Patent ID: 11929250
Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A substrate processing apparatus, comprising:
a batch cleaning unit configured to simultaneously clean a plurality of substrates in a batch process with a first liquid;
a holding unit configured to receive the plurality of substrates from the batch cleaning unit while still wet with the first liquid and then store the plurality of substrates while still wet with the first liquid; and
a single-substrate drying unit configured to receive substrates one by one from the holding unit and then dry the substrates one by one, wherein
the holding unit includes a maintenance mechanism configured to keep a first surface of each of the substrates being stored in the holding unit covered with the first liquid,
the maintenance mechanism comprises a vapor pressure adjusting device configured to adjust a vapor pressure of the first liquid in the holding unit, and
the vapor pressure adjusting device comprises an ultrasonic generator.