Patent ID: 11934103
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A method of performing a post-exposure bake process comprising:
loading a substrate onto a carousel at a first station;
transferring the substrate from the first station to a second station on the carousel;
raising a heating pedestal of the second station to contact a backside of the substrate at a process position;
heating the substrate using the heating pedestal after raising the heating pedestal;
filling a second module process volume with a process fluid, wherein the second module process volume is disposed between the heating pedestal and a hood of an electrode assembly;
applying an electric field to the substrate using an electrode disposed within the electrode assembly after filling the second module process volume with the process fluid;
lowering the heating pedestal to a transfer position;
transferring the substrate from the second station to a third station on the carousel;
raising a cooling pedestal of the third station to contact a backside of the substrate at a cooling position;
cooling the substrate using the cooling pedestal; and
lowering the cooling pedestal to the transfer position.