Patent ID: 7661894
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A coating and developing apparatus including a processing block adapted to receive a substrate from a carrier on a carrier block and form coating films including a resist film, wherein the substrate having coating films formed in the processing block thereon is carried into an exposing apparatus via an interface block, and the substrate after exposed and returned via the interface block is developed in the processing block and then transferred to the carrier block, wherein (a) the processing block comprises unit blocks for forming a plurality of coating films and unit blocks for a developing process, which are layered with one another, wherein (b) the unit blocks for forming coating films comprise unit blocks for coating a resist liquid on each substrate, and unit blocks for coating a chemical liquid for forming an antireflection film on the substrate, wherein (c) each of the unit blocks for forming coating films and the unit blocks for a developing process comprises a liquid processing unit for coating a chemical liquid on the substrate, a heating unit for heating the substrate, and a carrying means for each unit block, which is adapted to carry the substrate between the liquid processing unit and the heating unit, and wherein (d) a group of transfer sections, comprising transfer sections adapted to transfer the substrate to the carrying means of each unit block and hydrophobicity rendering units layered with the transfer sections and adapted to provide a hydrophobicity rendering process to the substrate, is provided on the side of the carrier block of the unit blocks for forming coating films and unit blocks for a developing process, and a substrate transfer means adapted to transfer the substrate between the transfer sections and the hydrophobicity rendering units is further provided.