Patent ID: 7799700

Claim:
A method for applying a resin film to a face of a semiconductor wafer, comprising: an assembly holding step of holding an assembly on a surface of chuck means, with a back of the assembly being opposed to the surface of the chuck means, the assembly including a frame having a mounting opening formed in a central portion of the frame, and a semiconductor wafer mounted in the mounting opening of the frame by sticking a mounting tape to a back of the frame and a back of the semiconductor wafer; a liquid droplet supply step of supplying liquid droplets of a solution having a resin dissolved therein onto a face of the semiconductor wafer in the assembly after the assembly holding step; and a spreading step of rotating the chuck means subsequently to the liquid droplet supply step, thereby spreading the liquid droplets throughout the face of the semiconductor wafer, the method further comprising a cleaning step of rotating the chuck means and also supplying a cleaning fluid directly to a surface of the frame after the spreading step, thereby cleaning the solution which has adhered to the surface of the frame.