Patent ID: 8119313

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: supplying a liquid resist containing a water-repellent additive to a surface of a rotating semiconductor wafer fixed to a rotary support to form a resist film to a design thickness on the surface of the semiconductor wafer; spin drying the resist film after the forming the resist film; bringing a liquid into contact with the resist film and exposing the resist film through the liquid filled between a surface of the resist film and a projection optical system after the spin drying; developing the resist film after the exposure to form a resist pattern; and performing processing on the semiconductor wafer by using the resist pattern as a mask, a condition for adjusting contact angle between the resist film surface and the liquid being controlled in accordance with rotation speed of the semiconductor wafer or the design thickness of the resist film so that the contact angle assumes a desired value, the condition including at least one selected from the group consisting of spin drying time for the resist film, resist temperature during the supplying, pressure of an atmosphere above the semiconductor wafer surface, and humidity of the atmosphere above the semiconductor wafer surface.