Patent ID: 7529595
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a substrate processing apparatus that comprises: a loading/unloading section loading/unloading a substrate; a processing section processing the substrate; and an inspection section inspecting the substrate, the substrate being transferable between the sections, wherein a substrate processing flow and a substrate inspection flow are independently executed, the substrate processing flow being a flow in which the substrate loaded into the loading/unloading section is carried to the Processing section to be processed, and the substrate inspection flow being a flow in which the substrate loaded into the loading/unloading section is carried to the inspection section to be inspected, and wherein the substrate inspection flow is executed for an external substrate that is loaded into the loading/unloading section from an external part of the substrate processing apparatus, when the inspection section is not engaged in the inspection of the substrate having undergone the substrate processing flow.