Patent ID: 9224624
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A liquid processing method for performing a liquid process on a front surface of a substrate by using a processing solution and then performing a rinse process on the front surface of the substrate by using a first rinse solution and a second rinse solution having a temperature lower than a temperature of the processing solution, the method comprising: performing an intermediate process between the liquid process and the rinse process, for adjusting a temperature of the front surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than the temperature of the second rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution, wherein, in the intermediate process, an intermediate processing solution having a temperature higher than the temperature of the second rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution is supplied only to a rear surface of the substrate, and in the rinse process, the first rinse solution having a temperature substantially equal to the temperature of the intermediate processing solution is supplied to the front surface of the substrate and, then, the second rinse solution having a temperature lower than the temperature of the intermediate processing solution is supplied to the front surface of the substrate.