Patent ID: 8518278

Claim:
A method of drying, by blowing with gas, a substrate coated with a resist having a resist surface insolubilization layer located in a surface side of the resist over an upper surface of the substrate including an end area, and then rinsed, comprising steps of: supplying a first gas flow downwardly in an inclined direction onto the substrate for drying the substrate, from an upper blowing portion positioned above a virtual plane including a center plane positioned in a center of a thickness of the substrate; supplying a second gas flow upwardly in an inclined direction onto the substrate for drying the substrate, from a lower blowing portion positioned below the virtual plane, while moving relatively the substrate and the upper and lower blowing portions so that substrate, from the end area as a front of the substrate, passes between the upper and lower blowing portions; and controlling the first and second gas flows such that a velocity component of the second gas flow in an upward direction perpendicular to the virtual plane is smaller than a velocity component of the first gas flow in a downward direction perpendicular to the virtual plane.