Patent ID: 8871301

Claim:
A coating treatment method, comprising the steps of: horizontally holding a substrate by a rotating and holding part; supplying a coating solution for forming a coating film on a front surface of the substrate from a nozzle to a central portion of the substrate, and rotating the substrate at a first rotation speed to spread the coating solution to a peripheral portion of the substrate by a centrifugal force; then decreasing a rotation speed of the substrate to a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed and keeping the rotation speed of the substrate at the second rotation speed for a first predetermined time while continuing supply of the coating solution, and moving the nozzle from a central position toward an eccentric position of the substrate with the substrate being rotated, then decreasing the rotation speed of the substrate to a third rotation speed lower than the second rotation speed and keeping the rotation speed of the substrate constant at the third rotation speed for a second predetermined time while continuing supply of the coating solution, and then stopping the supply of the coating solution from the nozzle to the eccentric position after a lapse of a third predetermined time from a time when the rotation speed of the substrate reaches the third rotation speed, and then increasing the rotation speed of the substrate to be higher than the third rotation speed so as to spread a solution puddle to the peripheral portion of the substrate to form a coating film.