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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:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichiro Kunugimoto, Koshi, JP;

Takafumi Hayama, Koshi, JP;

Hidehiro Suzuki, Koshi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/16 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B05B 15/50 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/162 (2013.01); B05B 15/50 (2018.02); H01L 21/6715 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a liquid processing apparatus comprising: a stage on which a substrate is placed; a nozzle configured to supply a processing liquid to the substrate placed on the stage and perform a processing on the substrate; a capturing part configured to capture an image of the nozzle so as to acquire image data; and a detector configured to detect a liquid level based on a plurality of the image data acquired by the capturing part at different timings within a period in which a supply of the processing liquid from the nozzle is not performed, wherein the liquid level is formed by the processing liquid or a liquid other than the processing liquid in a processing liquid flow path provided inside the nozzle.


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