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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

May. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroaki Inadomi, Kumamoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67034 (2013.01); H01L 21/67028 (2013.01); H01L 21/67173 (2013.01); H01L 21/67178 (2013.01); H01L 21/67184 (2013.01); H01L 21/02057 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate processing apparatus is provided including: a liquid processing unit that processes a substrate with a processing liquid; a carry-in port formed in the liquid processing unit and configured to carry-in the substrate in a dry-state before the substrate is processed with the processing liquid; a carry-out port formed in the liquid processing unit and configured to carry-out the substrate in a wet-state after completing the liquid processing; a supercritical dry processing unit that performs a dry processing for the substrate using a supercritical fluid; a first substrate transport unit that transports the substrate in a dry-state before the substrate is processed with the processing liquid to the carry-out port of the liquid processing unit; and a second substrate transport unit that transports the substrate in a wet-state after completing the liquid processing from the carry-out port of the liquid processing unit to the supercritical dry processing unit.


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