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Coating and developing system and coating and developing method

US7241061B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 2006
Grant dateJul 10, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/6719
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coating and developing system includes a resist film forming unit block and antireflection film forming unit blocks stacked up in layers to form a resist film and an antireflection film underlying the resist film and an antireflection film overlying the resist film in a small space. The coating and developing system is capable of coping with either of a case where antireflection films are formed and a case where any antireflection film is not formed and needs simple software. Film forming unit blocks, namely, a TCT layer B3, a COT layer B4 and a BCT layer B5, and developing unit blocks, namely, DEV layers B1 and B2, are stacked up in layers in a processing block S2. The TCT layer B3, the COT layer B4 and the BCT layer B5 are used selectively in the case where antireflection films are formed and the case where any antireflection film is not formed. The coating and developing system is controlled by a simple carrying program and simple software.

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