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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 2/300 ;
Abstract
The temperature of a hot plate is not more than a predetermined threshold when a wafer is accurately mounted at a substrate mounting position on the hot plate, whereas the temperature of the hot plate is the predetermined threshold when the wafer is not accurately mounted at the substrate mounting position on the hot plate. Therefore, when the temperature of the hot plate is not less than the predetermined threshold when the wafer is mounted on the hot plate, it is judged that the wafer is stranded on a guide, and an alarm is given by means of a speaker or a display section.