Patent ID: 7926441
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A coating treatment apparatus for forming a coating film on a rear surface of a substrate having a resist film formed on a front surface thereof, comprising: a treatment container that houses the substrate; a partition member that partitions said treatment container into a first treatment chamber and a second treatment chamber; a transfer arm that supports and transfers the substrate transferred into said treatment container; a turning mechanism that supports said transfer arm and turns said transfer arm around a horizontal axis; a raising and lowering mechanism that supports said turning mechanism and raises and lowers said turning mechanism; a transfer mechanism that supports said raising and lowering mechanism and transfers said raising and lowering mechanism in the horizontal direction between said first treatment chamber and said second treatment chamber; a substrate holding unit located in said first treatment chamber that horizontally holds the substrate with the rear surface of the substrate directed upward; a coating nozzle located in said first treatment chamber that applies a coating solution to the rear surface of the substrate held by said substrate holding unit; a cleaning unit provided in the first treatment chamber that removes a contaminant on the rear surface of the substrate; a curing processing unit located in said second treatment chamber for curing the coating solution applied from said coating nozzle to the rear surface of the substrate; and a controller configured to control, when forming a coating film on the rear surface of the substrate, said turning mechanism to turn the transfer arm to invert the substrate held by said transfer arm, to control said transfer arm to pass the substrate to the substrate holding unit with the rear surface of the substrate directed upward, to control said cleaning unit to be brought into contact with the rear surface of the substrate held on said substrate holding unit to clean the rear surface of the substrate, to control said coating nozzle to apply a coating solution to the cleaned rear surface of the substrate, and to control the curing unit to cure the coating solution applied on the rear surface of the substrate.