Coating apparatus – With means to centrifuge work
Patent
1997-12-22
2000-05-09
Edwards, Laura
Coating apparatus
With means to centrifuge work
118612, 118319, 118320, 3661602, 3661521, 239304, 239310, 239410, 239413, 137 88, 137606, 137897, 137898, B05C 500
Patent
active
060598808
ABSTRACT:
A coating apparatus according to the invention comprises a spin chuck for holding a substrate, resist solution tanks which contain a primary resist solution, a thinner tank which contains thinner, a confluence valve communicating with the thinner tank and the resist solution tanks, first pumps each for supplying the confluence valve with the primary resist solution from a corresponding one of the resist solution tanks, a second pump for supplying thinner from the thinner tank to the confluence valve, a mixer for mixing the primary treatment solution and thinner supplied from the confluence valve, a nozzle for applying a solution from the mixer, to the substrate held by the spin chuck, and a controller for controlling the first and second pumps to adjust the mixture ratio of the primary resist solution to be supplied from each of the resist solution tanks to the confluence valve, to thinner to be supplied from the thinner tank to the confluence valve.
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Ito Shin'ichi
Kitano Takahiro
Okumura Katsuya
Edwards Laura
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Tokyo Electron Limited
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