Patent ID: 7060115
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A coating and development treatment apparatus for performing coating and development treatments for a substrate, comprising: a processing station including a plurality of treatment units each configured to perform a predetermined treatment for the substrate; an interface section provided between the processing station and an aligner; a first carrier provided in the interface section and configured to carry the substrate, which has been exposure-processed, to a delivery unit in the interface section; a second carrier provided in the processing station and configured to carry the substrate to the plurality of treatment units including a heat treatment unit where heat treatment before developing treatment is performed and to the delivery unit; and a controller configured to control the first carrier and the second carrier, wherein the controller conducts a control so that at least when the exposure processing for the substrate is completed, the first carrier is waiting at the first position where the first carrier is configured to receive the exposed substrate to immediately carry the substrate, for which the exposure processing has been completed, to the delivery unit, and further at least when the exposure-processed substrate is carried to the delivery unit, the second carrier is waiting at a second position where the second carrier is configured to receive the substrate staying in the delivery unit to carry the substrate to the heat treatment unit immediately after the exposure-processed substrate is carried to the delivery unit, and the controller controls the second carrier unit such that when the second carrier is not waiting, the second carrier carries other substrates existing in the processing station to the plurality of processing and treatment units.