Patent ID: 7899568
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing method of, through use of a substrate processing system including a transfer-in/out section for transferring-in/out a substrate and a processing section for performing a plurality of processing and treatments on the substrate, comprising: performing, in the processing section, a first treatment on a substrate transferred thereinto from the transfer-in/out section; storing, in a substrate housing unit, the substrate after the first treatment is finished; transferring the substrate out from the substrate housing unit to an external apparatus to perform exposure processing; after the exposure processing, transferring the substrate from the external apparatus to the processing section and performing, in the processing section, a second treatment on the substrate returned from the external apparatus into the processing section, and returning the substrate into the transfer-in/out section; controlling, at a control unit, a throughput of substrate processing at a pre-stage performed corresponding to the first treatment from when the substrate is transferred into the processing section from the transfer-in/out section to when the substrate is transferred out to the external apparatus to be higher than a throughput of substrate processing at a post-stage performed corresponding to the second treatment from when the substrate is returned from the external apparatus into the processing section to when the substrate is returned into the transfer-in/out section, wherein, the substrate processing system performs photolithography processing; the first treatment is a resist film forming treatment of forming a resist film on the substrate, the first treatment including heat processing; the second treatment is a developing treatment for the substrate; and the external apparatus is an aligner and the exposure processing includes exposing the substrate to light.