Patent ID: 9280052
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G03F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A substrate treatment method of forming a resist pattern over a substrate, the method comprising: a resist film forming step of forming a resist film over a substrate; an exposure step of exposing the resist film into a predetermined pattern; a metal treatment step of causing a treatment agent to enter an exposed portion exposed in the exposure step of the resist film and causing metal to infiltrate the exposed portion via the treatment agent, wherein the treatment agent is alcohol; and a resist film removing step of removing an unexposed portion not exposed in the exposure step of the resist film to form a resist pattern over the substrate, wherein an infiltration amount of the metal infiltrating the exposed portion in the metal treatment step is controlled by adjusting at least a time period during which the metal is caused to infiltrate in the metal treatment step, an amount of solvent in the resist film treated in the metal treatment step, or an exposure amount in the exposure step, wherein the metal treatment step, the treatment agent is supplied onto the resist film and the treatment agent is caused to enter the exposed portion, and then a metal-containing agent containing the metal is supplied onto the resist film so as to cause the metal to infiltrate the exposed portion.