IP Library Granted Patent US 7,436,135
Granted Patent B2
US 7,436,135 · App. 11/462,383 · Granted Oct 14, 2008

Method for controlling stage apparatus

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,436,135
App. No.
11/462,383
Granted
Oct 14, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a control method for controlling a stage apparatus including a base and a stage, the base including first and second coil phases, the stage including a plurality of magnets. The control method includes a first energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by contemporaneously energizing a plurality of coils comprising the first coil phase and a second energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by sequentially energizing coils comprising the second coil phase one by one.

Claims (13)

1. A control method for controlling a stage apparatus including a base and a stage, the base including first and second coil phases, the stage including a plurality of magnets, the control method comprising:

a first energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by contemporaneously energizing coils comprising the first coil phase; and

a second energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by sequentially energizing coils comprising the second coil phase one by one.

2. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein, in each of the first and second energization steps, a constant current is supplied.

3. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a third energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by contemporaneously energizing coils selected from the first coil phase after the second energization step.

4. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of determining whether the rotation of the stage is normal or not.

5. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first coil phase includes a first coil unit and a second coil unit, and

wherein, in the first energization step, a first current is supplied to the first coil unit and a second current is supplied to the second coil unit, the direction of the first current being opposite to the direction of the second current.

6. A control method for controlling a stage apparatus including a base and a stage, the base including first and second coil phases, the stage including a plurality of magnets, the control method comprising:

a first energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by contemporaneously energizing coils comprising the first coil phase;

a second energization step of rotating the stage to a stable angle by sequentially energizing coils comprising the second coil phase one by one;

a determining step of determining whether the orientation of the stage is normal; and

a changing step of changing a direction of a current to supply in the first and second energization steps, when it is determined the orientation of the stage is not normal in the determining step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2006
From: MIYAKAWA, TAKAHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 018055/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-247663 · Aug 29, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070046221A1 · Mar 1, 2007