Patent ID: 8318247

Claim:
A coating treatment method for a substrate, comprising: a first step of discharging a coating solution from a nozzle to a center portion of the substrate while rotating the substrate, to apply the coating solution on a surface of the substrate; a second step of decelerating, after said first step, the rotation of the substrate and continuously rotating the substrate; and a third step of accelerating, after said second step, the rotation of the substrate to dry the coating solution on the substrate, wherein: the substrate is rotated at a fixed speed of a first speed immediately before said first step; and in said first step, the rotation of the substrate which is at the first speed before start of said first step is gradually accelerated after the start of said first step so as to make the speed continuously change, and the acceleration of the rotation of the substrate is gradually decreased so as to make the speed of the rotation of the substrate converge in a second speed higher than the first speed at end of said first step; wherein the discharging of the coating solution from the nozzle in said first step is continued until a middle of said second step, and before the discharging of the coating solution is finished, the nozzle is moved to a different position than a discharging position of the coating solution from the center portion of the substrate.