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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2009
Daisuke Morisawa, Nirasaki, JP;
Daisuke Morisawa, Nirasaki, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit of a substrate processing apparatus controls a process to be performed in a chamber. The process includes a step of performing a preceding first process; a step of performing a subsequent second process after performing the first process; a step of determining whether to perform an inter-process conditioning, for arranging the environment in the chamber, during a period between the end of the first process and the start of the second process, based on information on the first process and information on the second process; and a step of performing the inter-process conditioning prior to the second process when it is determined in the determining step that the inter-process conditioning is to be performed.