Patent ID: 6841031
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: C03C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing apparatus including a main transportation path, comprising: a wet processing unit which is disposed facing said main transportation path, and which supplies a processing fluid to a substrate to process said substrate with a predetermined wet surface treatment; a main transportation system which moves on said main transportation path, and which loads a substrate into and unloads a substrate out from said wet processing unit; a high-pressure processing unit which is disposed away from said main transportation path with said wet processing unit located between said main transportation path and said high-pressure processing unit, and which causes a high-pressure fluid or a mixture of a high-pressure fluid and a chemical agent, as a processing fluid, to come into contact with a surface of a substrate treated with said wet surface treatment by said wet processing unit and accordingly processes a surface of said substrate with a high-pressure surface treatment; and a dedicated transportation system which is disposed between said wet processing unit and said high-pressure processing unit, and which transports a substrate from said wet processing unit to said high-pressure processing unit.