Patent ID: 9412627
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A liquid processing apparatus comprising: a substrate rotation unit configured to hold and rotate a substrate having thereon a hydrophobic region; a rinse solution discharge unit configured to supply, onto the substrate held by the substrate rotation unit, a rinse solution for rinsing a chemical liquid supplied on the substrate, the rinse solution discharge unit including a first rinse solution discharge unit configured to supply the rinse solution at a first flow rate and a second rinse solution discharge unit configured to supply the rinse solution at a second flow rate; and a programmable controller configured to control the substrate rotation unit and the rinse solution discharge unit to supply the rinse solution on a central portion of a surface of the substrate from the first rinse solution discharge unit at the first flow rate while rotating the substrate by the substrate rotation unit at a first rotation speed; supply the rinse solution from the second rinse solution discharge unit at the second flow rate lower than the first flow rate while rotating the substrate by the substrate rotation unit at a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed; and move the rinse solution discharge unit toward a periphery of the substrate while the rinse solution is supplied from the second rinse solution discharge unit and is not supplied from the first rinse solution discharge unit, wherein the programmable controller is programmed to control the second flow rate and the second rotation speed such that the rinse solution supplied at the second flow rate flows in a stripe shape on the surface of the substrate from the central portion of the substrate toward the periphery thereof, and an opening diameter of the second rinse solution discharge unit is set to be smaller than an opening diameter of the first rinse solution discharge unit.