Abstract:
A substrate treatment system for treating a substrate, includes: a treatment station in which a plurality of treatment apparatuses which treat the substrate are provided; an interface station which directly or indirectly delivers the substrate between an exposure apparatus which is provided outside the substrate treatment system and performs exposure of patterns on a resist film on the substrate, and the substrate treatment system; a light irradiation apparatus which performs post-exposure using UV light on the resist film on the substrate after the exposure of patterns is performed; and a post-exposure station which houses the light irradiation apparatus and is adjustable to a reduced pressure or inert gas atmosphere, wherein the post-exposure station is connected to the exposure apparatus directly or indirectly via a space which is adjustable to a reduced pressure or inert gas atmosphere.
Abstract:
A substrate processing apparatus configured to process a combined substrate in which a first substrate and a second substrate are stacked on top of each other includes a substrate holder configured to hold the combined substrate; a laser radiating unit configured to radiate laser light to a laser absorbing film in a pulse shape; a moving mechanism configured to move the substrate holder and the laser radiating unit relative to each other; and a controller configured to control the laser radiating unit and the moving mechanism. The controller performs, based on a thickness of the laser absorbing film, a control of selecting a position of a separation surface between the first substrate and the second substrate from one of a position between the first substrate and the laser absorbing film or a position between the a separation facilitating film and the second substrate.
Abstract:
An exposure apparatus includes: a stage on which a substrate is placed; a plurality of light irradiation units configured to emit light independently of each other to different positions in a right and left direction on a surface of the substrate, so as to form a strip-like irradiation area extending from one end of the surface of the substrate to the other end of the substrate; a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the substrate placed on the stage relative to the irradiation area; a stage moving mechanism configured to move the stage relative to the irradiation area in a back and forth direction; and a control unit configured to output control signals that make said exposure apparatus perform a first step that rotates the substrate relative to the irradiation area having a first illuminance distribution such that the whole surface of the substrate is exposed, and a second step that moves the substrate in the back and forth direction relative to the irradiation area having a second illuminance distribution while rotation of the substrate is being stopped, such that the whole surface of the substrate is exposed.
Abstract:
A processing method of processing a combined substrate in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other includes forming a peripheral modification layer along a boundary between a peripheral portion of the first substrate as a removal target and a central portion of the first substrate; forming a non-bonding region in which bonding strength between the first substrate and the second substrate at the peripheral portion is reduced; forming a reference modification layer, which serves as a determination reference of a formation position of either the peripheral modification layer or the non-bonding region, at a non-bonding surface of the first substrate not bonded to the second substrate; and removing the peripheral portion starting from the peripheral modification layer.
Abstract:
A technique which, in forming a resist pattern on a wafer, can achieve high resolution and high in-plane uniformity of pattern line width. After forming a resist film on a wafer W and subsequently performing pattern exposure by means of a pattern exposure apparatus, the entire pattern exposure area is exposed by using a flood exposure apparatus. During the flood exposure, the exposure amount is adjusted depending on the exposure position on the wafer based on information on the in-plane distribution of the line width of a resist pattern, previously obtained from an inspection apparatus. Methods for adjusting the exposure amount include a method which adjusts the exposure amount while moving a strip-shaped irradiation area corresponding to the diameter of the wafer, a method which involves intermittently moving an irradiation area, corresponding to a shot area in the preceding pattern exposure, to adjust the exposure amount for each chip.
Abstract:
A processing method of processing a combined substrate in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other includes: forming, by radiating interface laser light to an interface between the first substrate and the second substrate, a non-bonding region with reduced bonding strength at the interface; inspecting a forming state of the non-bonding region; forming a peripheral modification layer along a boundary between a peripheral portion and a central portion of the first substrate; and removing the peripheral portion starting from the peripheral modification layer. The inspecting of the forming state of the non-bonding region includes: imaging the non-bonding region with a camera; acquiring, from an obtained image of the non-bonding region, a distribution of gray values in a plan view of the non-bonding region; and inspecting the forming state of the non-bonding region by comparing the acquired gray values with a preset threshold value.
Abstract:
A substrate processing apparatus configured to process a combined substrate in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other includes a substrate holder configured to hold the combined substrate; a laser radiating unit configured to radiate laser light in a pulse shape to a laser absorbing layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a moving mechanism configured to move the substrate holder and the laser radiating unit relative to each other; and a controller configured to control the laser radiating unit and the moving mechanism. The controller sets an interval of the laser light radiated to the laser absorbing layer based on a thickness of the laser absorbing layer.
Abstract:
A substrate processing apparatus configured to process a combined substrate in which a first substrate, an interface layer including at least a laser absorbing film, and a second substrate are stacked on top of each other includes a substrate holder configured to hold the combined substrate; an interface laser radiating unit configured to radiate laser light to the laser absorbing film in a pulse shape; a moving mechanism configured to move the substrate holder and the interface laser radiating unit relative to each other; and a controller. The controller performs a control of acquiring information of the interface layer formed in the combined substrate, and a control of setting, based on the acquired information of the interface layer, a bonding interface having a weakest adhesive strength among bonding interfaces in the interface layer as a separation interface between the first substrate and the second substrate.
Abstract:
This resist pattern forming method comprises: a step for coating a substrate with a chemically amplified resist; a subsequent step for forming a latent image of a pattern by exposing the resist film on the substrate; a subsequent step for irradiating the exposed resist film selectively with infrared light from a first heating source having wavelengths 2.0-6.0 μm; a subsequent step for heating the substrate by means of a second heating source that is different from the first heating source for the purpose of diffusing an acid that is produced in the resist film by exposure; and a subsequent step for forming a pattern of the resist film by supplying a developer liquid to the substrate. Consequently, roughening of sidewalls of the resist pattern can be suppressed.