Decompression drying apparatus

A decompression drying device and drying treatment technology, applied in optics, instruments, optomechanical equipment, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-25
TOKYO ELECTRON LTD
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The temperature of the pins supporting the substrate also changes due to the temperature fluctuations of the ambient air in the chamber, which causes a problem that transfer traces of the support pins (a type of film thickness fluctuation) adhere to the resist film.

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[0054] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0055] figure 1 A configuration example of a resist coating apparatus for FPD production to which the reduced-pressure drying apparatus of the present invention is applied is shown.

[0056]In this resist coating apparatus, an advective resist coating unit 10 and a reduced-pressure drying unit 12 are arranged in parallel in the same substrate transfer direction (X direction). First, the configuration and function of the resist coating unit 10 will be described.

[0057] The resist coating unit 10 has: a floating stage 14 that floats a substrate to be processed, such as a glass substrate G, by air pressure and supports it horizontally; The substrate conveying mechanism 16 that conveys the stage longitudinal direction (X direction); the resist nozzle 18 that supplies the resist liquid to the upper surface of the substrate G conveyed on the floating stage 14; ...

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The invention provides a decompression drying apparatus, which moves a substrate by rolling wheels efficiently, smoothly and safely, supports the substrate in decompression drying process by pins with any diameters, and prohibits transferring trace of a coating film on the substrate attached to a contact part of the substrate as possible. A decompression drying unit (12) guides a rolling wheel conveying path (38B), on which the processed substrate (G) is flatly conveyed, into a chamber (40), and by using a substrate lifting mechanism (60), leads the substrate (G) to move up and down by a lifting pin (62) in the chamber (40). Furthermore, a shielding plate (100) is installed at horizontal position which is slightly lower (typically below 10mm) than the front part of the lifting pin (62), and the height position of the shielding plate (100) can be changed by a shielding plate lifting mechanism (102).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a reduced-pressure drying device for drying a coating liquid film (coating film) formed on a substrate to be processed under reduced pressure. Background technique [0002] For example, in the photolithography (photolithography, photolithography) process of flat panel display (FPD) production, a kind of reduced-pressure drying device is used, which is used to apply the resist liquid on the substrate to be processed such as a glass substrate. Films were moderately dry before pre-drying. [0003] The representative decompression drying device in the prior art, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, has a tray with an open upper surface or a lower chamber of a shallow container type, and is configured to be airtightly bonded or fitted in The upper surface of the lower chamber is a cover-shaped upper chamber. A stage is arranged in the lower chamber, and after the substrate is horizontally placed on the stage, th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L21/00H01L21/027G03F7/38
CPCG03F7/168H01L21/68742
Inventor 池田文彦三根阳介大西辰己永田广
Owner TOKYO ELECTRON LTD
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