Coating and developing apparatus, method of operating the same and storage medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9411235
APP PUB NO 20150077727A1
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14488737

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A coating and developing apparatus includes: first and second transfer mechanisms for transferring a substrate from a first mount module to a second mount module, one of the first and second transfer mechanisms being selected each time when the substrate transfer should be performed; first and second processing modules for performing substrate processing, for which the transfer of substrates is performed by the first and second transfer mechanisms, respectively; and a control unit. The control unit controls the transfer mechanisms for the substrate transfer by determining a delay time, representing a delay caused by the transfer of the substrate to the second mount module to the timing of transfer of a substrate from the first/second processing module, in regard to each of the first and second transfer mechanisms and selecting one of the first and second transfer mechanisms whose delay time is the shortest.

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TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDTOKYO

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Kaneko, Tomohiro Koshi, JP 83 411

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