Patent ID: 6514073
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G03F

Abstract:
A resist processing apparatus that applies a photoresist solution or a solution for a bottom antireflection coating film on a substrate with a non-smooth and uneven surface due to circuit patterns formed thereon, and forms a photoresist coating film or bottom antireflection coating film on the substrate, said apparatus comprising:a processing chamber; a stage provided in the processing chamber and for supporting the substrate including the photoresist coating film or bottom antireflection coating film applied on the non-smooth and uneven surface, such that the coating film faces upwards; a heating mechanism for heating the substrate on the stage from an opposite side to the coating film thereby chemically transforming a part of the photoresist coating film or bottom antireflection coating film; and a cooling mechanism for cooling the substrate on the stage from a side of the coating film.