Patent ID: 9566598
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B05B,H01L

Claim:
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising: first, second and third processing regions; and a sub-transport region, wherein the second processing region is arranged between the first processing region and the third processing region, the first processing region includes a first main transport mechanism that transports a substrate, the second processing region includes a first processing section that performs processing on the substrate and a second main transport mechanism that transports the substrate, the third processing region includes a second processing section that performs processing on the substrate and a third main transport mechanism that transports the substrate, the sub-transport region includes a sub-transport mechanism that transports the substrate, the second main transport mechanism is configured to transport the substrate between the first main transport mechanism and the first processing section, the third main transport mechanism is configured to transport the substrate between the sub-transport mechanism and the second processing section, the sub-transport mechanism is configured to transport the substrate from the first main transport mechanism to the third main transport mechanism and to transport the substrate from the third main transport mechanism to the first main transport mechanism, the second processing region includes a first main transport region in which the second main transport mechanism is arranged, the third processing region includes a second main transport region in which the third main transport mechanism is arranged, the first and second processing sections are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a first direction, the first and second main transport regions are arranged to be adjacent to each other in the first direction, the first main transport region is arranged to be adjacent to the first processing section in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and the second main transport region is arranged to be adjacent to the second processing section in the second direction, and the sub-transport region is provided completely within a footprint of the first and second processing sections when viewed from above in a third direction being a vertical direction that intersects with the first and second directions and to extend in the first direction.