Patent ID: 6875281
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: G03F,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A coating and developing treatment system for performing a coating and developing treatment for a substrate, comprising: a processing zone having a coating treatment unit for forming a coating layer on the substrate, a developing treatment unit for performing a developing treatment for the substrate, and a heat treatment unit for performing a heat treatment for the substrate; an interface section for carrying the substrate between said processing zone and an aligner not included in the system for performing an exposure processing for the substrate; a density measuring unit for measuring the density of impurities at least inside said processing zone or said interface section; a reduced-pressure impurity removing unit having a chamber which can be closed airtightly for reducing the pressure inside the chamber to a predetermined pressure before the substrate undergoes the exposure processing to remove the impurities adhering to the coating layer on the substrate inside the chamber for a predetermined time; a reduced-pressure control unit for controlling at least the predetermined pressure or predetermined time based on the value measured by said density measuring unit; and a controller for classifying the density of the impurities into predetermined density ranges, storing the predetermined pressure and the predetermined time corresponding to the respective density ranges, and controlling said reduced-pressure control unit to adjust the predetermined pressure and the predetermined time to equal to the stored predetermined pressure and predetermined time corresponding to the predetermined density range to which the measured value belongs.