Patent ID: 9449857
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B08B,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a liquid processing unit configured to process a substrate with a processing liquid; a carry-in port formed in the liquid processing unit, wherein the carry-in port is configured such that the substrate can be carried through the carry-in port in a dry-state before the substrate is processed with the processing liquid; a carry-out port formed in the liquid processing unit, wherein the carry-out port is configured such that the substrate can be carried out through the carry-out port in a wet-state after the substrate is processed with the processing liquid; a supercritical dry processing unit configured to perform a dry processing for the substrate using a supercritical fluid; a first substrate transport unit configured to transport the substrate in a dry-state to the carry-in port of the liquid processing unit before the substrate is processed with the processing liquid, wherein the first substrate transport unit is configured to move through a first substrate transport chamber; and a second substrate transport unit configured to transport the substrate in a wet-state from the carry-out port of the liquid processing unit to the supercritical dry processing unit, wherein the second substrate transport unit is configured to move through a second substrate transport chamber that is separate from the first substrate transport chamber; wherein the first substrate transport unit is configured to transport the substrate from a carry-out port of the supercritical dry processing unit after the substrate has been dried in the supercritical dry processing unit, wherein the first substrate transport unit is not configured to move through the second substrate transport chamber, and wherein the second substrate transport unit is not configured to move through the first substrate transport chamber.