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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2022
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Hashimoto, Koshi, JP;
Daisuke Goto, Koshi, JP;
Kanta Mori, Koshi, JP;
Jiro Higashijima, Koshi, JP;
Nobuhiro Ogata, Koshi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate processing apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a substrate; a driving unit configured to rotate the holder; an inner cup body provided in the holder to surround the substrate held by the holder; a mist guard, surrounding the holder and the inner cup body, configured to be moved up and down; a cleaning liquid supply configured to supply a cleaning liquid; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: supplying a processing liquid to the substrate from a processing liquid supply, in a state that the substrate is held by the holder and the mist guard is raised; and dispersing, after the supplying of the processing liquid, the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid supply to an entire inner peripheral surface of the mist guard, in a state that the substrate is carried out from the holder and the mist guard is raised.