Patent ID: 8591224

Claim:
A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of blocks of heat treatment apparatus groups each comprised of heat treatment apparatuses each of which treats a processing target substrate at a predetermined temperature and which are stacked in a vertical direction as a vertical block, or which are disposed in a horizontal direction as a horizontal block; a temperature adjustment mechanism that is provided in each of the heat treatment apparatuses and that adjusts a temperature of the processing target substrate; a heating mechanism that is provided in each of the heat treatment apparatuses and that performs heating processing on the processing target substrate; a plurality of supply ports that supplies a temperature adjustment liquid having a predetermined temperature, which is predetermined for the purpose of adjusting a temperature of the processing target substrate to substantially the predetermined temperature, to the temperature adjustment mechanisms of the heat treatment apparatuses for each vertical block, each horizontal block, predetermined number of the heat treatment apparatuses in the vertical block, or predetermined number of the heat treatment apparatuses in the horizontal block; and a plurality of recovery ports that collects the liquid supplied to the temperature adjustment mechanisms of the heat treatment apparatuses for each vertical block, each horizontal block, predetermined number of the heat treatment apparatuses in the vertical block, or predetermined number of the heat treatment apparatuses in the horizontal block, wherein the heat treatment apparatus groups include a heat treatment apparatus that does not adjust the temperature of the processing target substrate adjusted by the temperature adjustment mechanism and that supplies a predetermined processing gas to the processing target substrate to perform heating processing and a heat treatment apparatus that adjusts the temperature of the processing target substrate.