Developing apparatus and method thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6312171
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09635196

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A current member is disposed above a wafer holding section for holding a wafer and a top plate and a bottom plate of the current member are positioned so that respective air holes are overlapped each other in a vertical direction, and a developing solution is heaped on a front face of the wafer. Thereafter, the developing is performed with the bottom plate of the current member slid in a lateral direction so that the air holes are not overlapped each other in the vertical direction. In this configuration, air streams to the wafer are obstructed during the developing because the air holes in the current member are obstructed in the vertical direction, whereby occurrence of temperature distribution of the developing solution within the plane of the wafer caused by flows of air currents to the wafer is prevented and uniform developing processing can be performed.

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TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDTOKYO 107-8481

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hamada, Masahito Kikuchi-gun, JP 11 92
Matsuyama, Yuji Kikuchi-gun, JP 56 1243

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