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Substrate processing apparatus, substrate transport apparatus and substrate transfer apparatus

US6051101A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1998
Grant dateApr 18, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67745
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A unit arrangement part comprises a chemical cabinet on its lowermost part, while coating units for forming a resist film on a substrate and developing units for developing the substrate after exposure are arranged on four corners of an apparatus above the chemical cabinet. Further, multistage thermal processing units for thermal-processing the substrate are arranged on front and rear portions of the apparatus above these wet processing units. A cleaning unit for supplying a cleaning liquid such as pure water and cleaning the substrate is arranged on a front side of the apparatus between the coating units as a substrate processing unit. Thus provided is a substrate processing apparatus having excellent workability in maintenance with a high degree of freedom in arrangement of processing units.

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