Patent ID: 8369977
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A coating and developing apparatus forming a coating film on each of substrates taken out of carriers, each carrier housing a plurality of substrates and being prepared for each lot, performing developing treatment on the substrates after exposure, and carrying the substrates which have been subjected to the developing treatment back to original carriers in which the substrates were housed, said apparatus comprising: a treatment section comprising a plurality of modules treating the substrates taken out of the carriers, and a substrate carry mechanism carrying the substrates between said plurality of modules; a carrier mounting section comprising a delivery mounting unit on which the carrier is to be mounted, and a delivery mechanism delivering the substrates between the carrier mounted on said delivery mounting unit and said treatment section; a plurality of retreat mounting units provided in said carrier mounting section, on which the carriers are to be mounted; a carrier carry mechanism moving and mounting the carriers between said retreat mounting units and said delivery mounting unit; a collection control unit determining a collection order for collecting the substrates in said modules into the original carriers in which the substrates were housed, when a trouble occurs in said coating and developing apparatus; and a carry control unit configured to control, after said trouble occurs in said coating and developing apparatus, said carrier carry mechanism to move and mount the carriers between said delivery mounting unit and said retreat mounting units according to the determined collection order, and controlling said delivery mechanism and said substrate carry mechanism to carry the substrates to the carrier in which the substrates were housed on said delivery mounting unit according to the determined collection order.