright line (g line, h line, i line) that penetrates from mercury vapor lamp and KrF excimer laser (wavelength 248nm) etc. ₂The vacuum-ultraviolet light (VUV light) of laser (wavelength 157nm) etc. etc.In this example, use the ArF excimer laser.As mentioned above, the liquid 1 in this example is pure water, even exposure light EL is that the ArF excimer laser also can see through.In addition, pure water also can see through the extreme ultraviolet light (DUV light) of bright line (g line, h line, i line) and KrF excimer laser (wavelength 248nm) etc.

Mask platform MST while support mask M, can be in the plane vertical with the optical axis AX of projection optical system PL, be to make 2 dimensions in the XY plane to move, in addition, on θ Z direction, can carry out small rotation.Utilize the mask platform drive unit MSTD of linear electric motors etc. to drive mask platform MST.Utilize control device CONT to control mask platform drive unit MSTD.Moving lens 50 is set on mask platform MST.In addition, with moving lens 50 opposed positions on laser interferometer 51 is set.Utilize laser interferometer 51 to detect the position and the rotation angle of the 2 dimension directions of the mask M on the mask platform MST in real time, testing result is exported to control device CONT.Control device CONT drives mask platform drive unit MSTD by the testing result according to laser interferometer 51, carries out the location by the mask M of mask platform MST support.

Projection optical system PL projects to substrate P with the pattern of mask M with the projection multiplying power β of regulation and goes up and expose.Projection optical system PL is made of a plurality of optical elements of the optical element that is provided with on the leading section that is included in substrate P one side (lens) 2, supports these optical elements with lens barrel PK.In this example, projection optical system PL is that projection multiplying power β for example is 1/4 or 1/5 reduction system.Have, projection optical system PL can be any of times system such as grade and amplification system again.In addition, projection optical system PL can be do not comprise the reflecting system of refracting element, do not comprise reflecting element dioptric system, comprise any of reflected refraction system of refracting element and reflecting element.In addition, the optical element 2 of the leading section of the projection optical system PL of this example is provided with in the mode that can load and unload (replacing) for lens barrel PK, and the liquid 1 that liquid soaks regional AR2 contacts with optical element 2.

Form optical element 2 with fluorite.Because the compatibility height of water and fluorite, so liquid 1 and the roughly whole face of the liquid contact surface 2a of optical element 2 are connected airtight.Promptly, in this example, owing to will supply with as liquid 1 by high water, so the connecting airtight property height of the liquid contact surface 2a of optical element 2 and liquid 1 can be full of light path between optical element 2 and the substrate P reliably with liquid 1 with the compatibility of the liquid contact surface 2a of optical element 2.Have, the material of optical element 2 also can be the quartz high with the compatibility of water again.In addition, also can carry out hydrophiling (lyophilyization) to the liquid contact surface 2a of optical element 2 and handle, further improve compatibility with liquid 1.In addition, owing to join with liquid (water) 1 near the front end of lens barrel PK, so form at least near the front end with the metal of Ti (titanium) etc. with rust-resisting property.

Chip bench PST supporting substrate P possesses: the Z platform 52 that keeps substrate P through substrate frame PT; Support the XY platform 53 of Z platform 52; And the pedestal 54 that supports XY platform 53.Substrate frame PT keeps substrate P, is arranged on the chip bench PST (Z platform 52).Utilize the chip bench drive unit PSTD of linear electric motors etc. to drive chip bench PST.Utilize control device CONT to control chip bench drive unit PSTD.Control position on position (focal position) on the Z-direction of the substrate P that keeps by substrate frame PT and θ X, the θ Y direction by driving Z platform 52.In addition, control position on the XY direction of substrate P (with the position of the parallel in fact direction of the image planes of projection optical system PL) by driving XY platform 53.That is, focal position and the pitch angle of Z platform 52 control substrate P make the surface of substrate P overlap with the image planes of projection optical system PL with automatic focus mode and automatic straightening mode, and XY platform 53 carries out the location of X-direction and the Y direction of substrate P.Have again, the XY platform can be set integratedly with the Z platform certainly.Have again,, for example can use and open disclosed structure in the flat 8-37149 communique the spy as the structure of automatic focus, rectification detection system.

Go up the moving lens 55 that setting is moved with respect to projection optical system PL with chip bench PST at chip bench PST (substrate frame PT).In addition, with moving lens 55 opposed positions on laser interferometer 56 is set.Utilize laser interferometer 56 to detect the position and the rotation angle of the 2 dimension directions of the substrate P on the chip bench PST (substrate frame PT) in real time, testing result is exported to control device CONT.Control device CONT drives chip bench drive unit PSTD by the testing result according to laser interferometer 56, carries out the location by the substrate P of chip bench PST support.

Disposed the substrate alignment system 350 that detects the alignment mark on the substrate P or go up the reference mark (aftermentioned) that is provided with at chip bench PST (substrate frame PT) near the top chip bench PST (substrate frame PT).In addition, near mask platform MST, be provided with use with exposure light EL be same wavelength light through mask M and projection optical system PL detect on the chip bench PST (substrate frame PT) the mask registration system 360 of reference mark.Have again, structure as substrate alignment system 350, can use the spy and open flat 4-65603 communique (corresponding United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 493, No. 403) in disclosed structure, as the structure of mask registration system 360, can use the spy and open flat 7-176468 communique (corresponding United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 646, No. 413) in disclosed structure.

On substrate frame PT, be provided with the board member 30 of encirclement by the substrate P of this substrate frame PT maintenance.Board member 30 is the members that separate with substrate frame PT, be arranged to for substrate frame PT can load and unload, replaceable.Board member 30 has tabular surface (par) 30A that is roughly same one side with the surface of the substrate P that is kept by substrate frame PT.Around the substrate P that keeps by substrate frame PT, disposed tabular surface 30A.Moreover, on substrate frame PT and in the arranged outside of board member 30 have tabular surface 30A with board member 30 and be roughly the 2nd board member 32 with the tabular surface 32A of one side.The 2nd board member 32 also be arranged to for substrate frame PT can load and unload, replaceable.

Liquid feed mechanism 10 from the liquid 1 of regulation to substrate P that supply with possesses: but the 1st liquid supply unit 11 of feed fluid 1 and the 2nd liquid supply unit 12; That supply pipe 11A through have stream in the 1st liquid supply unit 11 connects, have the 1st supply member 13 from the supply 13A of the liquid of sending from the 1st liquid supply unit 11 1 to substrate P that supply with; And the supply pipe 12A through in the 2nd liquid supply unit 12, having stream connect, have the 2nd supply member 14 from the supply port 14A of the liquid of sending from the 2nd liquid supply unit 12 1 to substrate P that supply with.Approach substrate P surface configuration the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14, be arranged on the face direction of substrate P on the mutually different position.Specifically, the 1st supply member 13 of liquid feed mechanism 10 is with respect to a side (X side) of view field AR1 direction of scanning, and the 2nd supply member 14 is arranged on the opposite side (+X side) of direction of scanning with respect to the AR1 of view field.

1st, the 2nd liquid supply unit 11,12 possesses (all not shown) such as the container of receiving fluids 1 and force (forcing) pumps respectively, respectively through supply pipe 11A, 12A and supply member 13,14 to substrate P feed fluid 1.In addition, utilize control device CONT to control the liquid supply work of the 1st, the 2nd liquid supply unit 11,12, control device CONT can control independently by the liquid quantity delivered of the 1st, the 2nd liquid supply unit 11,12 for the time per unit on the substrate P.In addition, the 1st, the 2nd liquid supply unit 11,12 has the temperature adjusting mechanism of liquid respectively, utilizes this temperature adjusting mechanism, can be to the liquid 1 of the roughly the same temperature (for example 23 ℃) of the temperature in the casing of substrate P supply and storing apparatus.Have, exposure device EX not necessarily needs to possess container, force (forcing) pump, the temperature adjusting mechanism of the 1st, the 2nd liquid supply unit 11,12 again, also can replace using the equipment of factory that exposure device EX is set etc.

The liquid 1 that liquids recovery mechanism 20 reclaims on the substrate P possesses: the 1st, the 2nd recovery member 23,24 with recovery mouth 23A, 24A of the surface configuration that approaches substrate P; And respectively through in the 1st, the 2nd recovery member 23,24, having the 1st, the 2nd liquids recovery portion 21,22 of recovery tube 21A, the 22A connection of stream.1st, the 2nd liquids recovery portion 21,22 possesses vacuum system (suction device), the gas-liquid separator of vacuum pump for example etc. and holds (all not shown) such as containers of the liquid 1 of recovery, reclaims member 23,24 and recovery tube 21A, 22A through the 1st, the 2nd and reclaims liquid 1 on the substrate P.Utilize control device CONT to control the liquids recovery work of the 1st, the 2nd liquids recovery portion 21,22.Control device CONT can control the liquids recovery amount by the time per unit of the 1st, the 2nd liquids recovery portion 21,22 independently.Have, exposure device EX not necessarily needs to possess vacuum system, gas-liquid separator, the container of the 1st, the 2nd liquids recovery portion 21,22 again, also can replace using the equipment of factory that exposure device EX is set etc.

Fig. 2 is the planimetric map that the schematic configuration of liquid feed mechanism 10 and liquids recovery mechanism 20 is shown.As shown in Figure 2, the AR1 of view field of projection optical system PL is set at the slit-shaped (rectangle) that is decided to be length direction with Y direction (non-direction of scanning), the liquid that forms full of liquid 1 on the part of substrate P soaks regional AR2, makes it comprise the AR1 of view field.And the 1st supply member 13 that the liquid that is used to form the AR1 of view field soaks the liquid feed mechanism 10 of regional AR2 is arranged on the side (X side) of direction of scanning with respect to the AR1 of view field, and the 2nd supply member 14 is arranged on opposite side (+X side).

The the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14 formed respectively be roughly circular-arc on the plan view, the size on the Y direction of its supply port 13A, 14A is set at bigger than the size on the Y direction of view field AR1 at least.And, will form and be roughly circular- arc supply port 13A, 14A on the plan view and be configured on direction of scanning (X-direction), clamp the AR1 of view field.Liquid feed mechanism 10 through supply port 13A, the 14A of the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14 in the both sides of the AR1 of view field feed fluid 1 simultaneously.

The the 1st, the 2nd of liquids recovery mechanism 20 reclaims member 23,24 to have respectively and forms circular-arc recovery mouth 23A, the 24A that makes it towards the surface of substrate P continuously.And utilization is configured to the 1st, the 2nd recovery member 23,24 respect to one another and has formed roughly circular recovery mouth.Reclaim the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14 and the AR1 of view field that member 23,24 recovery mouth 23A, 24A separately is configured to surround liquid feed mechanism 10 with the 1st, the 2nd.

Supply with from supply port 13A, the 14A of the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14 to the liquid 1 that substrate P supplies with in following mode, make wetting expansion between the lower surface of its leading section (optical element 2) and the substrate P at projection optical system PL.In addition, reclaim the liquid 1 that flows to the outside of the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14 with respect to the AR1 of view field by the 1st, the 2nd recovery mouth 23A, the 24A that reclaims member 23,24 that is configured in the 1st, the 2nd supply member 13,14 outsides with respect to the AR1 of view field.

In this example, when substrate P was carried out scan exposure, the liquid quantity delivered of the time per unit that will supply with from the front of the AR1 of view field on the direction of scanning was set at more than the liquid quantity delivered of supplying with in its opposite side.For example, Yi Bian on one side on+directions X mobile substrate P, carry out under the situation of exposure-processed, control device CONT makes that recently the amount of liquid from+X one side (being supply port 14A) is many from the amount of liquid of-X one side (being supply port 13A) for the AR1 of view field, on the other hand, on one side on one side on-directions X mobile substrate P, carry out under the situation of exposure-processed, make for the AR1 of view field from the amount of liquid of+X one side recently oneself-amount of liquid of X one side is many.In addition, on the direction of scanning, will be set at than liquids recovery amount in the liquids recovery amount of the time per unit of the front of the AR1 of view field and lack in its opposite side.For example, when on+directions X, having moved substrate P, make that recently the yield from-X one side (promptly reclaiming a mouthful 23A) is many from the yield of+X one side (promptly reclaiming a mouthful 24A) for the AR1 of view field.

Have again, being used for forming partly the mechanism that liquid soaks regional AR2 on substrate P (chip bench PST) is not limited to above-mentioned, for example also can adopt in No. 2004/020782 communique of U.S. Patent Publication or the international mechanism that discloses in No. 2004/055803 communique that discloses, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the application of border home or select, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

Fig. 3 is a planimetric map of seeing substrate frame PT from the top, and Fig. 4 is a planimetric map of seeing the substrate frame PT that has kept substrate P from the top.In Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, be that mutually perpendicular 2 edge parts of the substrate frame PT of rectangle have disposed moving lens 55 at plan view.In addition, formed recess 31 in the substantial middle portion of substrate frame PT, disposed the substrate holder PH that constitutes the part of substrate frame PT in this recess 31, substrate P is kept by substrate holder PH.Around substrate P (substrate holder PH), be provided with the surface that has with substrate P and be roughly the board member 30 of the tabular surface 30A of one side together.Board member 30 is annular components, is configured to surround substrate holder PH (substrate P).Utilize the material with lyophobicity of the such fluoride of teflon (Te Fulong (login trade mark)) for example etc. to form board member 30.Owing to around substrate P, be provided with to have and be roughly the board member 30 of the tabular surface 30A of one side together with substrate P surface, even so when the fringe region E to substrate P carries out immersion exposure, also can form liquid well in image planes one side of projection optical system PL and soak regional AR2.

Have again, soak regional AR2 if can form liquid, then in the tabular surface 30A of the surface of substrate P and board member 30, can have step difference, for example in the mode of the optical path space of image planes one side that is full of projection optical system PL with liquid 1, on the Z direction, can make tabular surface 30A surperficial low than substrate P.

As shown in Fig. 1,3 and 4, the arranged outside of the board member 30 on substrate frame PT (substrate holder PH) the 2nd board member 32.The 2nd board member 32 has tabular surface 30A with the surface of substrate P or board member 30 and is roughly tabular surface 32A with one side, is arranged to the top roughly whole zone of covering substrate holder PH (substrate P) and board member 30 substrate frame PT in addition.For example also utilizing, the material with lyophobicity of teflon etc. has formed the 2nd board member 32.

Have again, under the original state of the contact angle of the liquid 1 in the contact angle of the liquid 1 in the tabular surface 30A surface of board member 30 and the tabular surface 32A surface of the 2nd board member 32 before irradiation exposure light EL, respectively more than or equal to 110 °.

In addition, on the position of the regulation of the 2nd board member 32, a plurality of peristome 32K, 32L, 32N have been formed.In peristome 32K, disposed reference feature 300.Position relation with regulation in reference feature 300 is provided with reference mark PFM that utilizes 350 detections of substrate alignment system and the reference mark MFM that utilizes 360 detections of mask registration system.In addition, the top 301A of reference feature 300 roughly becomes tabular surface, and the reference field that can be used as focusing, rectification detection system uses.Moreover, with the top 301A of reference feature 300 be arranged to surface (tabular surface) 32A of surface (tabular surface) 30A of substrate P surface, board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 for roughly with one side.In addition, reference feature 300 is formed in plan view rectangular, form gap K between reference feature 300 that in peristome 32K, disposes and the 2nd board member 32.In this example, gap K for example is about 0.3mm.

As optical sensor, in peristome 32L, disposed illumination unevenness sensor 400.The illumination unevenness sensor is for example opened clear 57-117238 communique (corresponding United States Patent (USP) the 4th the spy, 465, No. 368) in disclose, as long as specify in the border application home or the decree of the state selected in allow, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.The top 401A of the upper plate 401 of illumination unevenness sensor 400 roughly becomes tabular surface, be arranged to the surperficial 32A of the surperficial 30A of substrate P surface, board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 for roughly with one side.Being provided with among the 401A on illumination unevenness sensor 400 can be by the pin hole portion 470 of light.Covered the part beyond the pin hole portion 470 among the top 401A of upper plate 401 of photopermeability with light-proofness materials such as chromium.In addition, illumination unevenness sensor 400 (upper plate 401) is formed in plan view rectangular, form gap L between illumination unevenness sensor 400 that in peristome 32L, disposes (upper plate 401) and the 2nd board member 32.In this example, gap L for example is about 0.3mm.

In peristome 32N, disposed aerial image detecting sensor 500.Aerial image detecting sensor 500 is for example opened in the 2002-14005 communique (No. 2002/0041377, corresponding U.S. Patent Publication) the spy and is disclosed, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the application of border home or select, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.The top 501A of the upper plate 501 of aerial image detecting sensor 500 roughly becomes tabular surface, and the reference field that can be used as focusing, rectification detection system uses.And, be arranged to the surperficial 32A of the surperficial 30A of substrate P surface, board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 for roughly with one side.Being provided with among the 501A on aerial image detecting sensor 500 can be by the slit portion 570 of light.Covered the part beyond the slit portion 570 among the top 501A of upper plate 501 of photopermeability with light-proofness materials such as chromium.In addition, aerial image detecting sensor 500 (upper plate 501) is formed in plan view rectangular, between aerial image detecting sensor 500 (upper plate 501) and peristome 32N, form gap N.In this example, the manufacturing tolerance of the profile of gap N and substrate P is an equal extent, for example is about 0.3mm.Like this, keep the top of substrate frame PT of substrate P on whole, to be roughly with one side.

Have again, soak regional AR2 if can form liquid in the mode of the optical path space of image planes one side that is full of projection optical system PL with liquid 1, then the surperficial 32A of the tabular surface 30A of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 and above the reference feature 300 301A and illumination unevenness sensor 400 above 401A and aerial image detecting sensor 500 above can have step difference each other between the 501A.

In addition, though not shown, in substrate frame PT, also be provided with exposure sensor (illuminance transducer), be configured in the peristome that forms in the 2nd board member 32.The exposure sensor is for example opened in the flat 11-16816 communique (No. 2002/0061469, corresponding U.S. Patent Publication) the spy and is disclosed, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the application of border home or select, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

Have, the detecting device of installing on substrate frame PT is not limited to above-mentioned sensor again, can be as required according to various detecting devices.For example, can on substrate frame PT, dispose corrugated aberration detecting device.Corrugated aberration detecting device for example discloses No. 99/60361 communique, and (corresponding European patent discloses 1 in the world, 079, No. 223 communiques) or United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 650, disclose in No. 399, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the border application home or select, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.Certainly, also installation and measuring device on substrate frame PT not.

In addition, the width with the tabular surface 30A of circular formation in the board member 30 is formed at least than view field AR1 big (with reference to Fig. 4).Therefore, when the fringe region E to substrate P exposed, exposure light EL can not shine on the 2nd board member 32.Thus, can suppress to result from the deterioration of lyophobicity of the 2nd board member 32 of the irradiation of exposure light, can make the replacing frequency of the 2nd board member 32 be less than the replacing frequency of board member 30.Moreover, preferably the width of tabular surface 30A is formed the liquid that forms than image planes one side at projection optical system PL to soak regional AR2 big.Thus, when the fringe region E to substrate P carries out immersion exposure, since on the tabular surface 30A of board member 30 configuration liquid soak regional AR2 and on the 2nd board member 32 configuration liquid soak regional AR2, invade as the unfavorable condition in the clearance G in the gap of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 so can prevent liquid 1 that liquid soaks regional AR2.Have, the width of the tabular surface 30A of board member 30 is not limited to this again, and it is little that also comparable certainly liquid soaks regional AR2.

As Fig. 3 with as shown in Fig. 5 of the major part amplification profile of the substrate frame PT that keeps substrate P, the substrate holder PH that constitutes the part of substrate frame PT possesses: roughly circular surrounding wall portion 33; A plurality of support portions 34 that be provided with, supporting substrate P on the base portion 35 of the inboard of this surrounding wall portion 33; And a plurality of attractions mouths 41 that between support portion 34, dispose, be used to adsorb maintenance substrate P.Equally disposed support portion 34 and attracted mouth 41 at the inboard of surrounding wall portion 33.Have, in Fig. 5, the upper surface of surrounding wall portion 33 has the width than broad again, but the width of the 1～2mm that in fact only has an appointment.In addition, on base portion 35, be provided with the hole portion 71 of the lift component 70 that configuration is made of the pin member of lifting substrate P.In this example, on 3 positions, be provided with lift component 70.Utilize not shown drive unit to come lifting lift component 70, control device CONT is through the lifting work of driving device controls lift component 70.

In addition, as shown in Figure 5, below board member 30, be provided with a plurality of adsorption holes 72 that for substrate frame PT absorption keeps this board member 30 that are used on substrate frame PT on the opposed position.Moreover, in substrate frame PT, on a plurality of positions (is 3 positions at this), be provided with the lift component 74 that constitutes by pin member for substrate frame PT lifter plate member 30.Utilize not shown drive unit to come lifting lift component 74, control device CONT is through the lifting work (with reference to Fig. 7 (d)) of driving device controls lift component 74.Moreover, though not shown, below the 2nd board member 32, be provided with a plurality of adsorption holes that for substrate frame PT absorption keeps the 2nd board member 32 that are used on substrate frame PT on the opposed position.Moreover, in substrate frame PT, on a plurality of positions, be provided with lift component for substrate frame PT lifting the 2nd board member 32.

Have, because as previously described, the replacing frequency of the 2nd board member 32 is few again, thus can its absorption not remained on the substrate frame PT yet, but utilize screw-driving etc. to fix, change operation with manual mode.In addition, also can not make the 2nd board member 32 become the member that to change.

But, when using reference feature 300 or illumination unevenness sensor 400 etc., the 2nd board member 32 shone exposure light EL or with exposure light be under the situation of light of same wavelength, the danger that exists the lyophobicity on the surface of the 2nd board member 32 to worsen, exist with the same replacing frequency of board member 30 be the possibility of necessity.

In addition, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, between the side PB of the substrate P that keeps by substrate holder PH (substrate frame PT) and board member 30, formed predetermined gap A.

In Fig. 5, in recess 31 internal configurations of substrate frame PT keep the substrate holder PH of substrate P.When in recess 31, having disposed substrate holder PH, substrate frame PT is formed the placed side PTa height for board member 30 and 2nd board member 32 of the upper surface 34A of this substrate holder PH than substrate frame PT.On the roughly discoideus base portion 35 of a part that constitutes substrate holder PH, be provided with surrounding wall portion 33 and support portion 34.Support portion 34 section separately is trapezoidal, is kept the back side PC of substrate P by the upper surface 34A of a plurality of support portions 34.In addition, the top 33A of surrounding wall portion 33 is a tabular surface.The height of the aspect ratio support portion 34 of surrounding wall portion 33 is low.Between substrate P and surrounding wall portion 33, formed gap B.Gap B is littler than the gap A between the side PB of board member 30 and substrate P.In addition, at the medial surface 36 of recess 31 and be opposite between the side 37 of substrate holder PH of this medial surface 36 and formed clearance C.At this, form the diameter of substrate holder PH littler than the diameter of substrate P, A ratio gap C is little in the gap.Have again, in this example, in substrate P, do not form the notch part (gulde edge, locating slot) that position alignment is used, substrate P is roughly rounded, because gap A is 0.1mm～1.0mm on its whole circumference, is about 0.3mm in this example, so can prevent the inflow of liquid.Have again, in substrate P, form under the situation of notch part, according to this notch part lug boss etc. is set in board member 30 or surrounding wall portion 33 and board member 30 or surrounding wall portion 33 is become with the notch part corresponding shape get final product.By doing like this,, between substrate P and board member 30, also can guarantee gap A even in the notch part of substrate P.

Form the 30D of inner side step portion in the inboard of board member 30, utilized the 30D of this inner side step portion to form the opposed supporting surface 30S of edge part of PC below substrate.Board member 30 can utilize the edge part of PC below the supporting surface 30S supporting substrate.At this, as shown in Figure 5, below the substrate that keeps by substrate holder PH, form clearance D between the edge part of PC and the supporting surface 30S by the board member 30 of the placed side PTa maintenance of substrate frame PT.Thus, can avoid contacting the generation of the edge part that makes this substrate P to the unfavorable condition of upside warpage because of board member 30 (supporting surface 30S) edge part of PC below substrate.

In addition, formed the 32D of inner side step portion in the inboard of the 2nd board member 32, formed outside stage portion 30F in the outside of board member 30, made its shape corresponding with the 32D of inner side step portion of the 2nd board member 32.Thus, become the state of the part of placing plate member 30 on the part of the 2nd board member 32.In addition, between the medial surface of the lateral surface of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32, form predetermined gap G.Clearance G in this example for example is about 0.3mm, because have the board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 of the teflon system of lyophobicity clamps with the surface, even soak the zone so on the border of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32, formed liquid, also can prevent the intrusion of liquid to clearance G.

On surperficial PA, applied photoresist (photosensitive material) 90 as the plane of exposure of substrate P.In this example, photosensitive material 90 is photosensitive materials (for example, the system TARF-P6100 of Tokyo Applied Chemistry Industrial Co., Ltd.) that the ArF excimer laser is used, and has lyophobicity (hydrophobicity), and its contact angle is about 70～80 °.

In addition, in this example, the side PB of substrate P has been carried out lyophoby processing (hydrophobic treatments).Specifically, on the PB of the side of substrate P, also applied above-mentioned photosensitive material 90 with lyophobicity.Thus, can prevent to be the intrusion of board member 30 with the liquid of the gap A of substrate P side PB of lyophobicity from the surface.Moreover, on the PB of the back side of substrate P, also apply above-mentioned photosensitive material 90, carried out the lyophoby processing.

In this example, in substrate frame PT, placed side PTa and medial surface 36 have lyophobicity.Moreover, on the part of substrate holder PH, also carry out lyophoby and handle, be lyophobicity.In this example, the top 33A of surrounding wall portion 33 and side 37 have lyophobicity among the substrate holder PH.Lyophoby as substrate frame PT and substrate holder PH is handled, and for example applies the lyophobicity material of fluorine resin material or acrylic materials etc. or pastes the film that is made of above-mentioned lyophobicity material.As the lyophobicity material that is used to make it to be lyophobicity, but the material of lyophoby non-solubility.Have, also available material (fluororesin etc.) with lyophobicity forms the integral body of substrate frame PT and substrate holder PH again.

Utilize suction device 40 to make the 1st space 38 that surrounds by the surrounding wall portion 33 of substrate holder PH be negative pressure.Suction device 40 possesses: a plurality of attractions mouths 41 that are provided with on the base portion 35 of substrate holder PH; Be included in the vacuum 42 of the vacuum pump of substrate frame PT outer setting; And at base portion 35 inner form, a plurality of each of mouth 41 and the streams 43 of vacuum 42 of attracting of connection.Be provided with on a plurality of assigned positions in respectively on base portion 35 beyond the support portion 34 and attract mouth 41.Suction device 40 makes the 1st space 38 be negative pressure by the 1st space 38 gas inside (air) that attract to form between surrounding wall portion 33, base portion 35 and the substrate P by support portion 34 supports, and substrate P absorption is remained on the support portion 34.Have again, because the gap B of the back side PC of substrate P and surrounding wall portion 33 top 33A is very small, so kept the negative pressure in the 1st space 38.

In addition, flowing into liquid 1 in the 2nd space 39 between the side 37 of the medial surface 36 of recess 31 and substrate holder PH is recovered portion 60 and reclaims.In this example, recoverer 60 has: but the container 61 of receiving fluids 1; And at the stream 62 of inner that be provided with, the connection space 39 of substrate frame PT with outside container 61.And, on the internal face of this stream 62, also carried out the lyophoby processing.Have again, also can be in chip bench PST (substrate frame PT) temporarily keep flowing into the liquid in the space 39, in predetermined timing is discharged to it the external container that is provided with dividually with chip bench PST etc.

In substrate frame PT, formed the stream 45 in the space (airspace) of the 2nd space 39 between the side 37 of the medial surface 36 that connects recess 31 and substrate holder PH and substrate frame PT outside.Gas (air) can be through stream 45 in the outside circulation of the 2nd space 39 and substrate frame PT, and the air pressure in the 2nd space 39 roughly is set at atmospheric pressure.

As shown in Figure 6, substrate holder PH, board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 are parts independently, are arranged to can load and unload for substrate frame PT.And, handle carrying out lyophoby with the surface of contact 57 of substrate holder PH among the substrate frame PT, make it be lyophobicity, also to handling, make it have lyophobicity simultaneously as carrying out lyophoby for the back side 58 of the substrate holder PH of the surface of contact of substrate frame PT.Handle as the lyophoby for the surface of contact 57 or the back side 58, as mentioned above, the lyophobicity material that can apply fluorine resin material or acrylic materials etc. waits and carries out.

Secondly, on one side with reference to the synoptic diagram of Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, exposure device EX with the above-mentioned structure method to substrate P exposure is used in explanation on one side.

As shown in Fig. 7 (a), by the placed side PTa absorption holding plate member 30 of substrate frame PT, the while also keeps the 2nd board member 32 by the placed side PTa absorption of substrate frame PT.And utilization is transported arm (conveyer) 80 and will be transported on the substrate frame PT as the substrate P of exposure-processed object.At this moment, lift component 70 rises, and transports arm 80 and substrate P is given the lift component 70 that has risen.Have, lift component 74 does not rise again.Lift component 70 keeps by from transporting the substrate P that arm 80 gives and making its decline.As shown in Fig. 7 (b),, keep by substrate frame PT (substrate holder PH) at the inboard of board member 30 configuration substrate P.Then, as shown in Fig. 7 (c), control device CONT utilizes liquid feed mechanism 10 and liquids recovery mechanism 20 to carry out the supply and the recovery of liquid 1, and the liquid that forms liquid 1 between substrate P that is kept by substrate frame PT and projection optical system PL soaks regional AR2.Then, control device CONT shines exposure light EL through projection optical system PL and 1 couple of substrate P of liquid, move the chip bench PST that supported substrate P on one side, carry out immersion exposure on one side.

By to the fringe region E of substrate P exposure, exposure light EL shines on the tabular surface 30A of board member 30, because the cause of the irradiation of this exposure light EL, and the possibility that exists the lyophobicity of tabular surface 30A to worsen.If the lyophobicity of tabular surface 30A worsens, it is residual easily that then the liquid that disposes on tabular surface 30A soaks the liquid 1 of regional AR2, produces the unfavorable condition that causes the environmental turbulence of having placed substrate P etc.Therefore, control device CONT is according to the deterioration of the lyophobicity of board member 30 (tabular surface 30A), and the board member 30 that this lyophobicity has worsened is changed with new (having lyophobicity fully) board member 30.

Specifically, after the end that immersion exposure is handled, using liquids recovery mechanism 20 grades to reclaim behind liquid 1 residual on the substrate P or on the tabular surface 30A, as shown in Fig. 7 (d), control device CONT rises lift component 74 after the absorption maintenance of having removed for board member 30.At this moment, also remove the absorption maintenance of the substrate P that is undertaken by substrate holder PH.Rise under the state of lift component 74 below having supported board member 30.Have, at this moment, lift component 70 does not rise again.Thus, board member 30 leaves substrate frame PT.At this moment, because the supporting surface 30S of board member 30 has supported the edge part of PC below the substrate, so substrate P leaves substrate frame PT with board member 30 risings.Like this, formation can be taken off board member 30 from substrate frame PT with substrate P for the lift component 74 of the charging crane of substrate frame PT dockboard member 30.Then, transport arm 80 and enter and utilize between the board member 30 and substrate frame PT that lift component 74 risen, below the back up pad member 30.Then, transport arm 80 and transport the board member 30 that has kept substrate P from substrate frame PT (chip bench PST).

The board member 30 that has transported is changed with new board member 30.Then, as shown in Fig. 8 (a), control device CONT uses and to transport arm 80 and will keep being transported on the substrate frame PT (chip bench PST) as the new board member 30 of the substrate P of exposure-processed object.At this moment, lift component 74 rises, and transports board member 30 that arm 80 will keep substrate P and gives the lift component 74 that has risen.Have, lift component 70 does not rise again.Lift component 74 keeps by from transporting the substrate P that arm 80 gives and making its decline.Thus, as shown in Fig. 8 (b), dispose the board member 30 that has kept substrate P, keep by substrate frame PT (substrate holder PH) in the inboard of board member 30.Then, as shown in Fig. 8 (c), control device CONT utilizes liquid feed mechanism 10 and liquids recovery mechanism 20 to carry out the supply and the recovery of liquid 1, and the liquid that forms liquid 1 between substrate P that is kept by substrate frame PT and projection optical system PL soaks regional AR2.Then, control device CONT shines exposure light EL through projection optical system PL and 1 couple of substrate P of liquid, move the chip bench PST that supported substrate P on one side, carry out immersion exposure on one side.

Then, when the lyophobicity of board member 30 does not also worsen, after the end of immersion exposure, using liquids recovery mechanism 20 grades to reclaim behind liquid 1 residual on the substrate P or on the tabular surface 30A of board member 30 etc., control device CONT is after the absorption maintenance of having removed for substrate P, as shown in Fig. 8 (d), lift component 70 is risen.At this moment, board member 30 has carried out the absorption maintenance by substrate frame PT.Rise under the state of lift component 70 below having supported substrate P.Have, at this moment, lift component 74 does not rise again.Thus, substrate P leaves from substrate frame PT.Then, transport arm 80 and enter and utilize between the substrate P and substrate frame PT that lift component 70 risen, below the supporting substrate P.Then, transport arm 80 and transport substrate P from substrate frame PT (chip bench PST).

Have again, as transporting arm 80, be provided for transporting transporting arm and being used to transport the arm that transports of substrate P of board member 30 discriminably, but as shown in Figure 9, form greatlyyer by the supporting surface 80A that will transport arm 80, can the two contacts with substrate P and board member 30, but since supporting substrate P and board member 30 the two, so available 1 transport arm 80 transport substrate P and board member 30 the two.

As above illustrated, owing to be arranged to the board member 30,32 of the replaceable lyophobicity that on substrate frame PT, is provided with, so when the lyophobicity of this board member 30,32 has worsened, only, just can keep the lyophobicity on the substrate frame PT by changing with new board member 30,32.

To be lyophobicity above the board member 30,32 on the substrate frame PT and to apply the lyophobicity material or form with the lyophobicity material under the situation of board member 30,32 in order to make, if irradiation exposure light, then its lyophobicity worsens sometimes.Particularly use fluororesin as the lyophobicity material, use under the situation of ultraviolet light as exposure light, the lyophobicity of this board member 30,32 worsens (lyophilyization easily) easily.So liquid remains on the board member 30,32 easily.

To inferior, in this example, when the lyophobicity of board member 30,32 has worsened, change with new board member 30,32.

Thereby, can suppress liquid 1 and remain on the substrate frame PT, even for example residual, also can use liquids recovery mechanism 20 grades successfully to reclaim this liquid 1.Thereby, can prevent to result from the deterioration of the exposure accuracy of residual liquid 1, produce device with desired properties.

In addition, be transported into and transport the board member 30 that around substrate P, has tabular surface 30A, can easily change board member 30 to substrate frame PT with substrate P by relative together substrate frame PT with substrate P.In addition, because board member 30 has tabular surface 30A around substrate P, so when this board member 30 being transported on the substrate frame PT fringe region E to substrate P and carrying out immersion exposure with substrate P, even the liquid of liquid 1 soaks the part of regional AR2 and stretches out in the outside of substrate P, also can utilize tabular surface 30A to keep the shape that liquid soaks regional AR2, can keep well in image planes one side of projection optical system PL carrying out immersion exposure under the state of liquid 1 and do not cause outflow of liquid 1 etc.

And, owing to the 30D of inner side step portion is set, form supporting surface 30S in the inboard of board member 30, but the edge part of PC below the supporting substrate, thus only keep and movable plate member 30, just can be with this board member 30 also mobile substrate P.In addition, because cause because of the 30D of inner side step portion, in the gap between board member 30 and substrate P, in cross section view, form crooked bight, so even supposition liquid 1 invades among the gap A between board member 30 and the substrate P, the function of sealing is also played in crooked bight, can prevent that this liquid 1 from invading back side PC one side or the inner unfavorable condition of chip bench PST (substrate holder PH) of substrate P.Moreover, because the side PB of substrate P has also been carried out the lyophoby processing, so can prevent intrusion more well from the liquid 1 of the side PB of substrate P and the gap A between the board member 30.

In addition, the back side PC by making substrate P and the top 33A of surrounding wall portion opposed with it 33 are lyophobicity, can prevent that liquid 1 from invading unfavorable condition in the 1st space 38 through gap B.Thereby, can avoid liquid 1 to flow into the generation that attracts the unfavorable condition in the mouth 41, can keep carrying out exposure-processed under the state of substrate P in absorption well.

In addition, in this example, by to handling for carrying out lyophoby with the surface of contact 57 of substrate holder PH among the back side 58 of the substrate holder PH of substrate frame PT loading and unloading or the substrate frame PT, even under liquid 1 flow into situation in the 2nd space 39, also can suppress liquid 1 for the inflow between the surface of contact 57 of the back side 58 of substrate holder PH and Z platform 52.Thereby, can prevent generation of the corrosion in the surface of contact 57 of the back side 58 of substrate holder PH or substrate frame PT etc.In addition, if liquid 1 flow between the surface of contact 57 of the back side 58 of substrate holder PH and substrate frame PT, then produce the bonding and situation that is difficult to separate of substrate holder PH and Z platform 52, but separate easily by making it be lyophobicity.

In addition, as the charging crane that is used for substrate frame PT dockboard member 30, owing to be provided with the adsorption hole 72 that adsorbs the sticking and holding apparatus of holding plate member 30 as the lift component 74 and the conduct of jacking gear, so can successfully carry out the replacing operation of board member 30, can be at the new board member 30 after keeping replacing well on the substrate frame PT.

In addition, form the inner side step 32D of portion by inboard at the 2nd board member 32, form outside stage portion 30F in the outside of board member 30, owing in cross section view, also form crooked bight in the gap between board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32, so even liquid 1 is invaded from clearance G, the function of sealing is also played in crooked bight, can prevent that liquid 1 from arriving the unfavorable condition of substrate frame PT inside.

In addition, because with the outside stage portion 30F of the 32D of the inner side step portion back up pad member 30 of the 2nd board member 32, so,, keep so can can't help substrate frame PT then because of board member 30 is supported by the 2nd board member 32 if adsorb maintenance the 2nd board member 32 with substrate frame PT.Therefore, synoptic diagram is such as shown in Figure 10, can form spatial portion (groove) 130 in substrate frame PT with in the board member 30 opposed zones, can seek the lightweight of substrate frame PT (chip bench PST).

In addition, owing to be that usefulness is transported the structure that arm 80 transports under the state that has kept substrate P with board member 30, so with the zone of the ratio broad of board member 30 supporting substrate P.Thereby, even for example the size of substrate P is bigger,, also can suppress the deflection (warpage) of substrate P by under the state that has kept with board member 30, transporting.

Have again, worsen, change under the situation of the 2nd board member 32, because the 2nd board member 32 back up pad members 30, transport arm 80 and transport substrate P and board member 30 together so can finish the back use at the immersion exposure of substrate P in the lyophobicity of the tabular surface 32A of the 2nd board member 32.In this case, also can similarly be provided for the lift component of lifting the 2nd board member 32 with lift component 74.In addition, also can transport and be transported into board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 respectively and the 32D of inner side step portion of the 2nd board member 32 is not set.In this case, can be provided for transporting and being transported into the conveyer of the 2nd board member 32 again.

Have again, as mentioned above, decide the timing of the replacing of board member 30,32 according to the deterioration of the lyophobicity of tabular surface 30A, 32A.As the timing of changing board member 30,32, for example can handle predetermined predetermined distance such as sheet number or every specific time interval and change board member 30,32 by every regulation substrate.Perhaps, can utilize experiment or simulation to obtain the exposure (irradiation time, illumination) of exposure light EL and the relation of the lyophobicity level of board member 30,32 in advance,, set the timing of changing board member 30,32 according to this result who has obtained.For example can be by with microscope or visual tabular surface 30A, 32A etc., the drop that on evaluation face, hangs down observed, carry out the evaluation of the deterioration of lyophobicity with the state of visual or microscopic examination drop or the contact angle of measuring drop.By using the relation with the ultraviolet cumulative exposure of the light that exposes etc. in control device CONT, to write down such evaluation in advance,, but the life-span of control device CONT decision plate member 30,32 etc., promptly change the time (period) according to this relation.

In addition, exposure device EX uses the integrator sensor (not shown) of the intensity that can detect the exposure light EL that shines in the side of projection optical system PL, can obtain the cumulative exposure to the exposure light EL of board member 30,32 irradiations.Because control device CONT is according to the positional information of the chip bench PST that uses laser interferometer 56 to detect and the strength information of the exposure light EL that uses integrator sensor to detect, can detect intensity and irradiation time (radiation pulses number), so can obtain the cumulative exposure of the exposure light EL that board member 30 or the 2nd board member 32 are shone according to this testing result to the exposure light EL of board member 30 or the irradiation of the 2nd board member 32.Have again, detect the integrator sensor of the intensity of exposure light EL, for example at United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 728, No. 495 communiques or United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 591, disclose in No. 958 communiques, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the border application home or select, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

In this example, control device CONT judges whether needs replacing board member 30,32 according to the contact angle of the liquid among top 30A, the 32A of board member 30,32.For example, according to the service time of board member 30,32 or the cumulative exposure of ultraviolet light etc., under the contact angle that is inferred as liquid drops to situation smaller or equal to predetermined angular (for example 100 °), be judged as and change board member 30,32.Perhaps, according to the service time of board member 30,32 or the cumulative exposure of ultraviolet light etc., the contact angle of the liquid 1 in the surperficial 30A, the 32A that are inferred as board member 30,32 has descended than original state under the situation more than or equal to predetermined angular (for example 10 °), is judged as and must changes board member 30,32.

Have again, also can judge the deterioration of the lyophobicity of board member 30,32 etc. without the control device CONT of exposure device EX, the principal computer and the exposure device EX that for example will be provided with the factory etc. of exposure device EX connect into commutative various data, judge with this principal computer.

In addition, under the high situation of the liquids recovery ability of liquids recovery mechanism 20, even owing to exist the lyophobicity of board member 30,32 to worsen also the possibility of withdrawal liquid fully, therefore in the replacing of decision plate member 30,32 etc. during period, also can consider the relation of deterioration (decline of contact angle) of the liquids recovery ability and the lyophobicity of liquids recovery mechanism 20.

In addition, because the speed of the deterioration of lyophobicity or the degree of deterioration be the difference with the irradiation time of exposure light EL not only, and with the key element of the material of paying lyophobicity, liquid, exposure wavelength temperature etc. difference, so preferably prepare evaluating data with these key elements.About other the replacing period of member that is endowed lyophobicity of the following stated, also be same.

Have again, in this example, utilize teflon to form board member 30,32, but also can utilize other material to form certainly with lyophobicity as the lyophobicity material.In addition, also can on the surface of this metal board member 30, apply lyophobicity material (fluorides of teflon etc.) for example with the formation board members 30,32 such as metal of regulation with lyophobicity.In addition,, can be coated in all surfaces of board member 30,32, also can only apply the zone that tabular surface 30A etc. for example must have the part of lyophobicity as the overlay area of lyophobicity material.

Certainly, available different member is provided with board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32, also can use different lyophobicity materials to apply.In addition, whole surface of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 there is no need to have lyophobicity with uniform level, and the strong part of lyophobicity can partly be set.In addition, whole surface of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 there is no need to have the deteriorated durability of same lyophobicity, compares with other part, can strengthen the deteriorated durability of the exposure part how of exposure light.For example, to can be compared to most the deteriorated durability on surface of the 2nd board member 32 strong for the deteriorated durability on the surface of board member 30.

In this example, illustrated when changing board member 30 to transport board member 30 with substrate P, also can only be transported into and transport board member 30 certainly for substrate frame PT.

In addition, in this example, can use lift component 74 and transport arm 80 and change board member 30, but lift component 74 maybe can transport board member 30 transport arm 80 not necessarily, the operator can be with manually changing board member 30.In addition, in above-mentioned example, be provided with board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 respectively integratedly, but also divisible this board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 can be changed partly.Thus, also can only change the violent part of deterioration of lyophobicity continually.

Perhaps, also board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 can be formed as a board member, remain on the substrate frame PT.

Have, in this example, can understand from Fig. 5, substrate holder PH and substrate frame PT can load and unload, but also can substrate holder PH be set integratedly with substrate frame PT.

Have again, in this example, on surperficial PA, the side PB of substrate P and back side PC whole, applied photosensitive material 90 in order to carry out lyophoby to handle, but also can be only to the zone that forms gap A, be the side PB of substrate P and the zone that forms gap B, be to carry out the structure that lyophoby is handled with the opposed zone of top 33A of surrounding wall portion 33 among the back side PC of substrate P.Moreover, if A is fully little in the gap, the lyophobicity (contact angle) of the material of coating is fully big in order to carry out lyophoby to handle in addition, then since liquid 1 further reduce through the possibility that gap A flow in the 2nd space 39, so also can be the back side PC of the substrate P that forms gap B not to be carried out that lyophoby is handled and the structure of only the side PB of substrate P being carried out the lyophoby processing.Certainly, also can use surperficial PA, side PB and back side PC are not all carried out the substrate P that lyophoby is handled.

Have, in this example, the height of the aspect ratio support portion 34 of surrounding wall portion 33 is low, formed gap B between the 33A at the back side of substrate P PC and above the surrounding wall portion 33 again, but the back side PC of substrate P also can contact with the top 33A of surrounding wall portion 33.

In this example, handle as the side PB of substrate P and the lyophoby of back side PC, applied photosensitive material 90, but also can apply the material of the regulation beyond the photosensitive material 90 with lyophobicity (hydrophobicity) with lyophobicity.For example; sometimes the upper strata of the photosensitive material 90 that applies on the surperficial PA as the plane of exposure of substrate P coating is called the protective seam (protection photosensitive material 90 makes it the not film of the influence of liquid body) of Topcoating, and the formation material of this Topcoating (for example fluorine resin material) for example has lyophobicity (hydrophobicity) for about 110 ° with contact angle.Thereby, also can on the side of substrate P PB and back side PC, apply this Topcoating and form material.Certainly, also can apply photosensitive material 90 or Topcoating forms with the material with lyophobicity beyond the material.

In addition, in this example, lyophoby as substrate frame PT or substrate holder PH is handled, coating fluorine resin material or acrylic materials etc., but also can on substrate frame PT or substrate holder PH, apply above-mentioned photosensitive material or Topcoating and form material, on the contrary, also can on the side of substrate P PB or back side PC, be coated in the material that uses in the lyophoby processing of chip bench PST or substrate holder PH.

In order to prevent that liquid 1 that liquid soaks regional AR2 is impregnated in the photosensitive material 90 and that the situation of above-mentioned Topcoating is set is more, even but for example on Topcoating, form liquid 1 adhere to vestige (so-called water mark), by behind immersion exposure, removing this Topcoating, also can removed the water mark with Topcoating after, carry out the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT of the regulation of development treatment etc.At this, forming by fluorine resin material under the situation of Topcoating, can use the fluorine kind solvent to remove.Thus, do not need to be used for to remove the device (for example the water mark is removed and used Weft cleaner) of the mark that anhydrates etc., use by solvent and remove the so easy mode of Topcoating, just can remove the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT of stipulating well behind the water mark.

Have again, in above-mentioned example, on substrate frame PT, kept board member 30,32, but also can use other clamping device such as electromagnetic gripping mechanism with the vacuum suction mode.

＜the 2 example 〉

Secondly, other example of the present invention is described.In the following description, for above-mentioned example be that same or equal structure division is attached with prosign, simplify or omit its explanation.

Figure 11 is the figure that illustrates the substrate holder PH of substrate frame PT (chip bench PST) loading and unloading, and Figure 11 (a) is a sectional side view, and Figure 11 (b) sees the planimetric map that has taken off the substrate frame PT behind the substrate holder PH from the top.

As shown in Figure 11, substrate frame PT in the above (for the maintenance face of substrate holder PH) possess: recess 157 that can chimeric substrate holder PH; In inner be provided with, a plurality of vacuum suction hole 158 that absorption remains on the substrate holder PH of configuration in the recess 157 of recess 157; And at the recess 157 inner streams described later 159 that are provided with.By substrate holder PH is fitted in the recess 157, substrate frame PT and substrate holder PH are positioned.Vacuum suction hole 158 has constituted a part that remains on the clamping device of the substrate holder PH of configuration in the recess 157, is connected on the not shown vacuum plant.Utilize control device CONT to control the driving of vacuum plant.Control device CONT controls vacuum plant, and 158 absorption for substrate holder PH of carrying out substrate frame PT keep and remove keeping through the vacuum suction hole.By remove keeping, that can carry out substrate holder PH and substrate frame PT separates replaceable substrate holder PH.

Have again,, illustrated that substrate frame PT carries out vacuum suction to substrate holder PH and keeps at this, but the maintenance that also can utilize other clamping device such as electromagnetic gripping mechanism to keep substrate holder PH and remove substrate holder PH.In addition, at this, illustrated and used recess 157 to carry out the location of substrate frame PT and substrate holder PH, detected the position relation of substrate holder PH and substrate frame PT, for substrate frame PT substrate holder PH be positioned at the locational structure of regulation according to this testing result but for example also can make in the mode of optics.

In addition, substrate holder PH has: the recess 150 that is used to dispose substrate P; And be roughly tabular surface 30A with one side with the surface of substrate P of configuration in recess 157.Around substrate P, be provided with tabular surface 30A with ring-type.Around tabular surface 30A, formed the side wall portion 151 higher than this tabular surface 30A.Around tabular surface 30A, formed side wall portion 151 with ring-type continuously, can keep liquid 1 in the inboard of this side wall portion 151 (on the substrate P or on the tabular surface 30A).

The material that for example utilizes teflon etc. to have lyophobicity has formed substrate holder PH.Have again, also can in this metal substrate holder PH, apply lyophobicity material (teflon etc.) for tabular surface 30A at least for example with the metal formation substrate holder PH of regulation with lyophobicity.Certainly, also can be in the whole zone on the surface of metal substrate holder PH coating lyophobicity material.

Transport arm 80 and can transport the substrate holder PH that takes off from substrate frame PT.For example, transport arm 80 and transport the substrate holder PH that (unloading) keeps having carried out the substrate P after the exposure-processed from substrate frame PT (chip bench PST), after substrate holder PH and other substrate holder PH had been carried out changing, PH was transported into (loading) to substrate frame PT with this substrate holder.In addition, transport arm 80 when being transported into substrate holder PH on the substrate frame PT, can only be transported into substrate holder PH, also can be transported into the substrate holder PH that has kept exposure-processed substrate P before.

Figure 12 is the figure that substrate holder PH is shown, and Figure 12 (a) is a sectional side view, and Figure 12 (b) is the planimetric map of seeing from the top.

In Figure 12, substrate holder PH possesses: the side wall portion 151 that can keep above-mentioned liquid 1; The a plurality of protuberances 161 that on the bottom surface sections PHT of recess 150, form; And the vacuum suction hole 162 that on the upper surface of protuberance 161, forms.The upper surface of protuberance 161 is tabular surfaces, and substrate holder PH is in the upper surface supporting substrate P with a plurality of protuberances 161, and 162 absorption keep substrate P through the vacuum suction hole.At this, on a plurality of assigned positions of the bottom surface sections PHT of the recess 150 of substrate holder PH, be provided with protuberance 161 respectively, so that not deflection of substrate P.By with protuberance 161 supporting substrate P, between the bottom surface sections PHT of substrate P and substrate holder PH, form separated part 164.Have, in this example, the plan view shape of substrate holder PH is a circular, but also can be rectangle again.

In addition, when connecting substrate frame PT and substrate holder PH, the stream 162A of vacuum suction hole 162 through forming in substrate holder PH of substrate holder PH is connected on the stream 159 (with reference to Figure 11 (b)) that is provided with on substrate frame PT.Stream 159 is connected on the vacuum plant, and control device CONT is by driving vacuum plant, through the stream 159 of substrate frame PT, the stream 162A of substrate holder PH and the substrate P that the 162 absorption maintenances of vacuum suction hole are supported by protuberance 161.At this, in stream 162A, be provided with the 162B of valve portion that solenoid valve of being driven by the control according to control device CONT etc. constitutes respectively, but the opening of flow path 162A, the work of closing are carried out straighforward operation.Control device CONT 162B of operation valve portion when having driven vacuum plant opens stream 162A, closes closed channel 162A when having stopped vacuum plant.Thereby, after the attraction work for substrate P in vacuum suction hole 162, close closed channel 162A by in the driving that stops vacuum plant, utilizing the 162B of valve portion, keep the negative pressure of stream 162A.Thereby, when having separated substrate frame PT and substrate holder PH, be negative pressure by making stream 162A, also can keep the absorption maintenance of substrate holder PH for substrate P.

Secondly, on one side with reference to the synoptic diagram of Figure 13, explanation on one side has the work of the exposure device EX of above-mentioned structure.

As shown in Figure 13 (a), utilize and to transport arm (conveyer) 80 and will keep being transported on the substrate frame PT with substrate P as the substrate holder PH of the substrate P of exposure-processed object.As shown in Figure 13 (b), substrate holder PH is configured to the recess 157 that is provided with on substrate frame PT chimeric, remain on the clamping device with vacuum suction hole 158 (Figure 11).Then, control device CONT drives vacuum plant, carries out vacuum suction through stream 159, stream 162A and the 162 couples of substrate P in vacuum suction hole and keeps (having, not shown in Figure 13) again.At this moment, the 162B of valve portion opens stream 162A.Then, as shown in Figure 13 (c), control device CONT utilizes liquid feed mechanism 10 and liquids recovery mechanism 20 to carry out the supply and the recovery of liquid 1, soaks regional AR2 at the liquid through formation liquid 1 between substrate P that substrate holder PH keeps and the projection optical system PL on the substrate frame PT.Then, control device CONT shines exposure light EL through projection optical system PL and liquid 1 on substrate P, go up the substrate P that keeps through substrate holder PH Yi Bian move at substrate frame PT (chip bench PST), Yi Bian carry out immersion exposure.At this moment, because the substrate P that utilizes absorption to keep stops up vacuum suction hole 162, so even feed fluid 1 can not invade in the vacuum suction hole 162 yet.In addition because the cause of the side wall portion 151 of substrate holder PH, substrate P go up or tabular surface 30A on liquid 1 also can not flow out to the outside of substrate holder PH.

After the immersion exposure of substrate P finished, control device CONT use liquids recovery 20 (with reference to Fig. 2) of mechanism etc. are recovered on the substrate P or tabular surface 30A goes up residual liquid 1.Secondly, control device CONT removes the maintenance of being undertaken by the clamping device that comprises vacuum suction hole 158 for substrate holder PH, uses the 162B of valve portion to stop up stream 162A simultaneously.Then, as shown in Figure 13 (d), control device CONT utilizes and to transport arm 80 and transport the substrate holder PH of state that (unloading) kept the substrate P of end exposure-processed from substrate frame PT with substrate P.When separate substrates holder PH and substrate frame PT, as reference Figure 12 has illustrated, kept negative pressure state owing to utilizing the 162B of valve portion obstruction to be connected to the stream 162A that adsorbs on the vacuum suction hole 162 that keeps substrate P, kept so keep the absorption of being undertaken by the upper surface of protuberance 161 for substrate P.In addition, when transporting substrate P, even supposition liquid 1 remains on the substrate P or on the tabular surface 30A, this residual liquid 1 can not flow out through stream 162A yet with substrate holder PH.In addition, because residual liquid 1 remains on side wall portion 151 inside, in transporting the path, do not disperse so can not flow out to the outside of substrate holder PH yet.

Substrate holder PH that has transported and new substrate holder PH replacing.Then, control device CONT uses and to transport arm 80 and will keep new substrate holder PH as the substrate P of exposure-processed object to be transported into substrate frame PT (chip bench PST) with substrate P going up (with reference to Figure 13).

Like this, even in this example, owing to change substrate holder PH, so also usable surface is the substrate holder PH maintenance substrate P of lyophobicity.

＜the 3 example 〉

But, in above-mentioned example, illustrated according to the deterioration of its lyophobicity and changed the member (board member the 30, the 2nd board member 32, substrate holder PH) that around substrate P, has tabular surface 30A, but board member the 30, the 2nd board member 32 that preferably is provided with on substrate frame PT and the surface of the member beyond the substrate holder PH also are lyophobicity, and be preferably replaceable according to the deterioration of its lyophobicity.The surface of particularly wishing the member contact with liquid 1 is lyophobicity, and is best replaceable according to the deterioration of its lyophobicity.Specifically, it is also replaceable to form the structural elements of structural elements that liquid soaks the reference feature of using in the zone 300, optical sensor 400,500 from the teeth outwards.

Figure 14 is illustrated in the sectional view that substrate frame PT goes up the reference feature 300 that is provided with.In Figure 14, reference feature 300 possesses optical component 301 and the reference mark MFM that forms on the 301A, the PFM that is made of glass on optical component 301.Reference feature 300 is installed on the substrate frame PT, as mentioned above, is configured among the peristome 32K that is provided with on the 2nd board member 32, exposes top 301A.And reference feature 300 (optical component 301) can be loaded and unloaded for substrate frame PT, and is replaceable.Chimeric concavo-convex or male and female member mutually can be set on reference feature 300 and substrate frame PT when being installed in reference feature 300 on the assigned position of substrate frame PT once more in order to make reference feature 300 location for substrate frame PT.Perhaps, also can in reference feature 300 and substrate frame PT, imbed magnet and by the material of its attraction, so that can reference feature 300 be located for substrate frame PT with magnetic force.Perhaps, also the vacuum available attractive force is positioned on the substrate frame PT reference feature.Have again, also can use quartzy as optical component 301.

Between reference feature 300 and peristome 32K, be provided with the gap K that for example is about 0.3mm.The top 301A of optical component 301 (reference feature 300) is roughly tabular surface, and the surperficial 30A of substrate P surface, board member 30 and the surperficial 32A of the 2nd board member 32 are arranged to be roughly with one side.

Near the reference feature 300 in the 2nd board member 32 reduced thickness, this reduced thickness the part 32S of thin thickness in the end of reference feature 300 1 sides be bent to form bend 32T downwards.In addition, on substrate frame PT, formed outstanding upward wall portion 310.Wall portion 310 compares with bend 32T for reference feature 300 and is arranged on the outside, forms continuously to surround reference feature 300 (bend 32T).And the lateral surface 32Ta of bend 32T and the medial surface 310A of wall portion 310 are opposed, and the side 301B of the medial surface 32Tb of bend 32T and optical component 301 (reference feature 300) is opposed.The medial surface 310A and the upper surface 310B of the side 301B of optical component 301, the medial surface 32Tb of bend 32T and lateral surface 32Ta, wall portion 310 are respectively tabular surfaces.In addition, the part 32S of thin thickness that comprises the bend 32T of the 2nd board member 32 separates a little with wall portion 310, has formed predetermined gap betwixt.

Handle carrying out lyophoby with the medial surface 310A of the opposed zone of bend 32T, wall portion 310 and upper surface 310B at least among top 301A, the side 301B of optical component 301, make it be lyophobicity.Handle as lyophoby, as mentioned above, the lyophobicity material that can apply fluorine resin material or acrylic materials etc. waits and carries out.

In addition, bend 32T (wall portion 310) and the liquid 1 in the space 370 between the reference feature 301 that flow into the 2nd board member 32 is reclaimed by recoverer 380.In this example, recoverer 380 possesses: vacuum system 383; But the gas-liquid separator 381 that comprises the container of receiving fluids 1; And at the stream 382 of inner that be provided with, the connection space 370 of substrate frame PT with gas-liquid separator 381.The internal face of flow path 382 has also carried out the lyophoby processing.

In above-mentioned reference feature 300, can consider to soak the structure of carrying out the reference mark testing under the state of regional AR2 at the liquid that has for example formed liquid 1 in the above on the 301A, and owing to be lyophobicity on the top 301A, so after the reference mark testing finishes, the recovery that the liquid on the top 301A soaks the liquid 1 of regional AR2 can be carried out well, the unfavorable condition that liquid 1 is residual can be prevented.In addition, because the side 301B of optical component 301 is lyophobicity, the medial surface 32Tb with the opposed bend 32T of this side 301B also is lyophobicity simultaneously, so liquid 1 is difficult to invade among the K of gap.Therefore, can prevent that liquid 1 from invading the unfavorable condition in the space 370.In addition, even supposition liquid 1 invades in the space 370, also can utilize recoverer 380 withdrawal liquid 1 well.Moreover, even liquid 1 invades in the space 370, because the medial surface 310A and the upper surface 310B of wall portion 310 are lyophobicity, simultaneously also be lyophobicity, cross wall portion 310 and invade the inner and unfavorable condition of generation corrosion etc. of substrate frame PT so can prevent to invade liquid 1 in the space 370 with these wall portion 310 opposed the 2nd board members 32 (bend 32T).Like this, wall portion 310 has the function that prevents wall as the liquid diffusion of the diffusion that prevents liquid 1.In addition, in the gap of the 2nd board member 32 and wall portion 310, utilize bend 32T to form and in cross section view, be crooked bight, because the function of sealing is played in this crooked bight, so can prevent the intrusion of liquid 1 reliably for substrate frame PT inside.

And, because reference feature 300 (optical component 301) is replaceable, thus under the situation that its lyophobicity has worsened, same with board member 30, get final product with new (having sufficient lyophobicity) reference feature 300 replacings.

Have again, under the situation of using reference feature 300, because to mark part irradiating and detecting light partly, so on reference feature 300, be pre-formed a plurality of same reference marks, if the lyophobicity on the surface of mark part has worsened, just can use other reference mark,, also can in each the detection, alternately use these marks in order to reduce the speed of worsening of lyophobicity.Thus, can reduce the replacing frequency of reference feature 300.Since comprise use with exposure wavelength be that the deterioration of lyophobicity of part of reference mark MFM of same detection light is fast, so do effective especially like this.

Figure 15 is illustrated in the sectional view that substrate frame PT goes up the illumination unevenness sensor 400 that is provided with.In Figure 15, the optical element 402 that constitutes by quartz glass etc. that illumination unevenness sensor 400 possesses the upper plate 401 that is made of quartz glass etc. and is provided with for 401 times at upper plate.In this example, be provided with upper plate 401 and optical element 402 integratedly.In the following description, upper plate 401 and optical element 402 are lumped together suitably be called " optical component 404 ".In addition, through the support portion 403 in substrate frame PT upper support upper plate 401 and optical element 402.Support portion 403 has the continuous wall portion that surrounds optical component 404.Illumination unevenness sensor 400 is configured among the peristome 32L that is provided with on the 2nd board member 32 as mentioned above, exposes top 401A.The optical component 404 that comprises upper plate 401 and optical element 402 can load and unload for substrate frame PT, and is replaceable.Chimeric concavo-convex or male and female member mutually can be set on optical component 404 and substrate frame PT when being installed in optical component 404 on the assigned position of substrate frame PT once more in order to make optical component 404 location for substrate frame PT.Perhaps, also can in optical component 404 and substrate frame PT, imbed magnet and by the material of its attraction, so that can optical component 404 be located for substrate frame PT with magnetic force.Perhaps, also the vacuum available attractive force is positioned on the substrate frame PT reference feature.

Being provided with on upper plate 401 can be by the pin hole portion 470 of light.In addition, on the part beyond the pin hole portion on the upper plate 401 470, be provided with the film 460 of the light-proofness material that comprises chromium etc.In this example, also be provided with the optical component that constitutes by quartz glass etc. in pin hole portion 470 inside, thus, film 460 and pin hole portion 470 be with simultaneously, above 401A become tabular surface.

Below optical component 404, disposed the optical sensor 450 of the light of accepting to have passed through pin hole portion 470.Optical sensor 450 has been installed on substrate frame PT.450 pairs of control device CONT outputs of optical sensor are subjected to light signal.At this, the space 405 that surrounds with support portion 403, substrate frame PT and optical component 404 is roughly airtight spaces, and liquid 1 does not invade in the space 405.Have again, also can between optical component 404 and optical sensor 450, dispose optical system (optical element).

Between illumination unevenness sensor 400 that comprises optical component 404 and support portion 403 and peristome 32L, be provided with the gap L that for example is about 0.3mm.The top 401A of illumination unevenness sensor 400 is roughly tabular surface, and the surperficial 30A of substrate P surface, board member 30 and the surperficial 32A of the 2nd board member 32 are arranged to be roughly with one side.

Near the illumination unevenness sensor 400 in the 2nd board member 32 reduced thickness, this reduced thickness the part 32S of thin thickness in the end of illumination unevenness sensor 400 1 sides be bent to form bend 32T downwards.In addition, on substrate frame PT, formed outstanding upward wall portion 310.Wall portion 310 compares with bend 32T for illumination unevenness sensor 400 and is arranged on the outside, forms continuously to surround illumination unevenness sensor 400 (bend 32T).And the lateral surface 32Ta of bend 32T and the medial surface 310A of wall portion 310 are opposed, and the side 401B of the medial surface 32Tb of bend 32T and the optical component 404 of illumination unevenness sensor 400 and support portion 403 is opposed.The medial surface 310A of the medial surface 32Tb of side 401B, bend 32T and lateral surface 32Ta, wall portion 310 and upper surface 310B are respectively tabular surfaces.In addition, the part 32S of thin thickness that comprises the bend 32T of the 2nd board member 32 separates a little with wall portion 310, has formed predetermined gap betwixt.

Handle carrying out lyophoby with the medial surface 310A of the opposed zone of bend 32T, wall portion 310 and upper surface 310B at least among top 401A, the side 401B of illumination unevenness sensor 400, make it be lyophobicity.Handle as lyophoby, as mentioned above, the lyophobicity material that can apply fluorine resin material or acrylic materials etc. waits and carries out.

In addition, bend 32T (wall portion 310) and the liquid 1 in the space 470 between the illumination unevenness sensor 400 that flow into the 2nd board member 32 is reclaimed by recoverer 480.In this example, recoverer 480 possesses: vacuum system 483; But the gas-liquid separator 481 that comprises the container of receiving fluids 1; And at the stream 482 of inner that be provided with, the connection space 470 of substrate frame PT with gas-liquid separator 481.The internal face of flow path 482 has also carried out the lyophoby processing.

In above-mentioned illumination unevenness sensor 400, soak under the state of regional AR2 at the liquid that has for example formed liquid 1 in the above on the 401A, on a plurality of positions in the irradiation area (view field) of irradiation exposure light EL pin hole portion 470 is moved.Because top 401A is lyophobicity,, can prevent the unfavorable condition that liquid 1 is residual so after the irregular detection end of illumination, can carry out the recovery that the liquid on the top 401A soaks the liquid 1 of regional AR2 well.In addition, because the side 401B of illumination unevenness sensor 400 (optical component 404, support portion 403) is lyophobicity, the medial surface 32Tb with the opposed bend 32T of this side 401B also is lyophobicity simultaneously, so liquid 1 is difficult to invade in the gap L.Therefore, can prevent that liquid 1 from invading the unfavorable condition in the space 470.In addition, even supposition liquid 1 invades in the space 470, also can utilize recoverer 480 withdrawal liquid 1 well.Moreover, even liquid 1 invades in the space 470, because the medial surface 310A and the upper surface 310B of wall portion 310 are lyophobicity, simultaneously also be lyophobicity, cross wall portion 310 and invade the inner and unfavorable condition of generation corrosion etc. of substrate frame PT so can prevent to invade liquid 1 in the space 470 with these wall portion 310 opposed the 2nd board members 32 (bend 32T).In addition, in the gap of the 2nd board member 32 and wall portion 310, utilize bend 32T to form and in cross section view, be crooked bight, because the function of sealing is played in this crooked bight, so can prevent the intrusion of liquid 1 reliably for substrate frame PT inside.

And, because optical component 404 is replaceable, thus same with board member 30, under the situation that its lyophobicity has worsened, get final product with new (having sufficient lyophobicity) optical component 404 replacings.

Have again, because aerial image detecting sensor 500 has and the roughly equal structure of illumination unevenness sensor 400, its detailed explanation of Therefore, omited, but aerial image detecting sensor 500 also has on substrate frame PT upper plate that supports through the support portion and the optical component that is made of optical element, is provided with slit portion 570 that can be by light in the above on the 501A and covers the film that is made of the light-proofness material of part beyond this slit portion.And, under optical component, disposed the optical sensor of the light of accepting to have passed through slit portion 570.Optical component with slit portion 570 is replaceable according to the deterioration of its lyophobicity.

Have again, in with reference to above-mentioned Figure 14, example that Figure 15 has illustrated, by making the component surface that forms gap K, L have the intrusion that lyophobicity prevents liquid 1, but be not limited to the gap around detection means or the sensor, by making the gap that on substrate frame PT, exists similarly have lyophobicity, can prevent the intrusion in 1 pair of this gap of liquid.In addition, configuration can prevent the intrusion of liquid 1 by the containment member that resin etc. forms in gap K, L, also can be in gap K, L fill liquid (for example vacuum oil or the magnetic fluid etc.) function that makes it to have fluid sealant prevent the intrusion of liquid 1.In this case, the liquid liquid that preferably is difficult to stripping in liquid 1 of sealing usefulness.Certainly, these prevent the countermeasure that liquid is invaded also can to merge use.

In addition, there is no need to make the surface (liquid contact surface) of whole detection means (upper plate 501 of the optical component 301 of reference feature 300, the upper plate 401 of optical sensor 400, optical sensor 500 etc.) of upward installing to be lyophobicity, can only make these surperficial parts have lyophobicity at chip bench PST (substrate frame PT).

In addition, in above-mentioned example, under the situation that the lyophobicity of component surface has worsened, change, but also can be when changing some members, simultaneously also replacing approaching member in period.

In addition, in order to carry out the recovery of liquid (water) more reliably, wish substrate frame PT the surface, be that the contact angle for liquid (water) on surface on surface, reference feature 300 etc. of board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 is bigger than 80 °, more preferably greater than equaling 100 ° (contact angle for liquid (water) of above-mentioned tetrafluoroethene is about 110 °).

In addition, about the photosensitive material that on the surface of substrate P, applies (photoresist that ArF exposure light is used), also wish to use contact angle for liquid (water) than 80 ° of big materials.Certainly, under the situation of using the KrF excimer laser as exposure light, wish to use the photoresist of using as KrF exposure light than 80 ° of big photoresists for the contact angle of liquid.

In above-mentioned concrete example illustration possess the chip bench of the testing tool of substrate frame, reference feature 300, illumination unevenness sensor 400 or aerial image detecting sensor 500 etc. simultaneously, but also the present invention can be applicable to the exposure device that the platform that keeps substrate and the platform that exposes and detect usefulness is not together.That is, the present invention also can be applicable to possess the processed substrate that keeps wafer etc. and exposure desk and have the exposure device of monitor station of the detection means of various reference feature or detecting sensor etc. movably.In this case, the reference feature that disposed on chip bench PST in above-mentioned example or at least a portion in the various detecting sensor can be configured on the monitor station.The exposure device that possesses exposure desk and monitor station is for example opened in the flat 11-135400 communique the spy and has been put down in writing, if specify in the application of border home or the decree of the state selected in allow, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

In this example, also applicable to the exposure device of two bench-types that 2 chip bench (substrate frame) that keep substrate P have been installed.The structure of the exposure device of two bench-types and exposure work are for example opened flat 10-163099 number and spy the spy and are opened (corresponding United States Patent (USP) 6,341 flat 10-214783 number, 007,6,400,441,6,549,269 and 6,590,634), special table 2000-505958 number (corresponding United States Patent (USP) 5,969,441) or United States Patent (USP) 6, disclose in 208,407, if specify in the border application home or the decree of the state selected in allow, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

＜the 4 example 〉

Figure 16 is a summary construction diagram of having used twin-stage-type exposure device of the present invention.Twin-stage-type exposure device possesses can distinguish the 1st, the 2nd chip bench PST1, the PST2 that moves independently on common pedestal 54.1st, the 2nd chip bench PST1, PST2 are the chip bench that possesses such 26S Proteasome Structure and Function that the relation used with Fig. 1～15 illustrated, have the 1st, the 2nd substrate frame PT1, PT2 respectively, on the 1st, the 2nd substrate frame PT1, PT2, be provided with board member 30 and the 2nd board member 32 in removable mode respectively.In addition, twin-stage-type exposure device has exposure station ST1 and detection, replacing station ST2, on exposure station ST1, projection optical system PL is set, is detecting, changing on the station ST2 (not shown in Figure 16) such as substrate alignment system, focusing, rectification detection systems have been installed.And, in exposure station ST1, the substrate P that keeps on the 1st substrate frame PT1 is being carried out immersion exposure during in, detect, change among the station ST2 for the 2nd chip bench PST2 (the 2nd substrate frame PT2) with board member 30 load, unloading substrate P.In addition, detecting, changing among the station ST2, carry out the testing for substrate P (focus detection work, alignment work) on the 2nd chip bench PST2 concurrently with immersion exposure among the exposure station ST1, after this testing is through with, the 2nd chip bench PST2 moves on the exposure station ST2, the substrate P on the 2nd chip bench PST is carried out immersion exposure handle.

Like this, under the situation of twin-stage-type exposure device, owing in the processing of the immersion exposure on a platform, on another platform, not only can carry out substrate and change or detect and handle, and can carry out the replacing of board member 30, so can improve the yield of unit time of exposure-processed.

Have again, in each above-mentioned example, illustrated according to its lyophobicity and changed board member 30 etc., but for example damaged because of certain reason or polluted situation inferior, certainly also can change according to other the reason beyond the deterioration of lyophobicity.For example, board member 30 grades in long-time with situation that liquid 1 contacts under, thereby owing to there is the possibility of its surperficial mis-behave, material stripping contaminated liquid 1, so also can consider to follow the surface property deterioration of board member 30 grades of material stripping to decide replacing period.

In above-mentioned example, formed optical element 2 with fluorite, be the fluorite of (111) face but for example can use the crystal orientation on the surface of this fluorite.In addition, the leading section 2a of optical element 2 shown in Figure 1, promptly with part that liquid 1 contacts in, can utilize vacuum vapour deposition to form magnesium fluoride (MgF ₂Film is as the dissolving film that prevents that is made of monofilm.

＜the 5 example 〉

As having illustrated in the 1st above-mentioned example, under the situation of the reference mark to punctual use (reference feature) of the index board of the optics that the device that constitutes exposure monitor, illumination unevenness sensor etc. has been installed on the chip bench PST, aerial image pick-up unit, reticle mask, wish that the photoirradiated surface (liquid contact surface) of these opticses has lyophobicity.Under the situation of the draining on the photoirradiated surface that can not fully carry out exposure monitor, illumination unevenness sensor etc., existence can not be carried out the danger of the detection of rayed amount or illuminance exactly.In addition, under the situation of the draining on the index board that can not fully carry out the aerial image pick-up unit, thereby exist owing to the liquid evaporation on the index board, the face change of shape of index board produce the possibility of error in the detection of being undertaken by the aerial image pick-up unit.In addition, can not fully carry out under the situation of the draining on the reference mark, thereby exist owing to the liquid evaporation on the reference mark, the change of shape of reference mark can not be carried out the possibility of reticle alignment exactly.Therefore, require in long-time, to have hydrophobicity on the surface of the optics that disposes on the chip bench.

In this case, can consider by coating noncrystalline fluororesin on the surface of optics and form film to make the high hydrophobicity optical thin film of optical property.That is, the noncrystalline fluororesin is transparent especially and a material that ultraviolet transmittance is high in the resin, and, since because of coordination on the resin surface-CF ₃The cause of key is to demonstrate minimum capillary resin in organism, so be the material with good hydrophobic performance.

But if to soaking the high Ultra-Violet Laser of irradiation energy under the state at the hydrophobicity optical thin film that applies on the surface of optics at liquid, then the energy of the light of the trace of film absorption is transformed to temperature, during relatively short in the film expansion, water intrusion is in film.In this case, if the connecting airtight property deterioration of fluorine resin film and optical component surfaces, then film is peeled off, and optical property is produced harmful effect, because hydrophobic performance worsens, exists water droplet to remain in danger on the chip bench.

In general, if knownly such coupling agent of fluoroalkyl silane and optical component surfaces are reacted form adhesive linkage and form fluorine resin film thereon, then can obtain connecting airtight property good film, but investigation according to the present inventor, owing to fluoroalkyl silane absorption Ultra-Violet Laser decomposes, so can not obtain the connecting airtight property after the laser radiation as can be known.

In this example, on one side with reference to accompanying drawing, explanation on one side is suitable for can keeping the optics of hydrophobic liquid immersion type projection aligner in long-time.Figure 19 is the figure that is illustrated in the optics of installing on the wafer station.Figure 20 is the figure that is illustrated in the structure of the optics of installing on the wafer station.

The light entrance window (photoirradiated surface) 650 and being used to that the exposure monitor of the exposure that is used to monitor exposure light has been installed on the wafer station 609 shown in Figure 19 detects the optics of light entrance window (photoirradiated surface) 652 grades of the irregular illumination unevenness sensor of the illumination of exposure light.The optics of index board (photoirradiated surface) 654 of aerial image pick-up unit (AIS system) of detection of the optical characteristics of carrying out projection optical system etc. and the reference mark to punctual use (FM) (photoirradiated surface) 656 of reticle mask etc. has been installed in addition.At this, as shown in Figure 20, utilize quartz glass 660 to constitute the light entrance window (photoirradiated surface) 650 (with the light entrance window (photoirradiated surface) 652 of illumination unevenness sensor) of exposure monitor, form in its surface by silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) the particulate sublayer (bonding particulate sublayer) 662 that forms, on the surface of particulate sublayer, form the hydrophobic film 664 that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin.

In addition, the chromium that utilizes quartz glass and form on the surface of this quartz glass (metal) pattern constitutes the index board 654 and the reference mark (FM) 656 of aerial image pick-up unit (AIS system), forms in its surface by silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) the particulate sublayer (bonding particulate sublayer) that forms, on the surface of particulate sublayer, form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin.

According to the optics relevant, by the silicon dioxide (SiO that forms bonding particulate sublayer with this example ₂) constitute the particulate sublayer and glass (the principal ingredient SiO of matrix material ₂) compatibility good, can obtain the connecting airtight property good with the glass of matrix material.In addition, produce the concavo-convex of the diameter derive from particle from the teeth outwards.Moreover silicon dioxide etc. are the very high materials of ultraviolet transmittance, and the laser radiation permanance of itself is also high.In this example, forming by silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) on this particulate sublayer, form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin behind the particulate sublayer that constitutes.Enter with the noncrystalline fluororesin in the atomic space of silicon dioxide etc. and with mode drying, the curing of its encirclement.Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so and the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight of matrix material.

In addition, because the hydrophobic film that forms on photoirradiated surface has high laser radiation permanance, so can in long-time, maintain the hydrophobicity of the photoirradiated surface of the optics of installing on the projection aligner.

In addition, according to the projection aligner relevant with this example, because the hydrophobic optics that can keep photoirradiated surface in long-time is being installed on the chip bench, so, also can carry out the draining on the photoirradiated surface of optics reliably even repeating under the situation of immersion exposure.

Have again, in above-mentioned example, on the photoirradiated surface of optics, formed by using silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) formed the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin on the basis of the bonding particulate sublayer that constitutes, the particulate sublayer that constitutes, but also can on photoirradiated surface, replace silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) formed by magnesium fluoride (MgF ₂) or calcium fluoride (CaF ₂) form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin on the basis of the bonding particulate sublayer that constitutes.Perhaps, can mix or stacked silicon dioxide (SiO ₂), magnesium fluoride (MgF ₂) and calcium fluoride (CaF ₂) in arbitrarily two kinds constitute bonding particulate sublayer, also can mix or three kinds of stacked these materials constitute bonding particulate sublayer.Even in this case, with forming by all silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) formed the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin on the basis of the bonding particulate sublayer that constitutes, the particulate sublayer that constitutes situation same, can make good hydrophobic film aspect the laser radiation permanance.

In addition, in above-mentioned example, on the photoirradiated surface of optics (for example the light entrance window 650), formed by using silicon dioxide (SiO ₂) formed the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin on the basis of the bonding particulate sublayer that constitutes, the particulate sublayer that constitutes, but also can be as shown in Figure 21, by for example using the hydrogen fluoride hydrofluorite of water (or hydrogen fluoride is dissolved in) etching to form bonding plane (etched surface) 668, on the surface of bonding plane 668, form the hydrophobic film 670 that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin by the surface of the photoirradiated surface that quartz glass 666 forms.In this case, since have be used on the photoirradiated surface use the hydrogen fluoride etching the bonding plane that constitutes of etched surface, if so on bonding plane, form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin, then enter in the atomic space and mode drying, the curing of its encirclement with the noncrystalline fluororesin.Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so and the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight of matrix material.

In addition, in this example, photoirradiated surface has the metal film (chromium etc.) that is used to form pattern on the part on the surface of matrix material glass and matrix material glass, formed the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin thereon, but also can have the metal film that on matrix material glass and matrix material glass whole, forms, form the hydrophobic film that constitutes by the noncrystalline fluororesin thereon.Such optics is as the high reflector plate that uses when the transmissivity that monitors projecting lens etc.

In addition, in this example, used with quartz glass, but also can use the glass of low bulk as matrix material glass.

Below, utilize embodiment to specifically describe the manufacture method of the optics of this example.

Embodiment A

By utilizing the hyperacoustic automatic flushing device of irradiation to clean or the surface of the photoirradiated surface of optics (quartz glass) by carrying out film forming with the wipings such as cloth of soaking into ethanol, surface clean is become the height clean Surface.

Secondly, a great deal of that drips on the surface of optics is the MgF of 80nm with mean grain size ₂Particulate stably be dispersed in masking liquid in the aqueous slkali, be rotated coating with high speed rotating unit.After being dried to till the masking liquid lost flowability, take off optics from high speed rotating unit, in order to make the masking liquid bone dry, the drying that it was carried out in about 150 ℃ drying oven 1～2 hour.And then the dissolving of a great deal of that on the optics of cool to room temperature, drips the masking liquid of noncrystalline fluororesin (" the サ イ ト Star プ " of Asahi Glass (strain)), be rotated coating with high speed rotating unit.After being dried to till the masking liquid lost flowability, take off optics from high speed rotating unit, in order to make the masking liquid bone dry, the drying that it was carried out in about 100 ℃ drying oven 1～2 hour.Utilize above-mentioned operation, be manufactured on the matrix material glass (quartz glass) and have MgF ₂The optics of film and noncrystalline fluororesin film.

Embodiment B

By utilizing the hyperacoustic automatic flushing device of irradiation to clean or the surface of the photoirradiated surface of optics (quartz glass) by carrying out film forming with the wipings such as cloth of soaking into ethanol, surface clean is become the height clean Surface.

Secondly, a great deal of that drips on the surface of optics is the SiO of 80nm with mean grain size ₂Particulate stably be dispersed in masking liquid in the aqueous slkali, be rotated coating with high speed rotating unit.After being dried to till the masking liquid lost flowability, take off optics from high speed rotating unit, in order to make the masking liquid bone dry, the drying that it was carried out in about 150 ℃ drying oven 1～2 hour.And then the dissolving of a great deal of that on the optics of cool to room temperature, drips the masking liquid of noncrystalline fluororesin (" the サ イ ト Star プ " of Asahi Glass (strain)), be rotated coating with high speed rotating unit.After being dried to till the masking liquid lost flowability, take off optics from high speed rotating unit, in order to make the masking liquid bone dry, the drying that it was carried out in about 100 ℃ drying oven 1～2 hour.Utilize above-mentioned operation, be manufactured on the matrix material glass (quartz glass) and have SiO ₂The optics of film and noncrystalline fluororesin film.

Embodiment C

The surface of the optics (quartz glass) that will be ground to the roughness of about 0.2nmRMS accurately between 5 seconds, impregnated in dilution be in 5% the hydrofluorite after, do the wash hydrofluorite with pure water, with the wipings such as cloth of soaking into ethanol.On this surface, drip a great deal of dissolving the masking liquid of noncrystalline fluororesin (" the サ イ ト Star プ " of Asahi Glass (strain)), be rotated coating with high speed rotating unit.After being dried to till the masking liquid lost flowability, take off optics from high speed rotating unit, in order to make the masking liquid bone dry, the drying that it was carried out in about 100 ℃ drying oven 1～2 hour.Utilize above-mentioned operation, be manufactured on the optics that has the noncrystalline fluororesin film on the matrix material glass (quartz glass).

Comparative example

By utilizing the hyperacoustic automatic flushing device of irradiation to clean or the surface of the photoirradiated surface of optics (quartz glass) by carrying out film forming with the wipings such as cloth of soaking into ethanol, surface clean is become the height clean Surface.Secondly, the dissolving of a great deal of that drips the masking liquid of noncrystalline fluororesin (" the サ イ ト Star プ " of Asahi Glass (strain)), be rotated coating with high speed rotating unit.

After being dried to till the masking liquid lost flowability, take off optics from high speed rotating unit, in order to make the masking liquid bone dry, the drying that it was carried out in about 100 ℃ drying oven 1～2 hour.Utilize above-mentioned operation, be manufactured on the optics that has the noncrystalline fluororesin film on the matrix material glass (quartz glass).

(peeling off test)

For the optics that obtains with above-mentioned embodiment A～C and comparative example, that has carried out using transparent strand band peels off test (tape test).About tape test, use the transparent strand band of width as ニ チ バ Application Co., Ltd. of 18mm, when pasting band,,, judged the degree of peeling off of film by promptly vertically peeling off with pointing floating at full tilt 3 times.The optics that will obtain in each example is as sample, and each prepares 3 samples, tests respectively.

As the benchmark of evaluation of estimate, will in hydrophobic layer, there be situation about peeling off to be decided to be " peeling off " more than or equal to φ 5mm, in addition situation is decided to be " not peeling off ".All peeled off in 3 samples of 3/3 expression.

(test findings)

0/3 of embodiment A is not peeled off

0/3 of Embodiment B is not peeled off

0/3 of Embodiment C is not peeled off

3/3 of comparative example is peeled off

Can understand from this test findings, for the hydrophobic film of embodiment A～Embodiment C, owing to be provided with adhesive linkage or etched surface, so it is on glass to bond to matrix material securely.Thereby, optical component of the present invention as can be known immersion exposure such with environment that liquid contacts under, anti-fluidity (water tolerance) height.

In the present embodiment, bonding to matrix material situation on glass with hydrophobic film is that example is illustrated, and according to this result as can be known, the present invention can be used in arbitrarily optics widely.That is, be not limited to and be used in reference feature or the various sensor that on the chip bench of liquid immersion exposure apparatus, is provided with, also can be used in and contact all optical lenses, the optical sensor that uses under such environment with liquid or gas.In addition, also applicable to the projection optical system of in exposure device, using, the lens or the sensor that particularly in lens that the front end of substrate one side is installed or lamp optical system, use.

Have, " contact angle " put down in writing in above-mentioned example not only comprises static contact angle, and comprises dynamic contact angle again.

In the example of above-mentioned exposure device, used pure water as liquid 1.Pure water has following advantage: can easily obtain in large quantities in semiconductor fabrication factory etc., simultaneously not for the harmful effect of photoresist on the substrate P or optical element (lens) etc.In addition, because pure water is for the harmful effect of environment, the content of impurity is extremely low simultaneously, so also can expect the effect on surface of the optical element that is provided with on the front end face of the surface of cleaning substrate P and projection optical system PL.Have again, under low situation such as the purity of the pure water of supplying with from factory etc., also can make exposure device have ultrapure water and make device.

The liquid 1 of above-mentioned each example is water, but also can be the liquid beyond the water.For example, the light source at exposure light EL is F ₂Under the situation of laser, because this F ₂Laser is permeate water not, so can be to see through F ₂The fluorine class fluids such as for example mistake fluorinated polyether (PFPE) or fluorocarbon oil etc. of laser are as liquid 1.In this case, form film, the part that contacts with liquid 1 is carried out the lyophily processing by for example material with the little molecular structure of the polarity that comprises fluorine.In addition, also can use have the permeability of exposure light EL and refractive index is high as far as possible, to the stable liquid (for example cedar oil) of projection optical system PL or the photoresist that on the surface of substrate P, applies as liquid 1.In this case, can carry out surface treatment according to the polarity of employed liquid 1.

The refractive index n that pure water (water) is about the exposure light EL of 193nm for wavelength be we can say and roughly is about 1.44, using under the situation of ArF excimer laser (wavelength 193nm) as the light source of exposure light EL, wavelength is reduced to 1/n, i.e. about 134nm on substrate P, can obtain high resolution.Moreover, since with air in compare, the depth of focus is expanded as about n times, promptly about 1.44 times, so under the situation that the situation that can guarantee and use in air gets final product as the depth of focus of equal extent, can further increase the numerical aperture of projection optical system PL, in this, resolution has also improved.

Have, using like that as mentioned above under the situation of immersion method, the numerical aperture NA of projection optical system is 0.9～1.3 sometimes.Like this, under the numerical aperture NA of projection optical system becomes big situation since in the random polarization that uses as exposure light up to now imaging performance sometimes because of polarization effect worsens, so wish the use polarized illumination.In this case, preferably carry out the consistent rectilinearly polarized light illumination of long side direction with the line pattern of " line and at interval " pattern of mask (reticle mask), penetrate S polarized light component (TE polarized light component) morely, be the diffraction light of direction of polarized light component of the long side direction of pattern along the line from the pattern of mask (reticle mask).Be full of projection optical system PL with liquid and under the situation between the photoresist that applies on the surface of substrate P, with be full of projection optical system PL with air and compare with the situation between the photoresist that applies on the surface of substrate P, owing to help the uprising of diffraction light of the S polarized light component (TE polarized light component) of the raising of contrast in the lip-deep transmissivity of photoresist, even, also can obtain high imaging performance so surpass under 1.0 the situation at the numerical aperture NA of projection optical system.In addition, if suitably make up phase shift mask or open the spy such oblique incidence illumination consistent with long side direction line pattern (particularly dipole illumination) etc. disclosed in the flat 6-188169 communique, then can be more effective.

In addition, for example with the ArF excimer laser as the exposure light, use the projection optical system PL of about 1/4 reduction magnification, under the such situation of fine " line and interval " pattern of exposure on the substrate P (for example " line and the interval " of about 25～50nm), structure (for example fine degree of pattern or the thickness of chromium) according to mask M, owing to utilize waveguide (Wave guide) effect mask M to play the effect of polaroid, compare with the diffraction light of the P polarized light component (TM polarized light component) that contrast is descended, penetrate the diffraction light of S polarized light component (TE polarized light component) from mask M morely, so wish to use above-mentioned rectilinearly polarized light illumination, but promptly use random polarization illumination mask M, even greatly under 0.9～1.3 situation, also can obtain high imaging performance at the numerical aperture NA of projection optical system PL.In addition, under the such situation of atomic thin " line and the interval " pattern on the exposed mask M on the substrate P, because the cause of WireGrid effect, also exist P polarized light component (TM polarized light component) than the big possibility of S polarized light component (TE polarized light component), but with the ArF excimer laser as the exposure light, use the projection optical system PL of about 1/4 reduction magnification, under the such situation of " line and the interval " pattern bigger of exposure on the substrate P than 25nm, owing to penetrate the diffraction light of the S polarized light component (TE polarized light component) of Duoing from mask M than the diffraction light of P polarized light component (TM polarized light component), even event is under 0.9～1.3 such big situation at the numerical aperture NA of projection optical system, also can obtain high imaging performance.

Moreover, not only consistent with the long side direction of the line pattern of mask (reticle mask) rectilinearly polarized light illumination (S polarized illumination) is effective, and as disclosing open flat 6-53120 communique the spy in, linearly the polarized illumination method of polarized light and the combination of oblique incidence illumination also are effective on tangent line (week) direction that with the optical axis is the circle at center.Particularly, the pattern of being not only mask (reticle mask) is at a upwardly extending line pattern in side of regulation and existing under the situation of a plurality of different upwardly extending line patterns in side with mixing, as open identical spy disclose in the flat 6-53120 communique, uses in that linearly the polarized illumination method and the wheel of polarized light are with illumination on as tangent line (week) direction of the circle at center with optical axis by merging, even under the big situation of the numerical aperture NA of projection optical system, also can obtain high imaging performance.

In above-mentioned each example, at the front end of projection optical system PL optical element 2 has been installed, utilize this lens, can carry out the optical characteristics of projection optical system PL, the adjustment of for example aberration (spherical aberration, coma aberration etc.).Having, as the optical element of installing at the front end of projection optical system PL, can be the optical sheet that uses in the adjustment of the optical characteristics of projection optical system PL again.It perhaps can be the planopaallel plate that can see through exposure light EL.By making planopaallel plate with the optical element that liquid 1 contacts than lens cheapness, even the material (for example silicon type organic) that the homogeneity of the illumination of the transmissivity of projection optical system PL, the exposure light EL on the substrate P and Illumination Distribution is descended is attached on this planopaallel plate, it is also just passable only to change this planopaallel plate before feed fluid 1, compare with the situation that will make lens, have the advantage that its replacement cost reduces with the optical element that liquid 1 contacts.Promptly, because cause because of the irradiation of exposure light EL, result from adhering to of impurity from disperse particle or liquid 1 that photoresist takes place etc., the surface of the optical element that contacts with liquid 1 is polluted, must change this optical element termly, but, compare with lens by this optical element being made cheap planopaallel plate, change the cost reduction of parts and can shorten the time that in replacing, needs, can suppress the rising of maintenance cost (operating cost) or the decline of yield in unit time.

Have again, under the situation big because of the optical element of the front end of the projection optical system PL of the mobile generation of liquid 1 and the pressure between the substrate P, this optical element is not made removable element, but it can be firmly fixed, in order to avoid optical element moves because of this pressure.

Have again, in each above-mentioned example, be the structure that is full of with liquid 1 between the surface of projection optical system PL and substrate P, but for example also can be the structure of full of liquid 1 under the state that the cover glass that is made of planopaallel plate has been installed on the surface of substrate P.

In addition, the exposure device of having used above-mentioned immersion method becomes the expose structure of substrate P of the optical path space of emitting side that is full of the terminal optical element 2 of projection optical system PL with liquid (pure water), but also can as the world disclose disclose in No. 2004/019128, also available liquid (pure water) is full of the optical path space of light incident side of the terminal optical element 2 of projection optical system PL.

Have again; substrate P as above-mentioned each example; not only the semiconductor wafer of semiconductor devices manufacturing usefulness be can use, and ceramic wafers that glass substrate that display device uses or thin-film head use or master (synthetic quartz, silicon wafer) of mask that in exposure device, uses or reticle mask etc. can be applicable to.

As exposure device EX, except the scanning exposure apparatus (scanning ledex) of " stepping and the scanning " mode of carrying out scan exposure with moved further mask M and substrate P with pattern to mask M, also applicable to make mask M and substrate P static state under the pattern, the projection aligner (ledex) of " stepping and repetition " mode of moving successively of exposed mask M in the lump with making the substrate stepping.The present invention is also applicable to repeat the exposure device that at least 2 patterns come " stepping and overlapping " mode of transfer printing on substrate top.

In addition, in above-mentioned example, adopted with liquid to be full of exposure device between projection optical system PL and the substrate P partly, but also the present invention can be applicable to the liquid immersion exposure apparatus of all surfaces that covers the substrate of exposure object with liquid.Cover the structure and the exposure work of liquid immersion exposure apparatus of all surfaces of the substrate of exposure object with liquid, for example open flat 6-124873 communique the spy, the spy opens flat 10-303114 communique, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 825, at length put down in writing in No. 043, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the application of border home or select, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

Kind as exposure device EX; be not limited to the exposure device that the manufacturing semiconductor element of exposure semiconductor element pattern on substrate P is used, also can be widely applicable for the liquid crystal display cells manufacturing with or the exposure device of display manufacturing usefulness or be used to make the exposure device etc. of thin-film head, imaging apparatus (CCD) or reticle mask or mask etc.

In chip bench PST (wafer station 609) or mask platform MST, use under the situation of linear electric motors, can use any of the floating type of air come-up type that has adopted air bearing and the magnetic that has adopted Lorentz force or reactance power.In addition, about each PST (609), MST, can be the type that moves along guide rail, also can be the type that the no guide rail of guide rail is not set.In platform, used the example of linear electric motors, at United States Patent (USP) 5,623, disclose in 853 and 5,528,118, as long as allow in the decree of the state that specifies in the border application home or select, quote the record content of these documents respectively, as the part of the record of this paper.

As the driving mechanism of each PST (609), MST, can use with two-dimensional approach disposed magnet magnet unit, utilize and drive the planar motor of platform PST (609), MST with the opposed electromagnetic force in armature unit that two-dimensional approach has disposed coil.In this case, a certain side of magnet unit and armature unit being connected to platform PST (609), MST the opposing party last, that in all-moving surface one side of platform PST (609), MST magnet unit and armature unit be set gets final product.

Can use the frame member mechanically will be emitted to ground (the earth), in order to avoid pass to projection optical system PL because of the counter-force that takes place that moves of chip bench PST (609).For example at United States Patent (USP) 5, the disposal route of this counter-force is at length disclosed in 528,118 (spy opens flat 8-166475 communique), if specify in the border application home or the decree of the state selected in allow, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

Also can use the frame member mechanically will be emitted to ground (the earth), in order to avoid pass to projection optical system PL because of the counter-force that takes place that moves of mask platform MST.For example at United States Patent (USP) 5, the disposal route of this counter-force is at length disclosed in 874,820 (spy opens flat 8-330224 communique), if specify in the border application home or the decree of the state selected in allow, quote the record content of these documents, as the part of the record of this paper.

As mentioned above, the various subsystems that are included in each inscape of enumerating in the application's the scope of claim by assembling are made the exposure device EX of the application's example, so that guarantee the precision of the machinery of regulation, the precision of electricity, the precision of optics.In order to ensure these various precision, in the front and back of this assembling, about various optical systems be used to reach the precision of optics adjustment, be used to reach the adjustment of the precision of machinery, be used to reach the adjustment of the precision of electricity about the system of various electricity about various mechanical systems.Assembling procedure from various subsystems to exposure device comprises the connection of the mutual machinery of various subsystems, the wiring connection of circuit, the pipeline connection of pneumatic circuit etc.In that various subsystems have each subsystem assembling procedure separately before the assembling procedure of exposure device certainly from this.If various subsystems are comprehensively adjusted, to guarantee the various precision as exposure device integral body after the assembling procedure end of exposure device.Have again, wish in the clean room that temperature and cleanliness obtain managing, to carry out the manufacturing of exposure device.

As shown in Figure 17, through the step 201 of function, the performance design of carrying out micro element, make step 202 based on the mask (reticle mask) of this design procedure, make step 203 as the substrate of the matrix material of device, utilize above-mentioned example exposure device EX exposed mask on substrate pattern exposure-processed step 204, device number of assembling steps (comprising scribing operation, bond sequence, packaging process) 205 and check that step 206 waits the micro element of making semiconductor devices etc.

The possibility of utilizing on the industry

According to exposure device of the present invention, carry out exposure-processed owing to can suppress flowing out of liquid, can prevent the residual of liquid, so can carry out immersion exposure with high exposure accuracy.

According to optics of the present invention, by the silica (SiO that forms bonding particulate sublayer₂), magnesium fluoride (MgF₂) and calcirm-fluoride (CaF₂) in the particulate sublayer of at least a formation can obtain glass (main component SiO with matrix material₂) compatibility good, with lucky the connecting airtight property of matrix material glass. In addition, produce from the teeth outwards the concavo-convex of the diameter derive from particle. Moreover, because silica etc. are the very high materials of ultraviolet transmittance, so the Ear Mucosa Treated by He Ne Laser Irradiation durability of itself is also high. Thereby, forming by silica (SiO₂), magnesium fluoride (MgF₂) and calcirm-fluoride (CaF₂) in the particulate sublayer of at least a formation after form the hydrophobic film that is consisted of by the noncrystalline fluororesin. Enter with the noncrystalline fluororesin in the atomic space of silica etc. and with mode drying, the curing of its encirclement. Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight with matrix material. Therefore, applicable to the optics or the optical pickocff that use in the widely environment that joins with liquid.

In addition, according to optics of the present invention, owing to have the bonding plane that is consisted of by the etched surface that utilizes the hydrogen fluoride etching at photoirradiated surface, if so form the hydrophobic film that is consisted of by the noncrystalline fluororesin at bonding plane, then enter in the space of bonding plane with the noncrystalline fluororesin and with mode drying, the curing of its encirclement. Because the intensity height of the machinery of noncrystalline fluororesin itself, so the hydrophobicity film strength height that connects airtight with matrix material. Therefore, applicable to the optics or the optical pickocff that use in the widely environment that joins with liquid.

In addition, according to projection aligner of the present invention, owing at chip bench the hydrophobic optics that can keep photoirradiated surface in long-time has been installed, so even repeating in the situation of immersion exposure, also can carry out reliably the draining on the photoirradiated surface of optics.

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1. One kind through liquid to substrate irradiation exposure light with exposure device to the substrate exposure, it is characterized in that:

   Possess:

   The picture of pattern is projected in on-chip projection optical system; And

   Face the chip bench that is used to keep substrate of the image planes setting of above-mentioned projection optical system, this chip bench has the substrate holder,

   Be maintained at the mode of the above-mentioned substrate in the above-mentioned substrate holder and be arranged on member on the chip bench in removable mode with encirclement, at least a portion on the surface of this member is lyophobicity.
2. 2. the exposure device described in claim 1 is characterized in that:

   Have according to deterioration with its lyophobicity the exposure sheet number of the above-mentioned substrate of corresponding relation, above-mentioned member service time and the exposure light exposure at least one change above-mentioned member.
3. 3. the exposure device described in claim 1 is characterized in that:

   Above-mentioned member has its surface and is the par with one side with the substrate surface that is kept by above-mentioned chip bench.
4. 4. the exposure device described in claim 3 is characterized in that:

   Around above-mentioned substrate, disposed above-mentioned par.
5. 5. the exposure device described in claim 4 is characterized in that:

   Possesses the charging crane that is used for above-mentioned chip bench is loaded and unloaded above-mentioned member.
6. 6. the exposure device described in claim 5 is characterized in that:

   Above-mentioned charging crane can take off with above-mentioned substrate above-mentioned member from above-mentioned chip bench.
7. 7. the exposure device described in claim 1 is characterized in that:

   Its lyophobicity part at least of above-mentioned member is formed by teflon.
8. 8. device making method is characterized in that:

   Use the exposure device described in the claim 1 to expose,

   Device is assembled.
9. 9. one kind shines exposure light above-mentioned substrate is carried out the exposure method of immersion exposure through projection optical system and liquid on substrate, it is characterized in that:

   Keep above-mentioned substrate with the substrate retaining member,

   Above-mentioned substrate retaining member has its surface and is the par with one side with this substrate surface around above-mentioned substrate,

   To keep the above-mentioned substrate retaining member of above-mentioned substrate to be transported on the chip bench,

   The above-mentioned substrate that is transported on the above-mentioned chip bench is carried out immersion exposure,

   After above-mentioned immersion exposure finishes, transport the above-mentioned substrate retaining member that keeps above-mentioned substrate from above-mentioned chip bench,

   Wherein, the surface of the par of above-mentioned substrate retaining member is lyophobicity.
10. 10. device making method is characterized in that:

    Use the exposure method described in the claim 9 to expose,

    Device is assembled.
11. 11. one kind through liquid to substrate irradiation exposure light with exposure device to the substrate exposure, it is characterized in that:

    Possess:

    The picture of pattern is projected in on-chip projection optical system; And

    The transfer table that can move relative to projection optical system,

    Be arranged on the lyophobicity member on the above-mentioned transfer table, its have by moving and with above-mentioned projection optical system facing surfaces, at least a portion on above-mentioned surface is lyophobicity, and is formed with liquid soaks the zone between above-mentioned projection optical system and above-mentioned surface,

    Wherein, this lyophobicity member is removable.
12. 12. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Transfer table has the chip bench of maintenance substrate and at least one of monitor station.
13. 13. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Transfer table has a plurality of.
14. 14. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Have according to deterioration with its lyophobicity the exposure sheet number of the above-mentioned substrate of corresponding relation, above-mentioned lyophobicity member service time and the exposure light exposure at least one change above-mentioned lyophobicity member.
15. 15. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Transfer table is the chip bench that keeps substrate, and above-mentioned chip bench possesses the maintaining part that keeps above-mentioned member and the adsorbent equipment of above-mentioned member is installed in mode removably on above-mentioned maintaining part.
16. 16. the exposure device described in claim 15 is characterized in that:

    Above-mentioned lyophobicity member is to have and the back side of substrate opposed the 1st and the 2nd step-like member extending in the substrate outside along the surface of substrate.
17. 17. the exposure device described in claim 16 is characterized in that:

    At least the 2 mask has lyophobicity.
18. 18. the exposure device described in claim 16 is characterized in that:

    Also possess the 3rd of extending in the above-mentioned lyophobicity member outside along the surface of substrate and with the chimeric outer member of above-mentioned lyophobicity member, at least the 3 face is lyophobicity.
19. 19. the exposure device described in claim 16 is characterized in that:

    Also possesses the jacking gear that makes the above-mentioned relatively maintaining part lifting of above-mentioned lyophobicity member.
20. 20. the exposure device described in claim 19 is characterized in that:

    Above-mentioned jacking gear makes above-mentioned lyophobicity member rise from above-mentioned maintaining part under the state of above-mentioned lyophobicity member supports substrate.
21. 21. the exposure device described in claim 15 is characterized in that:

    Above-mentioned lyophobicity member be have supporting substrate the back side edge part support portion, the tabular surface that extends in the substrate outside along the surface of substrate and be connected with tabular surface and the substrate holder of the sidewall higher than tabular surface.
22. 22. the exposure device described in claim 21 is characterized in that:

    Also possess the chip bench of placing the substrate holder, substrate holder and chip bench have the stream that interconnects respectively.
23. 23. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    The part that is lyophobicity of above-mentioned member is formed by fluoride.
24. 24. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    The member of above-mentioned lyophobicity comprises at least a portion of reference feature and optical sensor.
25. 25. the exposure device described in claim 24 is characterized in that:

    The photoirradiated surface of at least a portion of reference feature and optical sensor is lyophobicity.
26. 26. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Substrate is the circular substrate that does not have breach, applies photosensitive material on the surface of substrate and sidepiece.
27. 27. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Decide the replacing period of above-mentioned member according to the decline of the contact angle of the aforesaid liquid in the lyophobicity of the above-mentioned member part.
28. 28. the exposure device described in claim 27 is characterized in that:

    Under dropping to smaller or equal to 100 ° situation, above-mentioned contact angle changes above-mentioned member.
29. 29. the exposure device described in claim 27 is characterized in that:

    Having descended more than or equal to 10 ° situation from original state under, above-mentioned contact angle changes above-mentioned member.
30. 30. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Above-mentioned transfer table comprises the chip bench that keeps above-mentioned substrate, and above-mentioned member forms tabular surface around the substrate that is kept by above-mentioned chip bench.
31. 31. the exposure device described in claim 30 is characterized in that:

    The surface of the substrate that is kept by above-mentioned chip bench be simultaneously same with the tabular surface around it.
32. 32. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    Above-mentioned transfer table has and is used to adsorb the adsorbent equipment that keeps above-mentioned member.
33. 33. the exposure device described in claim 11 is characterized in that:

    The material that can descend because of the irradiation of ultraviolet light with its performance forms the lyophobicity part of above-mentioned member.
34. 34. one kind through liquid to substrate irradiation exposure light above-mentioned substrate is carried out the exposure method of immersion exposure, it is characterized in that, comprise following step:

    On-chip at least a portion is supplied with aforesaid liquid;

    Irradiation exposes light so that above-mentioned substrate is carried out immersion exposure to substrate through aforesaid liquid; And

    The part of the exposure device except that the substrate that has been supplied to liquid has lyophobicity, have according to deterioration with its lyophobicity the exposure sheet number of the above-mentioned substrate of corresponding relation, above-mentioned lyophobicity part service time and the exposure light exposure at least one change above-mentioned part with exposure device of lyophobicity.
35. 35. the exposure method described in claim 34 is characterized in that:

    The part of above-mentioned exposure device is the part of the chip bench that has of above-mentioned exposure device or the part of monitor station, and the part of chip bench or the part of monitor station are at least a portion that the formation liquid of aforesaid liquid soaks the part in zone.
36. 36. the exposure method described in claim 35 is characterized in that:

    Change the part of above-mentioned chip bench with substrate.

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