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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Norihiko Sasagawa, Koshi, JP;

Hiroichi Inada, Koshi, JP;

Yasushi Takiguchi, Koshi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/12 (2006.01); G03F 7/16 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); G03F 7/30 (2006.01); B05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/162 (2013.01); H01L 21/6715 (2013.01); B05D 1/005 (2013.01); G03F 7/3021 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/67178 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid processing method includes: accommodating a substrate horizontally in each of a first processing region and a second processing region, for performing therein a process on the substrate by a processing solution from a nozzle; rotating a rotary body about a vertical axis; keeping a plurality of processing nozzles provided at the rotary body; supplying different kinds of processing solutions to the substrate from the plurality of processing nozzles; holding a processing nozzle selected from the plurality of processing nozzles by a nozzle holder provided at the rotary body; transferring the nozzle holder into selected one of the first and the second processing regions by a nozzle transfer device; and rotating the rotary body by a rotation driving unit so as to allow a front of the nozzle holder in a forward/backward direction thereof to face the selected one of the first and the second processing regions.


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