Patent ID: 8337104
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G03F

Abstract:
1. A developing apparatus that develops an exposed substrate, the apparatus comprising: an airtightly sealed processing vessel that forms a processing atmosphere therein; a temperature control plate that is provided within the processing vessel and mounts the substrate thereon; an atmosphere gas supply unit that supplies an atmosphere gas including mist and vapor of a developing solution onto a surface of the substrate within the processing vessel; a first temperature control unit that controls the temperature control plate to a temperature allowing the atmosphere gas to be condensed on the substrate; and a temperature setting unit that sets a temperature of the temperature control plate through the first temperature control unit such that a liquid film of the developing solution on the surface of the substrate is formed in a thickness in accordance with a processing recipe, wherein an inner wall of the processing vessel is maintained at a temperature at which the atmosphere gas is hardly condensed on the inner wall.