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Coating process method and coating process apparatus

US7485188B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 2006
Grant dateFeb 3, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/6715
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coating process method in which a coating liquid is discharged onto the surface of a target substrate to be processed while rotating the target substrate so as to expand the coating liquid radially outward on the target substrate and, thus, to form a coated film comprises the step of detecting that the actual discharging of a coating liquid from a coating liquid discharging nozzle is started, and the step of controlling based on a signal of the detection at least one of the driving timing of a pump for allowing the coating liquid to be discharged from the coating liquid discharging nozzle, the operation timing of a valve mounted to a pipe for supplying the coating liquid into the coating liquid discharging nozzle, and the rotation starting or stopping timing of the target substrate.

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