Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method

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PATENT NO 12176224
APP PUB NO 20240332041A1
SERIAL NO

18706425

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A substrate processing apparatus includes: a substrate rotator configured to hold and rotate a substrate; an outer cup configured to annularly cover a periphery of the substrate held by the substrate rotator; an inner cup disposed inside the outer cup and under the substrate held by the substrate rotator; an annular drain formed between the outer cup and the inner cup to discharge a processing liquid supplied to the substrate outward; and an exhaust passage formed inside the inner cup, wherein the inner cup has an exhaust hole through which a liquid reception space, which is formed by the inner cup and the outer cup, and the exhaust passage are in communication with each other, and the exhaust hole is formed obliquely downward from an outer surface to an inner surface of the inner cup.

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TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED3-1 AKASAKA 5-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 1076325 ?1076325

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aiura, Kazuhiro Koshi, JP 21 85
Amano, Yoshifumi Koshi, JP 53 415

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