Patent ID: 8678684
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A developing apparatus for developing a substrate having a surface coated with a resist having been exposed, said apparatus comprising: a substrate holding unit configured to rotate a substrate about a vertical axis while holding a substrate horizontally; a developer nozzle provided to discharge a developing liquid onto a surface of the substrate held and rotated by the substrate holding unit; a first rinse nozzle provided to discharge a first rinse liquid onto the surface of the substrate held and rotated by the substrate holding unit; and a moving mechanism configured to move the developer nozzle and the first rinse nozzle in a space above the substrate held and rotated by the substrate holding unit from a central portion toward a peripheral portion of the substrate; wherein, when the developer nozzle is positioned above the center of the substrate held and rotated by the substrate holding unit, the developer nozzle and the first rinse nozzle are arranged in that order in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the developer nozzle in which the developer nozzle is to be moved from the central portion toward the peripheral portion of the substrate held and rotated by the substrate holding unit.