Patent ID: 8545640

Claim:
A substrate processing method comprising: processing the substrate using a chemical liquid; rinsing the substrate by supplying a rinsing liquid via a cleaning liquid nozzle to the substrate being rotated, after the chemical liquid process; supplying a drying liquid via a drying liquid nozzle to the substrate being rotated, after the supplying of the rinsing liquid; and supplying an inert gas via a gas nozzle to the substrate being rotated, after the supplying of the drying liquid, wherein: in the rinsing by the rinsing liquid, the cleaning liquid nozzle supplies the rinsing liquid to a central portion of the substrate, and thereafter moves from a position corresponding to the central portion of the substrate to a position corresponding to a peripheral edge portion of the substrate while supplying the rinsing liquid, before stopping at the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion; the supplying of the drying liquid includes moving the drying liquid nozzle from the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion of the substrate to the position corresponding to the central portion of the substrate while supplying the drying liquid; and keeping the drying liquid nozzle stationary at the position corresponding to the central portion of the substrate for a predetermined period of time while supplying the drying liquid, after moving the drying liquid nozzle from the peripheral edge portion to the central portion; and in the supplying of the inert gas, the gas nozzle moves from the position corresponding to the central portion of the substrate to the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion of the substrate while supplying the inert gas.