An electron beam exposure apparatus for exposing a wafer with an electron beam includes a section for generally controlling a wafer exposing system, a first buffer memory for temporarily storing exposure data, a second buffer memory for temporarily storing the exposure data, a first
Disclosed is a multicolumn charged-particle beam lithography system having the circuitry of a settlement wait time control unit thereof simplified. The settlement wait time control unit controls a settlement wait time to be spent by each of amplifiers connected to main deflectors necessa