Patent ID: 9455134
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B08B,F26B,H01L,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A substrate processing method comprising: a water rinsing step of supplying a rinsing liquid that contains water to a substrate; followed by a first solvent rinsing step of supplying a solvent to the substrate; followed by a hydrophobizing step of hydrophobizing a surface of the substrate by supplying a vapor of a hydrophobizing agent to the substrate including a pattern formed on the surface of the substrate; wherein the solvent supplied to the substrate in the first solvent rinsing step is a solvent that is capable of dissolving the rinsing liquid and the hydrophobizing agent and lower in surface tension than water; a drying step of drying the substrate by vaporizing the hydrophobizing agent adhering to the substrate, after performing the hydrophobizing step; and a step of maintaining the substrate in a state of not contacting water from an end of the hydrophobizing step to an end of the drying step.