Patent ID: 9153467
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a processing block including a plurality of unit blocks including a first unit block and a second unit block, each of the plurality of unit blocks configured to perform a same series of processing; a plurality of lots of substrates including a first lot and a second lot, each of the plurality of lots configured to be loaded into the processing block, the second lot to be loaded into the processing block after the first lot, wherein each of the plurality of unit blocks includes a group of modules configured to perform the same series of processing on substrates, and a first transfer mechanism configured to sequentially transfer the substrates from modules in an upper stream side of the group of modules to modules in a lower stream side of the group of modules, and the substrates loaded into the processing block are sequentially distributed to the group of modules in an uppermost stage of each of the plurality of unit blocks by a second transfer mechanism, and subjected to the same series of processing at each of the plurality of unit blocks where the substrates are distributed; and a control unit configured to control the substrate processing apparatus to perform: