Abstract:
PURPOSE: A substrate processing apparatus and method, and a recording medium are provided to uniformly process a plurality of substrates with a medicinal fluid by uniformly maintaining the medicinal fluid in a process bath with uniform temperature. CONSTITUTION: A process bath(10) has a pair of sidewalls which is faced each other. The process bath undercurrents a medicinal fluid and processes a plurality of substrates with the medicinal fluid. A board support apparatus(20) comprises a maintenance unit which sets a plurality of substrates stand up and maintains. The board support apparatus dips the substrate which is maintained in the maintenance unit in the medicinal fluid. A heater(80) which is installed in the process bath heats the medicinal fluid. The heater comprises a first heater which is installed in one side of a sidewall and a second heater which is installed in the other side of the sidewall.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A processing liquid exchanging method and a substrate processing apparatus are provided to reduce the consumption of processing liquids for cleaning a processing liquid circulating system by forcedly discharging the remaining processing liquids from a circulation line through the supply of a purge gas. CONSTITUTION: A processing liquid circulating system (10) includes a storage tank (11) which stores processing liquids and a circulation line (12) which is connected to the storage tank. A processing block (20) includes a plurality of processing units (21) with the same structures. A processing liquid supply system (40) includes a supply tank (41) to supply the processing liquids to the storage tank of the processing liquid circulating system. A DIW supply device (50) supplies DIW to the processing liquid circulating system and includes a DIW supply source (51), a DIW supply line (52), and a valve (53) which is installed on the DIW supply line.