Patent ID: 6264381
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G03D

Abstract:
A process system, comprising:a plurality of process stations whose side surfaces are successively connected; andwhose substrate loading/unloading portions, disposed adjacent to the outer side surfaces of two process stations at both ends of said plurality of process stations, for loading and unloading a substrate to/from each of said plurality of process stationswherein each of said plurality of process stations has:a first process unit block, disposed on one side of each of said plurality of process stations, having multi-staged first process units including a process unit for performing at least a heating process for a substrate,a substrate transferring table, disposed on the other side of each of said plurality of process stations, for transferring a substrate with at least adjacent one of said plurality of process stations,a second process unit, disposed on the front or the rear of each of said plurality of process stations, for supplying at least a predetermined solution to a substrate, anda conveying unit, disposed at a nearly center portion of each of said plurality of process stations, for conveying a substrate among the first process unit block, the second process unit, the substrate transferring table of each of said plurality of process stations, and the substrate transferring table of an adjacent process station neighboring to each of said plurality of process stations.