摘要:
A conductive foil is wound into a roll to provide a roll coil, and the roll coil is cut along wire paths, whereby a flat coil with a level difference is produced. Similarly, a flat coil without a level difference is sliced from the roll coil. The flat coil with a level difference and the flat coil without a level difference are then disposed with partial overlapping, while magnet side faces of the coils become coplanar with each other, to provide a unit coil. A plurality of unit coils can be placed juxtaposed with each other, to provide a stator for a linear motor. The number of working operations is reduced significantly, and the reliability of the coil itself is improved.
摘要:
A stage system includes a stage movable along a path, a first driving mechanism for accelerating or decelerating the stage on the basis of a resilience force of a resilient member, a first holding mechanism for holding a resilience force being accumulated through compression of the resilient member of the first driving mechanism, and a second holding mechanism for holding a resilience force being accumulated through extension of the resilient member of the first driving mechanism, wherein resilience energy of the resilient member is used for stage acceleration, which is very effective to prevent large heat generation, and wherein resilient energy accumulated in the resilient member during deceleration is used for subsequent stage acceleration, which is very effective for energy efficiency and for heat generation suppression.
摘要:
A linear motor includes a single-phase coil, a plurality of polyphase coils each of which is shorter than the single-phase coil and wound to be parallel to the single-phase coil, a first permanent magnet movable relative to the single-phase coil and the plurality of polyphase coils in an axial direction of the single-phase coil, a first yoke consisting of a ferromagnetic substance and extending through the single-phase coil in the axial direction, a second yoke consisting of a ferromagnetic substance and having, outside the single-phase coil, a portion arranged to be parallel to the first yoke, to form a closed magnetic circuit together with the first yoke and the first permanent magnet such that the closed magnetic circuit circulates magnetic fluxes from the first permanent magnet across a winding of the single-phase coil, and a second permanent magnet for connecting the first and second yokes.
摘要:
An imprint apparatus is disclosed that forms, by pressing a resin applied onto a substrate and a mold against each other, a pattern on the substrate. The imprint apparatus includes a substrate stage that holds the substrate, and a control unit for controlling the position of the stage by outputting a manipulating variable on the basis of a position error between a position of the stage which has been measured by position measurement unit and a target position. The control unit reduces a ratio of the manipulating variable to the position error while the substrate and the mold are in contact with each other until mold release.
摘要:
An anti-vibration apparatus includes a first magnet unit arranged on a support target and including a first permanent magnet, and a second magnet unit including a pair of second permanent magnets. The pair of second permanent magnets is arranged to interpose the first permanent magnet without contact such that the same magnetic poles of the first and second permanent magnets oppose each other. Sizes of the first and second magnet units are set such that a force acting between the first and second magnet units in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first magnet unit supports the support target is zero in a relative positional range between the first and second magnet units.
摘要:
An aligning apparatus includes a moving member, a magnetic member arranged vertically above the moving member, a stator unit which is arranged vertically below the moving member and has a plurality of coils, a first magnet unit which is provided to the moving member and generates a force with the magnetic member, and a second magnet unit which is provided to the moving member and generates a force with the stator unit.
摘要:
An exposure apparatus that includes a first movable stage which holds a first wafer and aligns the first wafer at a predetermined position, a second movable stage which holds a second wafer and aligns the second wafer at a predetermined position, first stator coils for driving in a first direction one of the first and second movable stages located in a measurement region for measuring an exposure result, second stator coils for driving the other of the first and second movable stages located in an exposure region for performing exposure in the first direction independently of the movable stage in the measurement region, third stator coils for independently driving the first and second movable stages in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a current control device for supplying to the first to third stator coils control currents having phase differences to generate driving forces between movable element magnets of the first and second movable stages and the stator coils facing the movable element magnets.
摘要:
A linear motor including a coil, a plurality of first magnet groups having polar directions disposed in periodically different directions, and a plurality of second magnet groups having polar directions disposed in periodically different directions. In a set including a predetermined magnet of the first magnet groups and a magnet of the second magnet groups, corresponding to the predetermined magnet, magnetization directions of the set of magnets have mutually different tilts with respect to the central axis of the coil. The coil includes a first coil effective to produce a Lorentz's force between the first coil and the first magnet groups, and a second coil effective to produce a Lorentz's force between the second coil and the second magnet groups.
摘要:
Compatibility of a small spring constant and large supporting load is realized, so that a stable operation is assured even if a fine-movement linear motor fails. A supporting unit, having a plurality of magnets whose same poles are arranged facing each other, is adapted to support the self-weight of a top plate on which an object to be positioned is mounted, using a repulsive force in a direction orthogonal to the facing direction of the plurality of magnets. In a characteristic curve representing the relationship between the floating force and displacement in a floating direction, the tangent inclination when the object is at a first position in the floating direction is negative, and the relationship of floating force
摘要:
In an alignment apparatus having two movable elements which move on a stator having a planer portion, the two movable elements are prevented from moving to deviate from target position while enabling the two movable elements to swap. The alignment apparatus includes a stator which has a planer portion including first and second areas, first and second movable elements which move on the planer portion, and a regulating mechanism which regulates positions of the first and second movable elements. The first and second movable elements are driven to target positions by the Lorentz force that acts with respect to the stator. The regulating mechanism includes a first regulator which regulates the position of the movable element which is located in the first area such that the movable element will not deviate from the target position, and a second regulator which regulates the position of the movable element which is located in the second area such that the movable element will not deviate from the target position.