Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Substrate processing apparatus and nozzle cleaning method
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Application No.: US14291494Application Date: 2014-05-30
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Publication No.: US09764345B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Kai , Yoshinori Ikeda , Kazuyoshi Shinohara , Tetsuya Oda , Satoru Tanaka , Yuki Yoshida , Meitoku Aibara
- Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab
- Priority: JP2013-115904 20130531; JP2013-247813 20131129
- Main IPC: H01L21/67
- IPC: H01L21/67 ; C03C23/00 ; B05B15/02

Abstract:
A substrate processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes first and second nozzles that eject a processing liquid to a substrate; a moving mechanism that moves the first and second nozzles; and a nozzle cleaning device that cleans at least the second nozzle. The nozzle cleaning device includes a cleaning bath and an overflow bath. The cleaning bath includes a liquid storage portion that stores a cleaning liquid for cleaning the second nozzle, and an overflow portion that discharges the cleaning liquid exceeding a predetermined level from the liquid storage portion. The overflow bath is disposed adjacent to the cleaning bath and receives the cleaning liquid discharged from the overflow portion and discharge the received cleaning liquid to the outside.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140352730A1 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NOZZLE CLEANING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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