Patent ID: 7512456

Claim:
A substrate processing apparatus for transporting a substrate with a resist film formed thereon by coating the substrate with a resist into an exposure apparatus and for performing a development process on an exposed substrate received from the exposure apparatus, said substrate processing apparatus comprising: a coating processing part for performing a resist coating process on a substrate; a development processing part for performing a development process on an exposed substrate; an interface part for receiving a substrate with a resist film formed thereon by said resist coating process from said coating processing part to transfer said substrate to an exposure apparatus, and for receiving an exposed substrate from said exposure apparatus to transfer said exposed substrate to said development processing part; an indexer part for transferring an unprocessed substrate received from the outside of said substrate processing apparatus outwardly therefrom to said coating processing part, and for transporting a processed substrate received from said development processing part to the outside of said substrate processing apparatus; a transport part for transporting a substrate between said coating processing part, said development processing part, said interface part and said indexer part; and a control part configured to control said transport part to provide a constant time interval between the completion of said resist coating process of substrates in said coating processing part and the execution of an exposure process of said substrates in said exposure apparatus.