IP Library Granted Patent US 10,755,916
Granted Patent B2
US 10,755,916 · App. 16/053,868 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Substrate treatment method and substrate treatment apparatus

Inventors: Hiroshi Abe (Kyoto, JP); Manabu Okutani (Kyoto, JP); Takashi Ota (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
H01L21/02057B05D1/005H01L21/02052H01L21/67051H01L21/67103H01L21/67248H01L21/6875H01L21/68728H01L21/68742H01L21/68792
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Patent No.
US 10,755,916
App. No.
16/053,868
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate processing method for processing a surface of a substrate includes: a first solvent supply step (a) of supplying IPA to a surface of a substrate while rotating the substrate to treat the surface; a modification treatment liquid supply step (b) of supplying a silylating solution after the first solvent supply step to form a liquid film; and a step (c) of heating the substrate in the first solvent supply step and the modification treatment liquid supply step. The step (c) is configured such that an amount of heat per unit time to be applied to the substrate in the modification treatment liquid supply step is larger than an amount of heat per unit time applied to the substrate in the first solvent supply step.

Claims (22)

1. A substrate treatment method for treating a surface of a substrate, comprising the steps of: (a) treating a substrate by supplying a first treatment liquid to a surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate; (b) forming a liquid film on said surface of said substrate after said step (a) by supplying a modification treatment liquid for changing surface chemical properties of said surface; and (c) heating said substrate during said steps (a) and (b), wherein said step (c) is configured such that an amount of heat per unit time being

applied to said substrate in said step (b) is more than an amount of heat per unit time being applied to said substrate in said step (a), said step (c) also includes applying said amount of heat in steps (a) and (b) to said substrate from a heating unit disposed on a back surface side of said substrate, said step (b) includes the steps of: (b-1) forming said liquid film of said modification treatment liquid by spreading said modification treatment liquid supplied to said rotating substrate on an outer peripheral portion of said substrate; and (b-2) maintaining said liquid film of said modification treatment liquid after said step (b-1), and said step (c) is configured such that the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (b-2) is more than the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (b-1), and said step (b-2) includes the steps of lifting and supporting said substrate with said heater unit by elevating said heater unit in a state where said liquid film is maintained on said substrate, and delivering said substrate to a holding portion by lowering said heater unit in a state where said liquid film is maintained on said substrate.

2. The substrate treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

said step (c) includes a step of increasing the amount of heat to be applied to said substrate by causing said heating unit to approach said substrate.

3. The substrate treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

said step (c) includes a step of increasing the amount of heat to be applied to said substrate by raising temperature of said heating unit.

4. The substrate treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

said step (c) is configured such that the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to the outer peripheral portion of said substrate is more than the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to a central portion of said substrate in said step (b-2).

5. The substrate treatment method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

(d) supplying a second treatment liquid to said surface of said substrate while rotating the substrate after said step (b).

6. The substrate treatment method according to claim 5 , wherein

said step (c) includes the step of heating said substrate in said step (d), and

the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (b) is more than the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (d).

7. The substrate treatment method according to claim 6 , wherein

said step (c) is configured such that the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (a) is more than the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (d).

8. The substrate treatment method according to claim 6 , wherein

said step (c) is configured such that the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (d) is more than the amount of heat per unit time to be applied to said substrate in said step (a), and

said second treatment liquid in said step (d) contains isopropyl alcohol.

9. The substrate treatment method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

(e) drying said substrate by rotating said substrate at a higher speed than a rotation speed of said substrate in said step (a) after said step (b).

10. The substrate treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein

said first treatment liquid in said step (a) contains isopropyl alcohol.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2018
From: ABE, HIROSHI; OKUTANI, MANABU; OTA, TAKASHI
To: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046546/0412 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-182358 · Sep 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190096705A1 · Mar 28, 2019