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US 8,163,469 · App. 12/659,134 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Coating and developing apparatus, coating and developing method, and storage medium

Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,163,469
App. No.
12/659,134
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coating and developing apparatus has: a treatment block-including a water repellent module performing water repellent treatment on a substrate, a coating module, and a developing module; a substrate side-surface portion water repellent module for performing water repellent treatment on a side surface of a substrate; and a control unit controlling operations of the modules to execute steps of performing water repellent treatment at least on a side surface portion of a substrate and performing a first resist coating on an entire surface of the substrate; performing a first development after a first liquid-immersion exposure is performed; performing a second resist coating on the entire surface, and performing a second development after a second liquid-immersion exposure is performed, and further to execute a step of performing water repellent treatment on the side surface portion of the substrate after the first development and before the second exposure is performed.

Claims (19)

1. A coating and developing method of forming a resist pattern a plurality of times in succession on a substrate, comprising the steps of:

performing water repellent treatment at least on a side surface portion of a substrate;

performing a first resist coating of applying a resist on an entire surface of the substrate;

performing a first development of supplying a developing solution to the substrate on which a first liquid-immersion exposure has been further performed after the water repellent treatment and the first resist coating;

performing a second resist coating of applying a resist to the entire surface of the substrate after the first development;

performing a second development of supplying a developing solution to the substrate on which a second liquid-immersion exposure has been further performed after the second resist coating; and

performing water repellent treatment on the side surface portion of the substrate after the first development and before the second liquid-immersion exposure is performed.

2. The coating and developing method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

mounting, on a heating plate, the substrate after the first development and before the second resist coating; and

heating the substrate,

wherein said step of performing water repellent treatment on a side surface portion of a substrate comprises a step of supplying, to the side surface portion of the substrate while the substrate is being heated, a gas for performing water repellent treatment on the side surface portion.

3. The coating and developing method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

mounting, on a heating plate, the substrate after the second resist coating and before the second liquid-immersion exposure is performed; and

heating the substrate,

wherein said step of performing water repellent treatment on a side surface portion of a substrate comprises a step of supplying, to the side surface portion of the substrate while the substrate is being heated, a gas for performing water repellent treatment on the side surface portion.

4. The coating and developing method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

mounting, on a mounting table, the substrate after the second resist coating and before the second liquid-immersion exposure is performed; and

supplying a cleaning solution to the substrate mounted on the mounting table to clean the substrate,

wherein said step of performing water repellent treatment on a side surface portion of a substrate comprises a step of supplying, to the side surface portion of the substrate mounted on the mounting table, a chemical for performing water repellent treatment on the side surface portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2010
From: HONTAKE, KOUICHI; KYOUDA, HIDEHARU
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024058/0042 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-061657 · Mar 13, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100232781A1 · Sep 16, 2010