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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Naoki Shindo, Nirasaki, JP;
Yuuji Kamikawa, Kumamoto-ken, JP;
Shori Mokuo, Saga-ken, JP;
Yoshio Kumagai, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate washing and drying apparatus comprising a processing section for holding wafers, to which process solution to wash and vapor for drying the wafers are introduced, a supply/discharge port for introducing solution to the process section, and discharging the solution from the process section, a solution supply mechanism for selecting one from a plurality of kinds of solution, a drying vapor generation section having a heater for generation vapor for drying, a discharging solution mechanism having an opening for rapidly discharging the solution from the processing section, resistivity detecting means for detecting a resistivity value of the process solution, and a controller for controlling the supply of solution to the process section based on the resistivity value detected by the resistivity detecting means.