Patent ID: 7241061
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A coating and developing system comprising: a carrier handling block for receiving a substrate carried thereto by a carrier; a processing block for processing a substrate transferred thereto from the carrier handling block to form films including a resist film on the substrate; an interface block for carrying a substrate to an exposure system, receiving a substrate processed by the exposure system and returning the substrate to the processing block to subject the substrate to a developing process and to transfer the substrate processed by the developing process to the carrier handling block; wherein a) the processing block is provided with a plurality of film forming unit blocks stacked up in layers and a developing unit block stacked up in layers with respect to the film forming unit blocks, b) the plurality of film forming unit blocks stacked up in layers include a liquid resist applying unit block for applying a liquid resist to a substrate and a liquid-processing unit block for applying a chemical solution for forming an antireflection film to a substrate; and c) each of the unit blocks includes a liquid-processing unit for applying a chemical solution to a substrate, a heating unit for heating a substrate, and a carrying means for carrying a substrate from one to another of the liquid-processing unit and the heating unit.