Patent ID: 7208066
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a reaction inhibiting section, wherein the reaction inhibiting section controls an extent that the progress of the resolution reaction of a resist is inhibited with regard to the resist which is coated onto the substrate and is exposed, according to an area of the substrate; a heating section for heating the substrate processed in the reaction inhibiting section to progress the resolution reaction of the resist; a cooling section for cooling the substrate heated in the heating section to inhibit the progress of the resolution reaction of the resist; and a developing processing section for performing coating processing of a developing solution for the substrate cooled in the cooling section; a temperature/humidity indicator detecting a temperature and a humidity in the reaction inhibiting section; and a controlling section configured to calculate a dew point in the reaction inhibiting section based on the indicated temperature and humidity, and controlling the temperature in the reaction inhibiting section so that the temperature is not less than the dew point.