Patent ID: 7488127

Claim:
An apparatus forming a resist pattern, comprising: (a) a coating and developing apparatus, having: a carrier mounting portion holding a substrate carrier that holds a plurality of substrates with a base film being formed thereon, a transfer mechanism receiving and conveying a substrate from the substrate carrier placed on the carrier mounting portion, a coating unit supplying a resist solution from a nozzle thereto, holding the substrate conveyed from the transfer mechanism horizontally at a substrate holder, rotating the substrate holder to spread the resist solution with a centrifugal force and forming a resist film on a surface of the substrate, and a developing unit supplying a developing solution of a predetermined temperature on the surface of the substrate after an exposure with the resist solution being supplied thereon, then leaving the supplied developing solution for a predetermined time period and develops the surface of the substrate; and (b) an inspection unit located between the carrier mounting portion and the coating unit, and measuring and outputting measured data of at least one of the following measurement items including, 1) a reflection ratio and a film thickness of the base film, 2) a film thickness of the resist film, 3) a line width after the development, 4) an accuracy that the base film matches with a resist pattern, and 5) a defect on the surface of the substrate after the development; and (c) a controller amending, based on the measured data of the inspection unit, at least one of the following parameters subject to the amendment, 1) a rotating speed and a degree of acceleration of the substrate holder in the coating unit, 2) a position of the nozzle, 3) a time period for the development and 4) a temperature of the developing solution in the developing unit.