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Apparatus and method for coating treatment

US6579370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 2001
Grant dateJun 17, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/168
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for the coating treatment comprises a coating section for coating a substrate with a process solution, a heating section for heating the substrate coated with the process solution, and a recovery section for recovering at least a part of the solvent vapor contained in the hot exhaust gas discharged from the heating section. The recovery section includes a cooling apparatus, and the hot exhaust gas containing a solvent vapor generated from the substrate when the substrate is subjected to a heating treatment is passed through the cooling apparatus so as to cool and condense at least a part of the solvent vapor contained in the hot exhaust gas so as to recover the solvent in the form of a liquid.

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