Patent ID: 6709174
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B05C,G03F,H01L

Abstract:
A developing apparatus for developing a substrate, with photoresist applied onto a surface of said substrate and exposed, comprising:a substrate-holding unit holding said substrate in a horizontal state; a supply nozzle supplying a developer solution to said substrate, said supply nozzle having a discharge opening formed over a distance almost equal to or longer than the width of an effective region of said substrate; a moving mechanism moving said supply nozzle from a rear end of said substrate toward a front end of said substrate; and a solution-receiving plate having solution-passing holes for passing the developer solution therethrough toward the back of said solution-receiving plate, said solution-receiving plate being provided at least on the front-end side of said substrate and separated by a slight distance from the front end of said substrate, and said solution-receiving plate and the surface of said substrate being at the same height or said solution-receiving plate being at a height slightly lower than that of the surface of said substrate.