Patent ID: 7575664

Claim:
A plating method comprising: preparing a substrate to be processed which has a base plate and a conductive layer formed on at least part of the base plate; preparing a plating head comprising an anode, an impregnated member in electrical contact with the anode, and a film thickness measuring mechanism provided near the plating head; moving the plating head to a plating bath containing a plating solution to dip the impregnated member into the plating bath; applying a potential of a cathode to the conductive layer; forming a plating film on at least part of the conductive layer by applying an anode potential to the anode and causing the impregnated member containing the plating solution to face the conductive layer; and measuring a film thickness of the plating film using the film thickness measuring mechanism, wherein forming the plating film includes forming the plating film, on the basis of a measurement result of the film thickness measuring mechanism, while alternately repeating an operation of causing the conductive layer and the impregnated member to face each other and an operation of moving the impregnated member to the plating bath to dip the impregnated member into the plating bath in order to establish a target film thickness.