Patent Publication Number: US-11396714-B2

Title: Treatment device, plating apparatus including the same, conveying device, and treatment method

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is a 35 U.S.C. 371 National Phase Entry Application from PCT/JP2017/032775, filed Sep. 12, 2017, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-226807, filed Nov. 22, 2016, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference, and priority is claimed to each of the foregoing. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a treatment device, a plating apparatus including the same, a conveying device, and a treatment method. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Wires, bumps (bump electrodes) and the like have been conventionally formed on the surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer or a printed circuit board. An electroplating method is known as a method of forming such wires, bumps and the like. 
     By a plating apparatus used for the electroplating method, a plating treatment is performed generally on a circular substrate such as a wafer having 300 mm of diameter. Nevertheless, there has been a demand for subjecting not only such a circular substrate but also a rectangular substrate to cleaning, polishing, plating or the like in recent years. Such a rectangular substrate is formed, for example, by bonding chips formed from a circular wafer, and the like on one side or both sides of a substrate composed of a resin material. 
     Now, it is known that in conveyance of substrates, the substrates are conveyed in their upright postures in order to reduce an area for installing a conveying device (for example, see Patent Literature 1). Moreover, such upright postures of substrate enable efficient liquid draining on the surfaces of the substrates when performing a treatment such as cleaning or polishing, which needs liquid, during conveyance of the substrates. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     PTL 1: Japanese Patent No. 3042598 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     However, with the conveying device disclosed in Patent Literature 1, since the upper end part of a substrate is a free end (the upper end part of the substrate is not held), the substrate possibly bends in the upright position of the substrate when the rigidity of the substrate is low. Moreover, when the weight of the substrate is relatively small, the substrate is shakily conveyed due to minute steps or the like between conveying rollers and possibly intermittently parts from the conveying rollers. In such a case, the substrate is not properly in contact with the conveying rollers, which occasionally disables its conveyance at a stable speed. Such a problem can similarly arise on a circular substrate as well as on a rectangular substrate. 
     The present invention is devised in view of the aforementioned problem, and an object thereof is to stably convey a substrate (workpiece) while the workpiece is suppressed from bending. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, a treatment device is provided. This treatment device includes: a conveying part that conveys a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane; and a treatment part in which at least one of polishing and cleaning is performed on the flat surface of the workpiece. The conveying part has a drive part configured to be brought into physical contact with an end part of the workpiece and apply force in a conveying direction to the workpiece, a first Bernoulli chuck arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece, and a second Bernoulli chuck arranged to face an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece. 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a conveying device which conveys a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane. This conveying device includes: a drive part configured to be brought into physical contact with an end part of the workpiece and apply force in a conveying direction to the workpiece; a first Bernoulli chuck arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece; and a second Bernoulli chuck arranged to face an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece. 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, a treatment method is provided. This treatment method includes: a step of conveying a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane; and a treatment step of performing at least one of polishing and cleaning on the flat surface of the workpiece. The step of conveyance includes a step of physically applying force in a conveying direction to an end part of the workpiece, a step of holding the flat surface of the workpiece with a first Bernoulli chuck so as to limit movement of the workpiece in a thickness direction, and a step of holding an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece with a second Bernoulli chuck so as to limit movement of the workpiece in an in-plane direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an overall arrangement diagram of a plating apparatus including a treatment device according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of a cleaning device. 
         FIG. 3A  is a lateral view of a conveying part. 
         FIG. 3B  is a cross-sectional view of the conveying part as seen through the arrows A-A in  FIG. 3A   
         FIG. 4  is a diagram showing another mode of the conveying part. 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device according to another mode. 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device according to another mode. 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of a polishing device. 
         FIG. 8  is a perspective view exemplarily showing polishing of a substrate by the polishing device. 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic diagram exemplarily showing conveyance of a substrate and movement of a polishing head when the substrate is polished by the polishing head. 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic diagram exemplarily showing conveyance of a substrate and movement of a polishing head when the substrate is polished by the polishing head. 
         FIG. 11  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device according to another mode. 
         FIG. 12  is an overall arrangement diagram of another plating apparatus including the treatment device according to the present embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereafter, embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings described below, the same or corresponding components are given the same signs and their duplicate description is omitted.  FIG. 1  is an overall arrangement diagram of a plating apparatus including a treatment device according to the present embodiment. The plating apparatus according to the present embodiment has a cleaning device  50  as an example of the treatment device. As shown in  FIG. 1 , this plating apparatus  100  is roughly divided into a loading/unloading part  110  which loads substrates (each of which exemplarily corresponds to a workpiece) onto a substrate holder or unloads the substrates from the substrate holder, a treatment part  120  in which the substrates are treated, and a cleaning part  50   a . The treatment part  120  further includes a pre-treatment/post-treatment part  120 A in which a pre-treatment and a post-treatment is performed on the substrates, and a plating treatment part  120 B in which a plating treatment on the substrates is performed. The loading/unloading part  110 , the treatment part  120  and the cleaning part  50   a  of the plating apparatus  100  are individually enclosed by separate frames (casings). Notably, the substrates treated by this plating apparatus  100  include rectangular substrates and circular substrates. Moreover, the rectangular substrates include rectangular printed circuit boards, other plating objects, and the like. 
     The loading/unloading part  110  has two cassette tables  25 , and a substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29 . The cassette table  25  has a cassette  25   a  thereon which houses substrates such as semiconductor wafers or printed circuit boards. The substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29  is configured to attach/detach the substrates onto/from the substrate holder not shown. Moreover, a stocker  30  for housing the substrate holder is provided close to the substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29  (for example, under the same). A substrate conveying device  27  composed of a conveying robot which conveys the substrates between these units  25 ,  29  and  30  is arranged at the center among these units. The substrate conveying device  27  is configured to be able to travel with a travelling mechanism  28 . 
     The cleaning part  50   a  has the cleaning device  50  (exemplarily corresponding to the treatment device) which cleans and dries a substrate subjected to a plating treatment. The substrate conveying device  27  is configured to convey the substrate subjected to the plating treatment to the cleaning device  50  and to take out the substrate having been cleaned and dried from the cleaning device  50 . Details of the cleaning device  50  are described with  FIG. 2  mentioned later. 
     The pre-treatment/post-treatment part  120 A has a prewetting bath  32 , a presoaking bath  33 , a prerinsing bath  34 , a blowing bath  35  and a rinsing bath  36 . In the prewetting bath  32 , a substrate is immersed in pure water. In the presoaking bath  33 , an oxide film on the surface of a conductive layer such as a seed layer formed on the surface of the substrate is etched and removed. In the prerinsing bath  34 , the substrate subjected to presoaking is cleaned along with the substrate holder with cleaning liquid (pure water or the like). In the blowing bath  35 , liquid graining is performed on the substrate subjected to cleaning. In the rinsing bath  36 , the substrate subjected to plating is cleaned along with the substrate holder with cleaning liquid. The prewetting bath  32 , the presoaking bath  33 , the prerinsing bath  34 , the blowing bath  35  and the rinsing bath  36  are arranged in this order. 
     The plating treatment part  120 B has a plurality of plating baths  39  including an overflow bath  38 . Each plating bath  39  houses one substrate inside and performing plating such as copper plating on the substrate surface by immersing the substrate in a plating solution held inside. Here, the type of the plating solution is not specially limited but various plating solutions are used for purposes. 
     The plating apparatus  100  has a substrate holder conveying device  37  which is located laterally on these devices to convey the substrate holder along with the substrate between these devices and which employs a linear motor scheme by way of example. This substrate holder conveying device  37  is configured to convey the substrate holder between the substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29 , the prewetting bath  32 , the presoaking bath  33 , the prerinsing bath  34 , the blowing bath  35 , the rinsing bath  36  and the plating baths  39 . 
     Next, the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 1  is described in detail.  FIG. 2  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device  50 .  FIG. 2  shows the stocker  30  and the substrate conveying device  27  shown in  FIG. 1  for convenience of explanation. The cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 2  is constituted of five chambers as a whole. Specifically, the cleaning device  50  has a first chamber  53  including an inlet port  51  for a substrate W 1 , a second chamber  54 , a third chamber  55 , a fourth chamber  56 , a fifth chamber  57  including an outlet port  52  for the substrate W 1 . The second chamber  54  communicates with the first chamber  53  and the third chamber  55 . The first chamber  53  and the second chamber  54  constitutes a first conveying path for conveying the substrate W 1  in the horizontal direction. The fourth chamber  56  communicates with the third chamber  55  and the fifth chamber  57 . The fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57  constitutes a second conveying path for conveying the substrate W 1  in the reverse direction to that of the first conveying path. The third chamber  55  constitutes a vertical conveying path connecting the first conveying path and the second conveying path. In the present embodiment, the first conveying path composed of the first chamber  53  and the second chamber  54  is positioned below the second conveying path composed of the fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57 . The arrangement of the chambers, however, is not limited to this but, for example, the first conveying path composed of the first chamber  53  and the second chamber  54  may be positioned below the second conveying path composed of the fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57 . Moreover, the first conveying path and the second conveying path may be parallelly arranged in the traverse direction if the area of installing the cleaning device  50  is not strictly limited. In this case, the third chamber  55  constitutes a conveying path which connects the first conveying path and the second conveying path in the horizontal direction, and the paths form a substantial U-shape as a whole in plan view. 
     Hereafter, configurations of the first chamber  53  to the fifth chamber  57  are described. Inside the first chamber  53 , a conveying part  70  (exemplarily corresponding to the conveying device) which conveys the substrate W 1  in its inclined state, and a disc-type scrubbing device  81  (exemplarily corresponding to the treatment part) for scrubbing the substrate W 1  are provided. The disc-type scrubbing device  81  includes a disc head (exemplarily corresponding to a head part) rotatably configured. A cleaning member for scrubbing the substrate W 1  is provided on the surface (lower surface), of the disc head, on the side in contact with the substrate W 1 . As the cleaning member, for example, a circular or toroidal sheet-like member can be employed. This sheet-like member is formed, for example, of PVA (polyvinyl alcohol), and has a thickness of approximately 1 mm to 20 mm. The disc-type scrubbing device  81  has, for example, a linear guide, ball screws, servo motors and the like, which are not shown, and can move in parallel to the surface of the substrate W 1 . 
     The disc-type scrubbing device  81  removes particles adhering to the surface of the substrate W 1  without damaging the surface of the substrate W 1  by pressing the rotating disc head on the substrate W 1  while supplying pure water or the like to the substrate W 1  from a not-shown nozzle. The disc-type scrubbing device  81  can clean the substrate W 1  while continuously conveying the substrate W 1 , or the conveying part  70  may intermittently convey the substrate W 1  in order to stop conveying the substrate W 1  in cleaning. Specifically, when the surface of the substrate W 1  is highly polluted, the disc-type scrubbing device  81  preferably performs cleaning while stopping conveying the substrate W 1 . Moreover, when the surface of the substrate W 1  is less polluted, the disc-type scrubbing device  81  can perform cleaning while continuously conveying the substrate W 1 . 
     While the substrate W 1  is not being cleaned, for example, pure water is supplied to the cleaning member of the disc-type scrubbing device  81  from a not-shown spray nozzle with the disc-type scrubbing device  81  retracted from the conveying path of the substrate W 1 , in order not to cause the cleaning member to dry out. Moreover, a not-shown pure water tank may be prepared to immerse the cleaning member of the disc-type scrubbing device  81  in pure water in the tank. In this case, the pure water in the tank is preferably replaced every time when the cleaning member of the disc-type scrubbing device  81  is immersed. In the embodiment shown in the figure, two disc-type scrubbing devices  81  are arranged in the first chamber  53 . 
     Specifically, the conveying part  70  conveys the substrate W 1  in the state where a flat surface (which is also a treated surface) of the substrate W 1  is inclined around the conveying directional axis relative to the horizontal plane. A basic configuration of the conveying part  70  is described with reference to  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B .  FIG. 3A  is a lateral view of the conveying part  70 .  FIG. 3B  is a cross-sectional view of the conveying part  70  as seen through the arrows A-A in  FIG. 3A . As shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B , the conveying part  70  has drive parts  71 , first Bernoulli chuck units  72 , and a second Bernoulli chuck unit  73 . The drive parts  71  are configured to apply force in the conveying direction to the substrate W 1  in their physical contact with the end part of the substrate W 1 . In the example of  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B , the drive part  71  has a roller in contact with the lower end part of the substrate W 1 . The drive parts  71  rotate the rollers with a not-shown drive source to apply the force in the conveying direction to the substrate W 1 . The roller can be constituted of a material such as Teflon-based resin or nylon resin which hardly forms a water film at its portion in contact with the substrate W 1 . Moreover, the roller&#39;s contact surface with the substrate W 1  may be knurled to be convex and concave, or the roller&#39;s contact surface may be formed of a porous material. Thereby, formation of water films can be suppressed to prevent slippage of the substrate W 1  in conveying. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3A , the plurality of first Bernoulli chuck units  72  are provided at arbitrary intervals along the flat surface of the substrate W 1 . In the first chamber  53  shown in  FIG. 2 , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  are spaced form one another at arbitrary intervals such that the disc-type scrubbing devices  81  are arranged therebetween. Moreover, in the example shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  are provided on both sides of the substrate W 1 . Nevertheless, the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  may be provided only on one side of the substrate W 1 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3B , the first Bernoulli chuck unit  72  has a plurality of first Bernoulli chucks  72   a . The first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  are arranged so as to face the flat surfaces of the substrate W 1 . In the example shown in  FIG. 3B , five first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  are provided in the first Bernoulli chuck unit  72  on one side (the lower surface side of the substrate W 1 ), and three first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  are provided in the first Bernoulli chuck unit  72  on the other side (the upper surface side of the substrate W 1 ). Any number of first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  may be provided in the first Bernoulli chuck unit  72 . The first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  are pneumatic or hydraulic Bernoulli chucks, and can contactlessly hold the substrate W 1  so as to limit movement of the substrate W 1  in a thickness direction D 1 . In other words, the first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  cannot limit movement of the substrate W 1  in an in-plane direction D 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B , the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and extends in the conveying direction of the substrate W 1 . As shown in  FIG. 3B , the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  has a second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  and first Bernoulli chucks  73   b . Similarly to the first Bernoulli chucks  72   a , the first Bernoulli chucks  73   b  are arranged so as to face the flat surfaces of the substrate W 1 , and can hold the vicinity of the upper end part of the substrate W 1  so as to limit movement of the substrate W 1  in the thickness direction D 1 . Meanwhile, the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  is arranged so as to face the end face of the upper end part of the substrate W 1 . The second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  is a pneumatic or hydraulic Bernoulli chuck, and can contactlessly hold the end face of the upper end part of the substrate W 1  so as to limit movement of the substrate W 1  in the in-plane direction D 2 . Here, the in-plane direction D 2  is a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction (direction of going away from the plane of  FIG. 3B ) of the substrate W 1 . 
     The second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  of the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  is arranged to be as long as possible along the conveying direction of the substrate W 1  in order to hold the end face of the upper end part of the conveyed substrate W 1  in a range as wide as possible. The second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  is preferably arranged to be longer along the conveying direction of the substrate W 1  than the first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  of the first Bernoulli chuck unit  72 . This can secure a space for arranging the treatment part for polishing, cleaning or drying between the first Bernoulli chucks  72   a  while holding the end face of the upper end part of the substrate W 1  in a wide range with the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a.    
     The conveying part  70  is configured to convey the substrate W 1  in its inclined posture with the drive part  71 , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  and the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  inclined. Specifically, the substrate W 1  is conveyed in the state where it is inclined around the axis of the conveying direction (direction of going away from the plane of  FIG. 3B ). Note that to be “inclined” is to have an angle more than 0° and not more than 90° relative to the horizontal plane. In the example shown in  FIG. 3B , the conveying part  70  conveys the substrate W 1  in the posture inclined at approximately 45°. Thereby, while the area of installing the cleaning device  50  can be more reduced than in the case where the substrate W 1  is conveyed in the horizontal posture, liquid draining on the surface of the substrate W 1  can also be efficiently performed. The conveying part  70  preferably conveys the substrate W 1  in the state where the flat surface of the substrate W 1  is inclined at an angle not less than 5° and not more than 85° relative to the horizontal plane. When the substrate W 1  is cleaned in the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 2 , particles adhering to the surfaces of the substrate W 1  is washed away with cleaning liquid. When the inclination angle is less than 5° in this case, the cleaning liquid containing particles hardly drops off from the substrate W 1 . Meanwhile, when the inclination angle is more than 85°, the cleaning liquid immediately drops off from the substrate W 1 , which causes a concern of drying of the substrate W 1 . When the substrate W 1  dries out, particles contained in the cleaning liquid that still adheres to the substrate W 1  are to remain on the surface of the substrate W 1 . 
     Since the conveying part  70  according to the present embodiment can hold the end face of the upper end part of the substrate W 1  as above, the substrate W 1  can be suppressed from bending even when the substrate W 1  is conveyed in its inclined posture. Moreover, since the position of the substrate W 1  in the in-plane direction D 2  can be held by the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a , the lower end part of the substrate W 1  can be stably brought into contact with the drive parts  71  to perform conveyance at a stable speed. 
     Moreover, the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  cannot limit movement of the substrate W 1  in the thickness direction D 1 . Therefore, when the substrate W 1  is very flexible, if the end part of the substrate W 1  is displaced from the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  due to its bending, the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  cannot properly hold the end face of the substrate W 1 . The conveying part  70  according to the present embodiment, however, has the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  with a substantially U-shaped cross section and holds the vicinity of the upper end part of the substrate W 1  with the first Bernoulli chucks  73   b , and hence, the end part of the substrate W 1  can be prevented from bending. Therefore, even when the substrate W 1  is very flexible, the end part of the substrate W 1  can be held at the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a , and as a result, the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a  can properly hold the end face of the upper end part of the substrate W 1 . 
     Moreover, with the conveying part  70  according to the present embodiment, only the lower end part of the substrate W 1  is conveyed by the drive parts  71 , and the upper end part thereof is held by the second Bernoulli chuck  73   a . This can more reduce the number of drive parts  71  than in the case where both the lower end part and the upper end part of the substrate W 1  are conveyed by the drive parts  71  such as rollers. Since the drive parts  71  come in physical contact with the substrate W 1 , they have to be periodically replaced due to their abrasion. Accordingly, reduction in number of drive parts  71  leads to reduction in number of drive parts  71  to be replaced, which can reduce operation costs and component costs required for the replacement. Moreover, such reduction in number of drive parts  71  can reduce the number of times of physical contact with the substrate W 1  to reduce physical influence on the substrate W 1 . Notably, in the conveying part  70  shown in  FIG. 3A , a second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  may be arranged between the drive parts  71 . In such a case, the position of the substrate W 1  in the in-plane direction D 2  (see  FIG. 3B ) can be further stably maintained. 
     Moreover, the drive part  71  of the conveying part  70  shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B  exemplarily has a roller, not limited to having the same.  FIG. 4  is a diagram showing another mode of the conveying part  70 . As shown in  FIG. 4 , the conveying part  70  may have a belt conveyer including a belt in contact with the substrate W 1  as the drive part  71 . 
     Returning to  FIG. 2 , the cleaning device  50  is described. As shown in  FIG. 2 , in the first chamber  53 , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  of the conveying part  70  are provided at positons facing the disc-type scrubbing devices  81 . Thereby, a portion, of the substrate W 1 , on which pressure is most exerted when the surface of the substrate W 1  is cleaned by the disc-type scrubbing device  81  can be held by the first Bernoulli chuck unit  72  from the opposite side to the disc-type scrubbing device  81 . Accordingly, even when the disc-type scrubbing device  81  is pressed onto the substrate W 1 , the substrate W 1  can be suppressed from bending. 
     In the second chamber  54 , a conveying part  70  similar to the conveying part  70  of the first chamber  53 , and a cleaning jet nozzle device  83  (exemplarily corresponding to the treatment part) for jet cleaning of the substrate W 1  are provided. The cleaning jet nozzle device  83  has a plurality of nozzles arranged in the width direction of the substrate W 1  or a single nozzle extending in the width direction of the substrate W 1 , and contactlessly cleans the surface of the substrate W 1  by spraying cleaning liquid such as pure water onto the surface of the substrate W 1 . In the embodiment shown in the figure, two cleaning jet nozzle devices  83  are arranged in the first chamber  53 , and each of them is configured to be able to clean both sides of the substrate W 1 . Notably, any number of cleaning jet nozzle devices  83  may be provided, and each of them may be configured to clean only one side of the substrate W 1 . The cleaning jet nozzle devices  83  are provided between the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  of the conveying part  70 . 
     In the third chamber  55 , a vertically conveying mechanism  85  which receives the substrate W 1  conveyed from the second chamber  54  and conveys the substrate W 1  toward the fourth chamber  56  in the vertical direction is provided. The vertically conveying mechanism  85  has, for example, a third Bernoulli chuck  85   a  which holds the lower surface of the substrate W 1  in the horizontal posture, and a lifter  85   b  which lifts and lowers the third Bernoulli chuck  85   a . In the third chamber  55 , a not-shown rotating mechanism may be provided which rotates the substrate W 1  inclined and conveyed from the second chamber  54  into the horizontal posture. The third Bernoulli chuck  85   a  receives the substrate W 1  in the horizontal posture from this rotating mechanism and contactlessly holds the same. Moreover, in the third chamber  55 , a not-shown rotating mechanism may be provided which receives the substrate W 1  in the horizontal posture from the third Bernoulli chuck  85   a  and inclines the substrate W 1 . This rotating mechanism hands over the inclined substrate W 1  to a conveying part  70  that is provided in the fourth chamber  56 . 
     In the fourth chamber  56 , the conveying part  70  similar to the conveying part  70  of the first chamber  53 , and a roll-type scrubbing device  87  (exemplarily corresponding to the treatment part) for scrubbing the substrate W 1  are provided. The roll-type scrubbing device  87  has a roll brush which comes into contact with the surface of the substrate W 1 . As the material of the roll brush, for example, a nylon brush, a PVA sponge, a nonwoven fabric cloth or the like can be used. The roll brush is arranged to be parallel to the surface of the substrate W 1 , and in cleaning the substrate W 1 , is controlled in its pressing pressure to be pressed onto the substrate W 1  at a predetermined pressure with a spring or the like or is controlled in its position such that its distance to the substrate W 1  is constant. The roll-type scrubbing device  87  prevents the roll brush from drying out, by supplying pure water to the roll brush from a not-shown pure water nozzle. The roll-type scrubbing device  87  is provided between the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  of the conveying part  70 . In the embodiment shown in the figure, three roll-type scrubbing devices  87  are arranged in the fourth chamber  56 . 
     In the fifth chamber  57 , a conveying part  70  similar to the conveying part  70  of the first chamber  53 , an air knife device  88  (exemplarily corresponding to the treatment part) for contactlessly drying the surface of the substrate W 1 , and an ionizer  89  for destaticizing the surface of the substrate W 1  are provided. The air knife device  88  has, for example, a long and thin slit for ejecting compressed gas into a thin layer, and removes or dries cleaning liquid adhering to the substrate W 1  by blowing both sides or one side of the substrate W 1  with the compressed gas. The slit of the air knife device  88  may be arranged to be perpendicular to the width direction of the substrate W 1 , but preferably has an angle relative to the width direction of the substrate W 1  so as to blow the cleaning liquid off toward the lower end of the substrate W 1 . The ionizer  89  can emit ions with a predetermined polarity onto the surface of the substrate W 1  to destaticize the substrate W 1 . The air knife device  88  and the ionizer  89  are provided between the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  of the conveying part  70 . 
     Since the substrate W 1  is dried in the fifth chamber  57 , pneumatic Bernoulli chucks are employed for the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  and the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  of the conveying part  70  provided in the fifth chamber  57 . Thereby, the conveying part  70  does not disturb drying of the substrate W 1 . 
     The upper parts of the third chamber  55 , the fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57  are provided with blowing units  60  such as FFUs (Fun Filter Units) which send gas downward from the above. As the gas sent from the blowing units  60 , for example, clean dry air or nitrogen can be used. Such blowing from the blowing unit  60  enables particles in the cleaning device  50  to be pressed downward, which can maintain atmospheres in the third chamber  55 , the fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57  to be clean. 
     In each of the first chamber  53 , the second chamber  54 , the third chamber  55 , the fourth chamber  56  and fifth chamber  57 , a liquid supplying nozzle which supplies liquid such as pure water to the substrate W 1  may be properly provided in order to prevent the substrate W 1  from drying out. 
     There is described a process of cleaning the substrate W 1  using the cleaning device  50  described above. First, the substrate conveying device  27  holds the substrate W 1  plated in the plating apparatus  100  shown in  FIG. 1 . The substrate conveying device  27  inputs the substrate W 1  into the first chamber  53  via the inlet port  51 . In the first chamber  53 , the input substrate W 1  is cleaned by the disc-type scrubbing device  81  while being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . In the cleaning by the disc-type scrubbing device  81 , the substrate W 1  may be cleaned while being conveyed, or the substrate W 1  may be cleaned while being intermittently conveyed. 
     The substrate W 1  cleaned at the first chamber  53  is input into the second chamber  54 . In the second chamber  54 , the substrate W 1  is contactlessly cleaned by the cleaning jet nozzle device  83  while being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . The substrate W 1  cleaned at the second chamber  54  is input into the third chamber  55 . In the third chamber  55 , as to the substrate W 1  received from the second chamber  54 , its inclined posture is changed to the horizontal posture by a not-shown rotating mechanism, and it is handed over to the third Bernoulli chuck  85   a  of the vertically conveying mechanism  85 . The substrate W 1  is conveyed in the vertical direction by the lifter  85   b  while held by the third Bernoulli chuck  85   a . As to the substrate W 1  having been conveyed in the vertical direction, its horizontal posture is changed to the inclined posture by a not-shown rotating mechanism, and it is handed over to the conveying part  70  of the fourth chamber  56 . 
     In the fourth chamber  56 , the substrate W 1  is cleaned by the roll-type scrubbing device  87  while being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . The substrate W 1  cleaned at the fourth chamber  56  is input into the fifth chamber. In the fifth chamber  57 , the cleaning liquid on the surface of the substrate W 1  is removed or dried by the air knife device  88  while the substrate W 1  is being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . Subsequently, after destaticized by the ionizer  89 , the substrate W 1  is taken out from the outlet port  52  by the substrate conveying device  27 . The substrate conveying device  27  houses the cleaned and dried substrate W 1  into  25   a  of the cassette table  25  shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     Subsequently, another exemplary configuration of the cleaning device  50  is described.  FIG. 5  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device  50  according to another mode. Similarly to the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 2 , the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 5  has the first chamber  53 , the second chamber  54 , the third chamber  55 , the fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57 . Since it has the similar configuration to that of the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 2 , its differences are mainly described. 
     In the first chamber  53 , the conveying part  70 , the disc-type scrubbing device  81  and the cleaning jet nozzle device  83  are provided. In the first chamber  53 , the substrate W 1  is cleaned by the disc-type scrubbing device  81 , and subsequently, cleaned by the cleaning jet nozzle device  83 , while being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . In the second chamber  54 , the conveying part  70  and the roll-type scrubbing device  87  are provided. In the first chamber  53 , the substrate W 1  cleaned at the first chamber  53  is cleaned by the roll-type scrubbing devices  87  while being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . 
     In the third chamber  55 , a vertically conveying mechanism  86  which receives the substrate W 1  conveyed from the second chamber  54  and conveys the substrate W 1  toward the fourth chamber  56  in the vertical direction is provided. The vertically conveying mechanism  86  shown in  FIG. 5  has a third Bernoulli chuck  86   a , an arm part  86   b , a support column  86   c  and a slider  86   d . The third Bernoulli chuck  86   a  is configured to hold the upper surface of the substrate W 1  in the horizontal posture. The arm part  86   b  substantially horizontally extends from the support column  86   c , and holds the third Bernoulli chuck  86   a . The support column  86   c  supports the arm part  86   b . The slider  86   d  is configured to lift and lower the arm part  86   b  along the support column  86   c.    
     As to the substrate W 1  conveyed from the second chamber  54 , its inclined posture is changed to the horizontal posture by a not-shown rotating mechanism, and it is handed over to the third Bernoulli chuck  86   a  of the vertically conveying mechanism  86 . The slider  86   d  lifts the arm part  86   b  along the support column  86   c  to convey the substrate W 1  held by the third Bernoulli chuck  86   a  in the vertical direction. Subsequently, the substrate W 1  is conveyed to the fourth chamber  56 . 
     In the fourth chamber  56 , a horizontally conveying mechanism  90  which horizontally conveys the substrate W 1  is provided. As the horizontally conveying mechanism  90 , for example, the conveying part  70  shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B  can be employed. As to the conveying part  70  in this case, angles of installing the drive parts  71 , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  and the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  are adjusted such that it can convey the substrate W 1  horizontally. Otherwise, the horizontally conveying mechanism  90  may have, for example, rollers arranged so as to be in contact only with the width directional center part of the rear surface of the substrate W 1  and both edge parts thereof. The substrate W 1  conveyed to the fourth chamber  56  is conveyed to the fifth chamber  57  by the horizontally conveying mechanism  90 . Similarly to the fifth chamber  57  shown in  FIG. 2 , in the fifth chamber  57 , the conveying part  70 , the air knife device  88  and the ionizer  89  are provided. 
       FIG. 6  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device  50  according to another mode. Similarly to the cleaning devices  50  shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 5 , the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 6  has the first chamber  53 , the second chamber  54 , the third chamber  55 , the fourth chamber  56  and the fifth chamber  57 . Since the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 6  has the similar configuration to those of the cleaning devices  50  shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 5 , its differences are mainly described. 
     In the first chamber  53 , the conveying part  70  which conveys the substrate W 1  in its inclined state, and a polishing device  91  (exemplarily corresponding to the treatment part) for polishing the substrate W 1  are provided. In the first chamber  53 , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  are spaced from one another at predetermined intervals such that the polishing device  91  is arranged therebetween. 
     A specific configuration of the polishing device  91  is described.  FIG. 7  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the polishing device  91  shown in  FIG. 6 . As shown in  FIG. 7 , the polishing device  91  has a rotating motor  92 , a polishing head  93  (exemplarily corresponding to the head part), an arm  94 , a lifting/lowering motor  95 , a translating plate  96 , a translating motor  97  and a fixed plate  98 . 
     The fixed plate  98  is fixed to the interior of the first chamber  53 . The translating plate  96  is configured to perform translating movement relative to the surface of the fixed plate  98  with the translating motor  97 . The arm  94  is attached to the translating plate  96  and configured to be lifted and lowered in a direction perpendicular to the translating direction of the translating plate  96  by the lifting/lowering motor  95 . Moreover, the arm  94  rotatably holds the polishing head  93 . The polishing head  93  is configured to be rotated by the rotating motor  92 . 
     The polishing device  91  is installed to be inclined in the first chamber  53  in order to polish the inclined substrate W 1  being conveyed. The translating plate  96  translates relative to the fixed plate  98 , and thereby, can move the polishing head  93  parallelly to the surface of the substrate W 1 . Moreover, the arm  94  is moved in the direction perpendicular to the translating direction of the translating plate  96 , and thereby, can move the polishing head  93  to come close to or go apart from the substrate W 1 . When the substrate W 1  is polished, the rotating polishing head  93  is moved close to the substrate W 1 , and the flat surface of the substrate W 1  is pressed by the polishing head  93 . Moreover, during polishing, the polishing head  93  is moved parallelly to the surface of the substrate W 1 , and thereby, the entire surface of the substrate W 1  can be polished. 
     The polishing head  93  has a polishing surface  93   d  facing the substrate W 1 , a polishing tape  93   a  provided to be exposed from the polishing surface  93   d , a feed roller  93   b  which feeds the polishing tape  93   a , and a winding roller  93   c  which winds the polishing tape  93   a . The polishing tape  93   a  is configured, for example, by bonding abrasive grains such as diamond particles or SiC particles onto one side of a base film with approximately 10 mm to 60 mm of width and approximately 20 m to 100 m of length. The abrasive grains used for the polishing tape  93   a  are properly selected in accordance with the type of the substrate W 1  and required polishing conditions, and are, for example, diamond particles, SiC particles or the like with an average particle diameter in a range from 0.1 μm to 5.0 μm. Moreover, the polishing tape  93   a  may be a band-shaped polishing cloth on which abrasive grains are not bonded. For the base film, for example, a flexible material can be used, such as polyester, polyurethane or polyethylene telephthalate. 
     The polishing tape  93   a  is fed at a predetermined speed gradually or stepwise in one direction from the feed roller  93   b  toward the winding roller  93   c  along with the polishing of the substrate W 1  advancing. This allows the portion, of the polishing tape  93   a , which is exposed from the polishing surface  93   d  to be an unused portion, and hence, the polishing tape  93   a  can be normally brought into contact with the substrate W 1  all the time. While in the example shown in  FIG. 7 , the polishing head  93  has one set of the polishing tape  93   a , the feed roller  93   b  and the winding roller  93   c , it may have a plurality of sets of these. 
       FIG. 8  is a perspective view exemplarily showing polishing of the substrate W 1  by the polishing device  91 . As shown in  FIG. 8 , a porous platen  99  including a first Bernoulli chuck unit  72  is arranged at a position facing the polishing head  93  of the polishing device  91 . The porous platen  99  is formed of porous ceramics or porous carbon, and has suction holes  99   a  at positions facing both width directional end parts of the substrate W 1 . A not-shown vacuum source sucks air via the suction holes  99   a , and thereby, the end parts of the substrate W 1  being conveyed on the porous platen  99  are attracted onto the suction holes  99   a . Thus, the substrate W 1  can be suppressed from displacing from the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  due to friction arising in polishing the substrate W 1  with the polishing head  93 . 
       FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  are schematic diagrams exemplarily showing conveyance of the substrate W 1  and movement of the polishing head  93  when the substrate W 1  is polished by the polishing head  93 . In the examples shown in  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10 , two polishing devices  91  are prepared, the polishing device  91  positioned on the upstream side in the conveying direction performs rough polishing, and the polishing device positioned on the downstream side in the conveying direction performs fine polishing (finishing polishing). In the example shown in  FIG. 9 , the substrate W 1  is intermittently conveyed. Namely, conveyance of the substrate W 1  for a predetermined distance and conveyance stop thereof for a predetermined time are repeated. In this case, the polishing heads  93  of the polishing devices  91  move in the width direction of the substrate W 1  during stop of conveyance of the substrate W 1 , and the substrate W 1  is conveyed for the predetermined distance during stop of movement of the polishing heads  93 . In the example shown in  FIG. 10 , the substrate W 1  is continuously conveyed, and the polishing heads  93  continuously move reciprocatingly. In this case, conveyance of the substrate W 1  and movement of the polishing heads  93  are simultaneously performed. 
     Returning to  FIG. 6 , the cleaning device  50  is described. Similarly to the first chamber  53  shown in  FIG. 5 , in the second chamber  54 , the conveying part  70 , the disc-type scrubbing device  81  and the cleaning jet nozzle device  83  are provided. In the second chamber  54 , the substrate W 1  is cleaned by the disc-type scrubbing device  81 , and subsequently, cleaned by the cleaning jet nozzle device  83 , while being conveyed in its inclined state by the conveying part  70 . 
     Similarly to the third chamber  55  shown in  FIG. 2 , in the third chamber  55 , the vertically conveying mechanism  85  including the third Bernoulli chuck  85   a  and the lifter  85   b  is provided. Similarly to the fourth chamber  56  shown in  FIG. 2  and the second chamber  54  shown in  FIG. 5 , in the fourth chamber  56 , the conveying part  70  and the roll-type scrubbing devices  87  are provided. Similarly to the fifth chambers  57  shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 5 , in the fifth chamber  57 , the conveying part  70 , the air knife device  88  and the ionizer  89  are provided. 
       FIG. 11  is a schematic lateral cross-sectional view of the cleaning device  50  according to another mode. The cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 11 , the first chamber  53 , the second chamber  54 , the third chamber  55 , the fourth chamber  56 , the fifth chamber  57 , a sixth chamber  58  and a seventh chamber  59 . Since the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 11  has the similar configuration to those of the cleaning devices  50  shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 5 , its differences are mainly described. 
     Similarly to the first chamber  53  shown in  FIG. 6 , in the first chamber  53 , the conveying part  70  which conveys the substrate W 1  in its inclined state, and the polishing device  91  for polishing the substrate W 1  are provided. The polishing device  91  of the first chamber  53  polishes the upper surface of the substrate W 1 . In the second chamber  54 , a reverse mechanism  84  which reverses the substrate W 1  conveyed from the first chamber  53  upside down is provided. The reverse mechanism  84  has the conveying part  70  shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B . The reverse mechanism  84  holds the substrate W 1  received from the first chamber  53  with the drive parts  71 , the first Bernoulli chuck units  72  and the second Bernoulli chuck unit  73  of the conveying part  70  (see  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B ) to reverse it upside down. The reversed substrate W 1  is conveyed to the third chamber  55  by the conveying part  70 . 
     Similarly to the first chamber  53  shown in  FIG. 6 , in the third chamber  55 , the conveying part  70  which conveys the substrate W 1  in its inclined state, and the polishing device  91  for polishing the substrate W 1  are provided. The polishing device  91  in the third chamber  55  polishes the upper surface of the reversed substrate W 1 . Accordingly, both sides of the substrate W 1  are polished by the polishing device  91  in the first chamber  53  and the polishing device  91  in the third chamber  55 . 
     Similarly to the third chambers  55  shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 6 , in the fourth chamber  56 , the vertically conveying mechanism  85  including the third Bernoulli chuck  85   a  and the lifter  85   b  is provided. Similarly to the fourth chambers  56  shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 6  and the second chamber  54  shown in  FIG. 5 , in the fifth chamber  57 , the conveying part  70  and the roll-type scrubbing devices  87  are provided. Similarly to the first chamber  53  shown in  FIG. 5  and the second chamber  54  shown in  FIG. 6 , in the sixth chamber  58 , the conveying part  70 , the disc-type scrubbing device  81  and the cleaning jet nozzle device  83  are provided. Similarly to the fifth chambers  57  shown in  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 6 , in the seventh chamber  59 , the conveying part  70 , the air knife device  88  and the ionizer  89  are provided. 
     As described above, according to the cleaning device  50  according to the present embodiment, since the conveying part  70  conveys the substrate W 1  while holding the end face of the upper end part of the substrate W 1 , the substrate W 1  can be suppressed from bending even when the substrate W 1  is conveyed in its inclined state. Moreover, as shown in  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 5 ,  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 11 , for a treatment device having various treatment parts including a cleaning treatment, a polishing treatment and a drying treatment, the substrate W 1  can be appropriately conveyed by the conveying part  70  while suppressing it from bending. 
     Another example of a plating apparatus including the treatment device according to the present embodiment is described.  FIG. 12  is an overall arrangement diagram of another plating apparatus including the treatment device of the present embodiment. The plating apparatus according to the present embodiment has the cleaning device  50  as an example of the treatment device. As shown in  FIG. 12 , a plating apparatus  200  is roughly divided into a loading part  210  which loads substrates onto a substrate holder, a treatment part  220  in which the substrates are treated, an unloading part  230  which unloads the substrates from the substrate holder, and the cleaning part  50   a . Further, the treatment part  220  includes a pre-treatment part  220 A in which a pre-treatment is performed on the substrates, a plating treatment part  220 B in which a plating treatment is performed on the substrates, and a post-treatment part  220 C in which a post-treatment is performed on the substrates. Notably, similarly to the plating apparatus  100  shown in  FIG. 1 , the substrates treated by this plating apparatus  200  include rectangular substrates and circular substrates. Moreover, the rectangular substrates include rectangular printed circuit boards, other plating objects, and the like. 
     In the loading part  210 , two cassette tables  25 , a substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29   a , the stocker  30 , a substrate conveying device  27   a , and a travelling mechanism  28   a  for the substrate conveying device  27   a  are arranged. The substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29   a  of the loading part  210  causes a not-shown substrate holder to hold substrates. The pre-treatment part  220 A is arranged on the downstream side of the loading part  210 . The pre-treatment part  220 A includes the prewetting bath  32 , the presoaking bath  33  and the prerinsing bath  34 . The prewetting bath  32 , the presoaking bath  33  and the prerinsing bath  34  are arranged in this order. 
     The plating treatment part  220 B is arranged on the downstream side of the pre-treatment part  220 A. The plating treatment part  220 B has the plurality of plating baths  39  including the overflow bath  38 . The post-treatment part  220 C is arranged on the downstream side of the plating treatment part  220 B. The post-treatment part  220 C has the rinsing bath  36  and the blowing bath  35 . The rinsing bath  36  and the blowing bath  35  are arranged in this order toward the downstream side. 
     The unloading part  230  is arranged on the downstream side of the post-treatment part  220 C. In the unloading part  230 , two cassette tables  25 , a substrate attaching/detaching mechanism  29   b , a substrate conveying device  27   b , and a travelling mechanism  28   b  for the substrate conveying device  27   b  are arranged. The cleaning part  50   a  has the cleaning device  50  shown in  FIG. 2 . The substrate conveying device  27   b  is configured to convey the substrate subjected to a plating treatment to the cleaning device  50  and to take out the same from the cleaning device  50 . 
     The plating apparatus  200  has substrate holder conveying devices  37   a  and  37   b  which are located laterally on those devices to convey the substrate holder along with the substrate between those devices. The substrate holder conveying devices  37   a  and  37   b  are configured to convey the substrate holder between the substrate attaching/detaching mechanisms  29   a  and  29   b , the prewetting bath  32 , the presoaking bath  33 , the prerinsing bath  34 , the blowing bath  35 , the rinsing bath  36  and the plating baths  39 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , when the two substrate holder conveying devices  37   a  and  37   b  are provided, one substrate holder conveying device conveys only the substrate holder that holds the substrate before the plating treatment and the other substrate holder conveying device conveys only the substrate holder that holds the substrate subjected to the plating treatment, and thereby, a standby time for handing over and receiving the substrate holder is suppressed from arising. Notably, only one of the substrate holder conveying devices  37   a  and  37   b  may be provided in the plating apparatus  200 . In this case, a footprint for the plating apparatus can be reduced. 
     As described above, the cleaning device  50  according to the present embodiment can also be installed in the plating apparatus  200  as shown in  FIG. 12  in which the loading part  210  and the unloading part  230  are arranged to be spaced from each other. 
     As above, some embodiments of the present invention have been described. The aforementioned embodiments of the invention are for ease of understanding the present invention and not for limiting the present invention. It is definite that the present invention can be modified or improved without departing from the spirit thereof and that the present invention includes its equivalents. Moreover, any combinations or omissions of the components described in the claims and the specification can occur as long as at least part of the aforementioned problems can be solved or at least part of the aforementioned effects can be achieved. 
     Some aspects disclosed by the present specification are described below. 
     According to a first aspect, a treatment device is provided. This treatment device has: a conveying part that conveys a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane; and a treatment part in which at least one of polishing, cleaning and drying is performed on the flat surface of the workpiece. The conveying part has: a drive part configured to be brought into physical contact with an end part of the workpiece and apply force in a conveying direction to the workpiece; a first Bernoulli chuck arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece; and a second Bernoulli chuck arranged to face an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece. 
     According to the first aspect, since the second Bernoulli chuck is arranged to face the end face of the workpiece, the end face of the end part of the workpiece can be held. Therefore, even when the workpiece is conveyed in its inclined posture, the workpiece can be suppressed from bending. Moreover, since the workpiece can be held at a position in the in-plane direction by the second Bernoulli chuck, the lower end part of the workpiece can be stably brought into contact with the drive part, and it can be stably conveyed. 
     The second Bernoulli chuck cannot limit movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction. Therefore, if the workpiece is very flexible, assuming that the end part of the workpiece bends and is displaced from the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck, the second Bernoulli chuck cannot appropriately hold the end face of the workpiece. According to the first aspect, the first Bernoulli chuck, however, is arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece, hence, movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction can be limited, and the end part of the workpiece can be prevented from bending. Therefore, even when the workpiece is very flexible, the end part of the workpiece can be held at the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck, and as a result, the second Bernoulli chuck can appropriately hold the end face of the end part of the workpiece. 
     Moreover, according to the first aspect, one end part of the workpiece is conveyed by the drive part, and the opposite end part thereto is held by the second Bernoulli chuck. Therefore, the number of drive parts can be more reduced than in the case where both the lower end part and the upper end part of the workpiece are conveyed by drive parts such as rollers. Since the drive part is in physical contact with the workpiece, it has to be periodically replaced due to its abrasion. Accordingly, reduction in number of drive parts leads to reduction in number of drive parts to be replaced, which can reduce operation costs and component costs required for the replacement. Moreover, such reduction in number of drive parts can reduce the number of times of physical contact with a treated part and a contact time therewith to reduce physical influence on the treated part. 
     According to a second aspect, in the treatment device of the first aspect, the conveying part is configured to convey the workpiece in a state where the flat surface of the workpiece is inclined at an angle not less than 5° and not more than 85° relative to a horizontal plane. 
     When the treatment device performs a treatment using liquid on a workpiece, particles adhering to the surface of the workpiece are washed away with the liquid. When the inclination angle of the workpiece is less than 5° in this stage, the liquid containing particles hardly drops off from the workpiece. Meanwhile, when the inclination angle is more than 85°, the liquid immediately drops off from the workpiece, which causes a concern of drying of the workpiece. When the workpiece dries out, particles contained in the cleaning liquid that still adheres to the workpiece are to remain on the surface of the workpiece. Therefore, according to the second aspect, the workpiece can be suppressed from drying out while the liquid containing particles is allowed to drop off. 
     According to a third aspect, in the treatment device of the first or second aspect, a plurality of the first Bernoulli chucks arranged to face both surfaces of the workpiece are included. 
     According to the third aspect, since both sides of the workpiece can be held by the first Bernoulli chucks, movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction can be further securely limited. 
     According to a fourth aspect, in the treatment device of any one of the first to third aspects, a plurality of the first Bernoulli chucks arranged along the conveying direction of the workpiece are included, wherein the treatment part is arranged between the plurality of the first Bernoulli chucks arranged along the conveying direction of the workpiece. 
     According to the fourth aspect, since the treatment part is arranged between the first Bernoulli chucks, the first Bernoulli chucks can hold both sides of a portion, of the workpiece, that is treated by the treatment part, the treatment by the treatment part can be stably performed. 
     According to a fifth aspect, in the treatment device of any one of the first to fourth aspects, the second Bernoulli chuck is longer in the conveying direction of the workpiece than the first Bernoulli chuck. 
     According to the fifth aspect, a space for arranging the treatment part for performing polishing, cleaning or drying between the first Bernoulli chucks while holding the end face of the workpiece in a wide range with the second Bernoulli chuck. 
     According to a sixth aspect, in the treatment device of any one of the first to fifth aspects, the first Bernoulli chuck is arranged at a position on an opposite side of the workpiece from the treatment part. 
     According to the sixth mode, a portion, of the workpiece, on which pressure is most exerted when the surface of the substrate W 1  is treated by the treatment part can be held by the first Bernoulli chucks from the opposite side to the treatment part. Accordingly, even when the treatment part is pressed on the workpiece, the workpiece can be suppressed from bending. 
     According to a seventh aspect, in the treatment device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, an inlet port for a workpiece, an outlet port for the workpiece, a first conveying path on which the workpiece input from the inlet port is conveyed, a second conveying path on which the workpiece is conveyed in a reverse direction to a direction in which the workpiece is conveyed on the first conveying path and which communicates with the first conveying path and the outlet port, a vertical conveying path that connects the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and a vertically conveying mechanism that conveys the workpiece on the vertical conveying path in a vertical direction from the first conveying path toward the second conveying path. 
     According to the seventh aspect, since the workpiece is conveyed in the reverse directions on the first conveying path and the second conveying path, the first conveying path and the second conveying path form a reciprocating path, which can secure a sufficient path length while reducing the length of the cleaning device as a whole. Moreover, since the first conveying path and the second conveying path form the reciprocating path, the inlet port and the outlet port can be arranged to be close to each other. Thereby, one workpiece conveying device can input the workpiece into the inlet port and take out the workpiece from the outlet port without its long movement. 
     According to an eighth aspect, in the treatment device of the seventh aspect, the vertically conveying mechanism has a third Bernoulli chuck configured to contactlessly hold the workpiece. According to the eighth aspect, the workpiece can be contactlessly and vertically conveyed. 
     According to a ninth aspect, a plating apparatus including the treatment device of any one of the first to seventh aspects is provided. This plating apparatus includes: a plating treatment part; and a substrate conveying part. The substrate conveying part is configured to input the workpiece subjected to a plating treatment in the plating treatment part into an inlet port of the treatment device and to take out the workpiece treated by the treatment device from the outlet port. 
     According to a tenth aspect, a treatment method is provided. This treatment method includes: a step of conveying a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane; and a treatment step of performing at least one of polishing, cleaning and drying on the flat surface of the workpiece. The step of conveyance includes a step of physically applying force in a conveying direction to an end part of the workpiece, a step of holding the flat surface of the workpiece with a first Bernoulli chuck so as to limit movement of the workpiece in a thickness direction, and a step of holding an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece with a second Bernoulli chuck so as to limit movement of the workpiece in an in-plane direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. 
     According to the tenth aspect, the second Bernoulli chuck can hold the end face of the end part of the workpiece. Therefore, even when the workpiece is conveyed in its inclined posture, the workpiece can be suppressed from bending. Moreover, since the second Bernoulli chuck can hold the workpiece at a position in the in-plane direction, the lower end part of the workpiece can be stably brought into contact with the drive part, and it can be stably conveyed. 
     The second Bernoulli chuck cannot limit movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction. Therefore, if the workpiece is very flexible, assuming that the end part of the workpiece bends and is displaced from the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck, the second Bernoulli chuck cannot appropriately hold the end face of the workpiece. According to the tenth aspect, the first Bernoulli chuck, however, holds the flat surface of the workpiece, hence, movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction can be limited, and the end part of the workpiece can be prevented from bending. Therefore, even when the workpiece is very flexible, the end part of the workpiece can be held at the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck, and as a result, the second Bernoulli chuck can appropriately hold the end face of the end part of the workpiece. 
     Moreover, according to the tenth aspect, force in the conveying direction is physically applied to one end part of the workpiece, and the opposite end part thereto is held by the second Bernoulli chuck. Therefore, the number of times of physical contact with the treated part and a contact time therewith can be more reduced than in the case where force is physically applied to both the lower end part and the upper end part of the workpiece, which can reduce physical influence on the treated part. 
     According to an eleventh aspect, in the treatment method of the tenth aspect, the step of conveyance includes a step of conveying the workpiece in a state where the flat surface of the workpiece is inclined at an angle not less than 5° and not more than 85° relative to the horizontal plane. 
     When a treatment using liquid is performed on the workpiece, particles adhering to the surface of the workpiece are washed away. When the inclination angle of the workpiece is less than 5° in this stage, the liquid containing particles hardly drops off from the workpiece. Meanwhile, when the inclination angle is more than 85°, the liquid immediately drops off from the workpiece, which causes a concern of drying of the workpiece. When the workpiece dries out, particles contained in the cleaning liquid that still adheres to the workpiece are to remain on the surface of the workpiece. Therefore, according to the eleventh aspect, the workpiece can be suppressed from drying out while the liquid containing particles is allowed to drop off. 
     According to a twelfth aspect, in the treatment method of the tenth to eleventh aspects, the step of holding with the first Bernoulli chuck has a step of holding both sides of the workpiece with a plurality of the first Bernoulli chucks. 
     According to the twelfth aspect, since both side of the workpiece can be held by the first Bernoulli chucks, movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction can be further limited. 
     According to a thirteenth aspect, in the treatment method of any one of the tenth to twelfth aspects, the step of conveyance has a step of conveying the workpiece through a first conveying path, a vertically conveying step of conveying the workpiece in a vertical direction from the first conveying path toward a second conveying path, and a step of conveying the workpiece through the second conveying path. In the vertically conveying step, the workpiece is conveyed while being contactlessly held using a third Bernoulli chuck. According to the thirteenth aspect, in a vertical conveying path from the first conveying path toward the second conveying path, the workpiece can be contactlessly conveyed in the vertical direction. 
     According to a fourteenth aspect, in the treatment method of any one of the tenth to thirteenth aspects, the treatment step of performing at least one of polishing, cleaning and drying includes a step of performing it while pressing, onto the flat surface of the workpiece, a tape member which is held by a head part and fed at a predetermined speed in one direction. 
     According to a fifteenth aspect, in the treatment method of any one of the tenth to fourteenth aspects, the treatment step of performing at least one of polishing, cleaning and drying includes a step of performing it while pressing, onto the flat surface of the workpiece, a sheet-like member held by a head part. 
     According to a sixteenth aspect, there is provided a conveying device which conveys a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane. This conveying device includes: a drive part configured to be brought into physical contact with an end part of the workpiece and apply force in a conveying direction to the workpiece; a first Bernoulli chuck arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece; and a second Bernoulli chuck arranged to face an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece. 
     According to the sixteenth aspect, since the second Bernoulli chuck is arranged to face the end face of the workpiece, it can hold the end face of the end part of the workpiece. Therefore, even when the workpiece is conveyed in its inclined posture, the workpiece can be suppressed from bending. Moreover, since the second Bernoulli chuck can hold the workpiece at a position in the in-plane direction, the lower end part of the workpiece can be stable brought into contact with the drive part, and it can be stably conveyed. 
     The second Bernoulli chuck cannot limit movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction. Therefore, if the workpiece is very flexible, assuming that the end part of the workpiece bends and is displaced from the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck, the second Bernoulli chuck cannot appropriately hold the end face of the workpiece. According to the sixteenth aspect, the first Bernoulli chuck, however, is arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece, hence, movement of the workpiece in the thickness direction can be limited, and the end part of the workpiece can be prevented from bending. Therefore, even when the workpiece is very flexible, the end part of the workpiece can be held at the position facing the second Bernoulli chuck, and as a result, the second Bernoulli chuck can appropriately hold the end face of the end part of the workpiece. 
     Moreover, according to the sixteenth aspect, one end part of the workpiece is conveyed by the drive part, and the opposite end part thereto is held by the second Bernoulli chuck. Therefore, the number of drive part can be more reduced than in the case where both the lower end part and the upper end part of the workpiece are conveyed by drive parts such as rollers. Since the drive part is in physical contact with the workpiece, suffering abrasion, it has to be periodically replaced. Accordingly, reduction in number of drive parts leads to reduction in number of drive parts to be replaced, which can reduce operation costs and component costs required for the replacement. Moreover, such reduction in number of drive parts can reduce the number of times of physical contact with the treated part and a contact time therewith to reduce physical influence on the treated part. 
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               27 ,  27   a ,  27   b  Substrate conveying device 
               50  Cleaning device 
               51  Inlet port 
               52  Outlet port 
               70  Conveying part 
               71  Drive part 
               72   a  First Bernoulli chuck 
               73   a  Second Bernoulli chuck 
               73   b  First Bernoulli chuck 
               81  Disc-type scrubbing device 
               83  Cleaning jet nozzle device 
               85  Vertically conveying mechanism 
               85   a ,  86   a  Third Bernoulli chuck 
               86  Vertically conveying mechanism 
               87  Roll-type scrubbing device 
               88  Air knife device 
               89  Ionizer 
               90  Horizontally conveying mechanism 
               91  Polishing device 
               93  Polishing head 
               93   a  Polishing tape 
               100 ,  200  Plating apparatus 
               120 B,  220 B Plating treatment part