摘要:
A spin chuck on which a wafer is mounted is divided into a plurality of regions concentrically in a radial direction, and different temperatures are set for each of the regions so that the temperature gradually increases from the outer periphery to the center. The wafer is placed on this spin chuck, and a processing solution is applied to the wafer and spread over the wafer by centrifugal force, whereby the vaporization of a solvent of the processing solution which is spread on the outer periphery of the wafer is suppressed, and hence the timing of drying of the processing solution within the surface of the wafer can be made uniform. Consequently, a coating film with a uniform thickness within the wafer surface can be obtained.
摘要:
The wafer coated with the resist is deliberately placed in the vapor before being transferred to an aligner that exposes the resist on the wafer, the vapor, for example, the moisture, uniformly adheres onto the resist on the wafer. As a result, the substrate can uniformly be exposed in the following exposing process, and the uniformity of the line width and the like can be improved.
摘要:
On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.
摘要:
A controller controls the temperature of a hot plate and the degree of vacuum in a tightly closed space to a temperature and a pressure at levels at which a thinner contained in a resist applied to a wafer volatilizes and an acid generator, a quencher, and a polymer chain protecting group practically remain in the resist, for example, during heat processing. More specifically, the controller controls the temperature of the hot plate and the degree of vacuum in the tightly closed space to bring the temperature of the hot plate to about 40null C., and the degree of vacuum in the tightly closed space to approximately 5 Torr. Thereby, the heat processing can be performed for the wafer so that the acid generator is uniformly dispersed in the resist, or the quencher is uniformly formed on the front face of the resist without breakage of the polymer chain protecting group.
摘要:
A closed container composed of a lid body and a lower container are provided in a cover body, and a supply pipe for nitrogen gas is connected to the cover body. A light source unit including UV lamps in the lid body is provided to face a mounting table in the closed container, and a gas supply path for HMDS gas is provided on the outer side from the light source unit. The inside of the cover body is first brought to a nitrogen atmosphere, a wafer is irradiated with ultraviolet rays with the lid body of the closed container opened to perform cleaning. Subsequently, the lid body is closed and the HMDS gas is introduced into the closed container to perform hydrophobic processing for the wafer. This removes deposits such as organic substances adhering to the wafer W through the irradiation with the ultraviolet rays, thereby improving coating properties of a resist solution.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for performing coating and developing treatment for a substrate, which comprises the steps of: supplying a coating solution to the substrate to form a coating film on the substrate; performing heat treatment for the substrate on which the coating film is formed; cooling the substrate after the heat treatment; performing exposure processing for the coating film formed on the substrate; and developing the substrate after the exposure processing, and further comprises the step of supplying a treatment gas to form a treatment film on a surface of the coating film after the step of forming the coating film and before the step of performing the; exposure processing for the substrate. According to the present invention, the treatment gas is supplied to form the treatment film on the surface of the coating film after the step of forming the coating film and before the step of exposing the substrate, whereby the substrate can be protected from impurities such as oxygen and water vapor in an atmosphere by this treatment film.
摘要:
A HMDS gas is supplied to a surface of a wafer W to perform a hydrophobic process, thereafter the wafer W is contained in an airtight container on a cassette stage, and is transferred to an analyzer provided at an external portion of a resist pattern forming apparatus. The analyzer performs mass spectrometry of the quantity of an ionic species such as CH9Sinull, C3H9Sinull, C3H9Osinull and the like on the surface of the wafer W using an analyzing section, for example, TOF-SIMS, whereby measuring a HMDS quantity (hexamethyldisilazane) on the surface of the wafer W. This method makes it possible to measure the HMDS quantity on the surface of the wafer W and to evaluate a hydrophobic process state with high reliability.
摘要:
In a coating apparatus for supplying a mixed solution of a resist solution and a thinner onto a wafer from a nozzle, the nozzle is connected to a mixed solution supply pipe, and the resist solution and the thinner are supplied to the mixed solution supply pipe from a resist solution supply pipe and a thinner supply pipe respectively through a junction pipe. The diameter of the junction pipe is set smaller than those of other supply pipes, whereby the resist solution and the thinner can be mixed efficiently in the junction pipe, and as a result the wafer is coated with the mixed solution so that a uniform film thickness can be obtained within the surface of the wafer.
摘要:
A developing unit, a coating unit and a plurality of cooling plates are arranged in a process station which performs a resist coating and so on and a wafer is transferred among them by a substrate transfer device. The temperature of an area to where the wafer is transferred is detected by a temperature/humidity detector and the temperature of the wafer which is cooled by the cooling plates is adjusted accordingly based on a detected value so that the temperature of the wafer when transferred to the coating unit becomes a coating temperature of a processing solution. Thereby, the wafer is transferred to the coating unit while maintaining its temperature with high accuracy to be coated with a resist solution, so that a formation of an uneven processing due to the temperature change can be prevented and a uniform processing can be performed.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for performing coating and developing treatment for a substrate, which comprises the steps of: supplying a coating solution to the substrate to form a coating film on the substrate; performing heat treatment for the substrate on which the coating film is formed; cooling the substrate after the heat treatment; performing exposure processing for the coating film formed on the substrate; and developing the substrate after the exposure processing, and further comprises the step of supplying a treatment gas to form a treatment film on a surface of the coating film after the step of forming the coating film and before the step of performing the exposure processing for the substrate. According to the present invention, the treatment gas is supplied to form the treatment film on the surface of the coating film after the step of forming the coating film and before the step of exposing the substrate, whereby the substrate can be protected from impurities such as oxygen and water vapor in an atmosphere by this treatment film.