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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

May. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takahito Nakashoya, Koshi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/022 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/02057 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes: a substrate holder including a base member and configured to hold a substrate so as to be spaced apart upward from the base member; a rotary driver configured to rotationally drive the substrate holder; a processing liquid nozzle configured to supply a processing liquid to the substrate; a liquid receiving cup configured to receive the processing liquid scattered from the substrate; a cup exhaust passage configured to suction an atmosphere in the liquid receiving cup; a purge gas nozzle configured to discharge a purge gas into a space formed between the substrate and the base member; a purge gas flow rate controller configured to control a flow rate of the purge gas discharged from the purge gas nozzle; and a controller configured to control at least an operation of the purge gas flow rate controller.


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