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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
Yuichiro Inatomi, Nirasaki, JP;
Takashi Tanaka, Nirasaki, JP;
Mitsuaki Iwashita, Nirasaki, JP;
TOYKO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plating apparatus of performing a plating process by supplying a plating liquid onto a substrate includes a substrate holding/rotating device configured to hold and rotate the substrate; a discharging device configured to discharge the plating liquid toward the substrate; a plating liquid supplying device configured to supply the plating liquid to the discharging device; and a controller configured to control the discharging device and the plating liquid supplying device. Further, the discharging device includes a first nozzle having a discharge opening, and a second nozzle having a discharge opening configured to be positioned closer to a central portion of the substrate than the discharge opening of the first nozzle. Furthermore, the plating liquid supplying device is configured to set a temperature of the plating liquid supplied to the first nozzle to be higher than a temperature of the plating liquid supplied to the second nozzle.