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Photoresist coating and developing apparatus, substrate transfer method and interface apparatus

US8376637B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 2010
Grant dateFeb 19, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67201
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A photoresist coating and developing apparatus 1 includes a photoresist film forming unit that forms a photoresist film on a substrate; a heat treatment unit that heats the substrate on which the photoresist film is formed by the photoresist film forming unit; a cooling unit that cools the substrate, on which the photoresist film is formed and which is heated by the heat treatment unit, to normal temperature; a heating unit 61 that heats the substrate, which is cooled to normal temperature by the cooling unit, to a predetermined temperature; a load-lock chamber L1 that unloads the substrate under depressurized atmosphere to expose the photoresist film; and a transfer device 62 that transfers the substrate from the heating unit 61 to the load-lock chamber L1.

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