Patent ID: 7210864
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A coating and developing apparatus comprising: a module group which processes a plurality of substrates in parallel, the module group including a resist coating unit, a first heating unit which carries out a first heating process of a resist coated film before an exposure process, and a developing unit which carries out a developing process of a resist coated film after the exposure process; and a plurality of substrate transfer mechanisms configured to transfer a substrate to each unit of the module group, the apparatus having; a substrate flow recipe creation section which specifies a transfer sequence of substrates for each unit of the module group to create a substrate flow recipe; an estimated time calculating section which, based on the substrate flow recipe, estimates and calculates a first time interval from a time point at which a process for coating a resist liquid on the substrate by the coating unit has been terminated to a time point at which the first heating process is started at the first heating unit; and an estimated time display section which displays the estimated and calculated time by the estimated time calculating section.