Patent ID: 11938524
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A substrate processing apparatus, comprising:
a liquid processing tank that stores a processing liquid and dips a plurality of substrates in the processing liquid to liquid-process the plurality of substrates;
a processing liquid supplier that supplies the processing liquid to the liquid processing tank;
a hydrophobizing gas supplier that supplies a gas of a hydrophobizing agent to the plurality of substrates; and
a controller that controls the processing liquid supplier and the hydrophobizing gas supplier, wherein
the processing liquid supplier includes
an organic solvent supplier that supplies an organic solvent to the liquid processing tank, and
the controller controls the processing liquid supplier in such a manner that the organic solvent that is supplied from the organic solvent supplier is supplied to the liquid processing tank to supply the organic solvent to the plurality of substrates that are arranged in the liquid processing tank, and subsequently, controls the hydrophobizing gas supplier in such a manner that the gas of a hydrophobizing agent is supplied to the plurality, of substrates,
wherein the liquid processing tank comprises a storage tank, an overflow tank, and a seal tank, the overflow tank is formed on a peripheral part of the storage tank at an upper end of the storage tank, and the seal tank is formed on a peripheral part of the overflow tank at an upper end of the overflow tank.