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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Norihiko Okamoto, Koshi, JP;

Makoto Yamasaki, Koshi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 4/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/6708 (2013.01); H01L 21/67259 (2013.01); H01L 21/681 (2013.01); H01L 21/67 (2013.01);
Abstract

A coating film removing apparatus includes: a substrate holding mechanism that holds a substrate; an end surface detection mechanism that detects an end surface of the substrate; an end portion removing mechanism that removes an end portion of the coating film applied on the substrate; and a moving mechanism that moves the substrate holding mechanism or the end portion removing mechanism, wherein the end portion removing mechanism removes the end portion of the coating film applied on the substrate while the moving mechanism is relatively moving the substrate holding mechanism and the end portion removing mechanism according to the end surface of the substrate detected by the end surface detection mechanism.


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