WO2005101468A1 - リンス処理方法および現像処理方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a rinsing method for rinsing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer after developing an exposure pattern, and a developing method including such rinsing.
- a resist solution is supplied to a surface of a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter, referred to as a "wafer") to form a resist film, and the wafer after the resist application corresponds to a predetermined pattern.
- a resist pattern is formed as a mask for forming a predetermined pattern by a so-called photolithography technique of developing an exposure pattern formed on the resist film of the wafer.
- a developing solution is supplied to a wafer, a developing solution paddle is formed on the entire surface, and the developing process proceeds by natural convection for a predetermined time. Then, the developer is shaken off, and then pure water is supplied as a cleaning solution to wash away the developer remaining on the wafer. Thereafter, the wafer is rotated at a high speed to shake off the developing solution and the cleaning solution remaining on the wafer, and the wafer is dried.
- Patent Document 1 proposes, for example, a technique for lowering the surface tension of a rinsing liquid by mixing a surfactant solution into the rinsing liquid.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a process for supplying a surfactant when performing a rinsing process on a substrate after a developing process.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-142349
- Patent Document 2 JP 2001-5191 A
- Another object is to provide a developing method including such a rinsing process.
- a rinsing method for rinsing a substrate after an exposure pattern has been developed comprising: a first step of shaking off a developing solution from the developed substrate; A second step of supplying a water-based cleaning liquid, and a third step of supplying a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant to the substrate to replace the liquid remaining on the substrate with the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant. Rotating the substrate to spread the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant on the substrate and shaking off the same.
- the supply time of the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant in the third step is 5 seconds.
- the fourth step includes a first stage at a low rotation speed and a second stage at a high rotation speed, and wherein the rotation speed of the substrate in the first stage is set to more than 300 rpm and less than 100 rpm. Is done.
- a development processing method for exposing a resist film formed on a substrate to a predetermined pattern and then developing an exposure pattern.
- the supply time of the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant in the fifth step is within 5 seconds.
- the sixth step is the first step of low rotation speed. And a second stage of the rotational speed, 300 rpm rotational speed of the substrate in the first stage super lOOOrpm Not
- the present invention provides a development processing method that is satisfactory.
- the first step of the fourth step is preferably performed for 5 to 15 seconds.
- the number of revolutions in the second stage of the fourth step be 1000 to 4000 rpm.
- the second step of the fourth step is performed for 10 to 20 seconds.
- the supply of the rinsing liquid containing a surfactant in the third step can be performed through a rinsing liquid supply nozzle, and the total area of the rinsing liquid supply nozzle is 3 to 20 mm 2.
- the rinsing liquid supply nozzle is provided vertically or almost vertically.
- the aqueous cleaning liquid is pure water
- the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant is an aqueous solution of a surfactant, which is supplied at a controlled flow rate from separate pipes and discharged from the same nozzle. can do.
- the first step of the sixth step is preferably performed for 5 to 15 seconds.
- the number of revolutions in the second stage of the sixth step is 1000-4000 rpm.
- the second stage of the sixth step is performed for 10 to 20 seconds.
- the second step of supplying, and the rinse liquid containing the surfactant is supplied to the substrate and remains on the substrate!
- the supply time of the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant in the third step is within 5 seconds
- the fourth step includes the first stage of low rotation speed and the high rotation speed.
- a computer-readable recording medium including software for controlling the development processing device so that the number of rotations of the substrate in the first step is more than 30 Orpm and less than 100 Orpm. I do.
- the resist film is formed into a predetermined pattern by the development processing apparatus.
- a first step of applying a developing solution to the exposed resist film on the exposed substrate a second step of stopping the applied developing solution and allowing development to proceed, and a step of developing from the developed substrate.
- a third step of shaking off the liquid a fourth step of supplying an aqueous cleaning liquid to the substrate, and a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant supplied to the substrate so that the liquid remaining on the substrate contains the surfactant.
- Performing a developing process including a fifth step of replacing with a rinsing liquid and a sixth step of rotating and rotating the substrate to spread and shake off the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant on the substrate.
- the supply time of the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant in the five steps is within 5 seconds
- the sixth step includes a first stage at a low rotation speed and a second stage at a high rotation speed.
- the rotation speed of the substrate at the stage is over 300 rpm and less than 100 rpm
- the computer provides a readable recording medium that by the computer containing the software for controlling the developing unit.
- a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant is supplied to the substrate so that the liquid remaining on the substrate is rinsed with the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant. Since the supply time of the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant was set to 5 seconds or less when replacing with the liquid, the pattern was hardly deformed.
- the rinsing solution containing is rotated and shaken off, it is performed in two stages, a first stage at a low rotation speed and a second stage at a high rotation speed, and the rotation speed of the substrate in the first stage is more than 30 Orpm and less than lOOOrpm. Therefore, it is possible to perform an appropriate rinsing process in which a problem such as particle adhesion hardly occurs.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a developing apparatus in which a method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a developing apparatus in which a method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid supply system of the developing apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing steps of a developing process.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing a relationship between a supply time of a rinse solution containing a surfactant and a change in CD.
- FIG. 6 The step of spreading the rinse liquid containing surfactant and shaking off and drying the rinse liquid.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a relationship between the number of rotations and front and back particles in one stage.
- FIG. 7A is a bottom view showing a preferred example of a rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 7B is a bottom view showing a preferred example of a rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 7C is a bottom view showing a preferred example of a rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 7D is a bottom view showing a preferred example of a rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another preferred example of the rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view showing still another preferred example of the rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 10 is a side view showing a preferred arrangement of a rinsing liquid supply nozzle.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a preferred rinsing liquid supply system.
- FIG. 12 is a timing chart showing an example of rinsing control using the rinsing liquid supply system of FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a modification of the rinsing liquid supply system of FIG. 11.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a developing apparatus in which a method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed
- FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.
- two directions orthogonal to the horizontal plane are defined as an X direction and a Y direction
- a vertical direction is defined as a Z direction.
- the developing apparatus has a housing 1, and a fan's filter unit for forming a downflow of clean air in the housing is provided on the ceiling of the housing 1. F is provided.
- a fan's filter unit for forming a downflow of clean air in the housing is provided on the ceiling of the housing 1. F is provided.
- an annular cup CP is arranged in the center of the housing 1, and a spin chuck 2 is arranged inside the cup CP.
- the spin chuck 2 fixedly holds the wafer W by vacuum suction.
- a drive motor 3 is disposed below the spin chuck 2, and the spin chuck 2 is driven to rotate by the drive motor 3.
- the drive motor 3 is mounted on the floor plate 4.
- An elevating pin 5 for transferring the wafer W is provided in the cup CP so as to be movable up and down by a driving mechanism 6 such as an air cylinder.
- a drain port 7 for waste liquid is provided in the cup CP.
- a drain pipe 8 (see FIG. 2) is connected to the drain port 7, and the drain pipe 8 passes through a space N between the bottom plate 4 and the housing 1 as shown in FIG. Not shown, connected to waste port.
- the side wall of the housing 1 has an opening la for the transfer arm T of the wafer transfer device to enter.
- This opening la can be opened and closed by the shirt 9.
- the shirt 9 is opened, and the transfer arm T enters the housing 1.
- the transfer of the wafer W between the transfer arm T and the spin chuck 2 is performed with the elevating pins 5 raised.
- a developer supply nozzle 11 for supplying a developer to the surface of the wafer W, and a pure water supply nozzle 12 for supplying an aqueous cleaning solution, for example, pure water, to the wafer W after development are provided.
- the developer supply nozzle 11 has a long shape and is arranged with its longitudinal direction being horizontal, has a plurality of discharge ports on the lower surface, and allows the discharged developer to form a strip as a whole. I'm in love.
- the developer supply nozzle 11 is detachably attached to a tip end of a first nozzle scan arm 14 by a holding member 15, and the first nozzle scan arm 14 is mounted on the bottom plate 4 in the Y direction. It is attached to the upper end of a first vertical support member 22 that extends vertically above the first guide rail 21 that is laid along.
- the developer supply nozzle 11 is horizontally moved in the Y direction by a Y-axis drive mechanism 23 together with the first vertical support member 22.
- the first vertical support member 22 can be moved up and down by a Z-axis drive mechanism 24, and the developer supply nozzle 11 moves the first vertical support member 22 up and down so that a dischargeable position close to the wafer W is reached. And a non-discharge position above the non-discharge position.
- the developer supply nozzle 11 is positioned above the nozzles and W, and while the developer is discharged from the developer supply nozzle 11 in a belt shape, the nozzle and the W are rotated by 1Z2 rotation or more. For example, by one rotation, the developing solution is applied to the entire surface of the wafer W to form a developing solution paddle.
- the developing solution supply nozzle 11 may be scanned along the first guide rail 21 without rotating the wafer W.
- the pure water supply nozzle 12 is configured as a straight nozzle, and is moved onto the wafer W after the completion of the developing process, and is an aqueous cleaning liquid for the resist film on the wafer W on which the developed pattern is formed. It supplies pure water.
- This pure water supply nozzle 12 is provided with a second nozzle. It is detachably attached to the tip of the scan scan arm 16.
- a second guide rail 25 is laid outside the first guide rail 21 on the bottom plate 4, and the second nozzle scan arm 16 extends vertically from above the second guide rail 25.
- An X-axis drive mechanism 29 is attached to the upper end of the second vertical support member 26.
- the pure water supply nozzle 12 is horizontally moved in the Y direction by a Y-axis drive mechanism 27 together with a second vertical support member 26. Further, the second vertical support member 26 can be moved up and down by a Z-axis drive mechanism 28, and the pure water supply nozzle 12 approaches the wafer W by moving the second vertical support member 26 up and down. It is moved between a dischargeable position and a non-discharge position above the dischargeable position.
- the second nozzle scan arm 16 is provided so as to be movable in the X direction by the X-axis drive mechanism 29.
- the shape of the pure water supply nozzle 12 is not particularly limited. Like the developer supply nozzle 11, the discharge outlet may be a slit having a long slit shape. It may be a nozzle.
- the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is also configured as a straight nozzle, and is moved onto the wafer W after the rinsing with pure water to supply the rinsing liquid with a surfactant to the wafer W after the rinsing with pure water. I'm familiar.
- the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is detachably attached to the tip of the third nozzle scan arm 18.
- a third guide rail 30 is laid outside the second guide rail 25 on the bottom plate 4, and the third nozzle scan arm 18 also vertically extends the third guide rail 30. It is attached to the upper end of the third vertical support member 31 via an X-axis drive mechanism.
- the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is horizontally moved along the Y direction by the Y-axis drive mechanism 32 together with the third vertical support member 31. Further, the third vertical support member 31 can be moved up and down by a Z-axis drive mechanism 33, and the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 moves the third vertical support member 31 up and down in a dischargeable position close to the wafer W and the discharge position. It is adapted to be moved between the upper non-discharge position.
- the third nozzle scan arm 18 is provided so as to be movable in the X direction by the X-axis drive mechanism 34.
- the shape of the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is not particularly limited. Like the developer supply nozzle 11, the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 may have a long and provided with a large number of discharge ports. It may be.
- the drive motor 3 is controlled by the drive control unit 40.
- a developer supply nozzle standby section 1 la where the developer supply nozzle 11 waits is provided on the right side of the cup CP.
- a cleaning mechanism (not shown) for cleaning the developing liquid supply nozzle 11 is provided.
- a pure water supply nozzle 12 and a rinse liquid supply nozzle 13 are provided on the left side of the cup CP.
- a pure water supply nozzle standby 12a and a rinsing liquid supply nozzle standby section 13a are provided on the left side of the cup CP.
- a cleaning mechanism (not shown) for cleaning the water supply nozzle 12 and the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is provided.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a liquid supply system and a control system of the developing device (DEV).
- the developing solution supply nozzle 11 is connected to a developing solution supply pipe 42 for supplying a developing solution from a developing solution tank 41 storing the developing solution.
- a pump 43 and an on-off valve 44 for supplying the developing solution are interposed in the developing solution supply pipe 42.
- the pure water supply nozzle 12 is connected to a pure water supply pipe 47 for supplying pure water from a pure water tank 46 storing pure water as an aqueous cleaning liquid.
- the pure water supply pipe 47 is provided with a pump 48 and an on-off valve 49 for supplying pure water.
- a pure water supply pipe 52 for supplying pure water from a pure water tank 46 is connected to the rinse liquid supply nozzle 13.
- a mixing valve 54 is provided in the middle of the pure water supply pipe 52.
- the mixing valve 54 has a surfactant solution supply pipe 56 extending from a surfactant solution tank 55 for storing a surfactant solution. Is connected. Then, pure water and a surfactant solution are mixed in the mixing valve 54. Therefore, the rinse liquid supply nozzle 13 discharges a surfactant-containing rinse liquid in which pure water and a surfactant solution are mixed.
- Pumps 53 and 57 are provided on the upstream side of the mixing valve 54 in the pure water supply pipe 52 and the surfactant solution supply pipe 56, respectively.
- An on / off valve 58 is provided downstream of the mixing valve 54 in the pure water supply pipe 52.
- the pumps 43, 48, 53, 57, the ON / OFF knobs 44, 49, 58, the mixing valve 54, the drive control unit 40, and other components of the developing device (DEV) are a control unit 60. Is electrically connected to and controlled.
- the control unit 60 visualizes and displays a keyboard for a process manager to perform a command input operation or the like for managing the development processing device (DEV), and an operation status of the development processing device (DEV).
- a user interface 61 consisting of a display etc. is connected!
- the control unit 60 includes a control program for realizing various processes executed by the developing device (DEV) under the control of the control unit 60, and various components of the developing device according to processing conditions.
- the recipe may be stored in a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, or may be set in a predetermined position of the storage unit 62 while being stored in a portable storage medium such as a CDROM or a DVD.
- the recipe may be appropriately transmitted from another device via, for example, a dedicated line.
- the surfactant solution power is diluted in-line in this way, because the required amount of surfactant differs depending on the processing conditions and the pattern, and can be applied to all cases.
- the concentration is high, the surfactant solution is appropriately diluted with pure water before use.
- a wafer with a predetermined pattern exposed and subjected to post-exposure beta processing and cooling processing is transferred to a position directly above the cup CP by the transfer arm T of the wafer transfer device, and transferred to the spin chuck 2 by the elevating pins 5 and vacuum-adsorbed. (STEP1).
- the developing solution supply nozzle 11 moves above the wafer W, and the developing solution supply nozzle 11 also rotates the wafer W 1Z2 rotations or more, for example, 1 rotation while discharging the developing solution in a strip shape.
- the developing solution is applied to the entire surface of the wafer W, and a developing solution paddle having a thickness of, for example, 1.2 mm is formed (STEP 2).
- the developer supply nozzle 11 may be discharged while scanning along the guide rail 21.
- the developing solution is applied on the wafer W, and the developing is allowed to proceed for an appropriate period of time, for example, 60 seconds (STEP 3).
- the nozzle of pure water supply nozzle 12 Move the chisel arm 16 to position the pure water supply nozzle 12 above the wafer W (STEP4) o
- the wafer W is started to be rotated by the spin chuck 2 to shake off the developing solution (STEP 5), and then rinsed with pure water (STEP 6).
- the rotation speed reaches 500 to 2000 rpm, for example, at 100 rpm
- pure water is supplied for at least 2 seconds, for example, 5 seconds while maintaining the rotation speed, and then, while the pure water is supplied, the rotation speed is increased. It is preferable to reduce the speed to 100 to 1000 rpm, for example, 500 rpm, and to maintain the rotation speed for 2 seconds or more, for example, 10 seconds.
- an optimal value is selected according to the size of the wafer W to be processed.
- a resist layer on the wafer W may form a hardly soluble layer which is difficult to remove by ordinary rinsing.
- pure water and a developing solution prior to rinsing with pure water alone it is possible to prevent the formation of a hardly soluble layer on the resist film.
- the pure water supply nozzle 12 is retracted, and the nozzle arm 18 of the rinse liquid supply nozzle 13 is moved to position the rinse liquid supply nozzle 13 substantially above the center of the wafer W. (STEP7). Then, while rotating the wafer W preferably at 500 rpm or less, for example, at 100 rpm, a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant is supplied to the wafer W, and pure water on the resist film and residual water remain! / Replace most of the developing solution with a rinsing solution containing a surfactant (STEP8). That is, the surface of the resist film is replaced with a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant.
- the time for supplying (replacement) the rinse liquid containing a surfactant is preferably within 5 seconds. If the time exceeds 5 seconds, the CD (Critical Dimension) of the line width after development becomes large.
- CD Crohn's disease
- FIG. Figure 5 shows the relationship when the concentration of surfactant is changed in three steps, with the supply time on the horizontal axis and the CD change on the vertical axis.
- concentration of the surfactant is indicated by high, medium, and low normalized concentrations (N.C: Normalized Concentration). The tendency for the CD to increase rapidly as shown in this figure is seen around 5 seconds.
- the CD tends to stabilize over a long period of time
- the preferable range of the replacement time by supplying the rinse solution containing the surfactant was set to within 5 seconds at which no rapid increase in CD was observed.
- the supply flow rate is preferably 200 to 1200 mLZmin! / ⁇ .
- the number of rotations of the wafer W be more than 300 rpm and less than 100 rpm, for example, 500 rpm.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the rotation speed in the first stage and the front and back surface particles.
- the rotation holding time was 10 seconds.
- the number of particles on the front particle increased rapidly at a rotational speed of 6 (about 2000 rpm), which was hardly counted when the rotational speed was low.
- the number of particles increased sharply at rotation speed 5 (about 100 rpm).
- the preferred range of the number of revolutions in the first stage is set to more than 300 rpm and less than 100 rpm.
- the time of this first stage is preferably 5 to 15 seconds, for example, 10 seconds.
- the number of rotations of the wafer be 1000 to 4000 rpm, for example, 2000 rpm.
- the preferable rotation speed is in the range of 1000-4 OOOrpm.
- the time for this second stage is preferably 10-20 seconds, for example 15 seconds.
- the appropriate supply conditions when the surfactant-containing rinse liquid is used are defined.
- the supply time (replacement time) of the surfactant-containing rinsing liquid is set to 5 seconds or less, and the number of rotations for spreading and shaking off and drying the surfactant-containing rinsing liquid in STEP 9 is divided into the first and second steps.
- a dummy dispense of the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is performed at a certain timing before the supply of the rinsing liquid containing the surfactant, and the rinsing liquid is supplied. It is preferable that the residue of the surfactant or the like attached to the supply nozzle 13 is not supplied.
- U-rinse liquid nozzle which is preferably used to supply a rinse liquid containing a surfactant.
- the rinse liquid containing a surfactant Since the rinse liquid containing a surfactant has a small surface tension and is easy to drip, good liquid releasability is required. In addition, from the viewpoint of effectively preventing pattern collapse, the discharge flow is required to have low impact. Furthermore, the rinse solution containing a surfactant is required to be a chemical-saving solution. For this reason, a rinsing liquid supply nozzle that discharges a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant is required to have good liquid drainage properties, low impact properties, and chemical-saving properties.
- the area of the discharge hole is small. If the force is too small, the cross-sectional area force of the discharge hole is too large. In addition, a low flow rate is required for chemical saving. From this point of view, the total area of the discharge holes should be 3-20 mm 2 Is preferred.
- FIGS. 7A to 7D are bottom views showing such a rinse liquid supply nozzle.
- the nozzle in FIG. 7A has a structure in which four circular discharge holes 71 are arranged around a central circular discharge hole 71, and one discharge hole 71 has a diameter of 2.5 mm or less.
- the nozzle in FIG. 7B is provided with one slit-shaped discharge hole 72 at the center.
- the slit-shaped discharge hole 72 has a length of about 3-5 mm and a width of about 1-4 mm.
- the nozzle of FIG. 7C has three slit-shaped discharge holes 73 provided in parallel.
- One nozzle discharge 73 has a width of about 2 to 6.5 mm and a width of about 0.5 to 1 mm.
- the nozzle shown in Fig. 7D is provided with three fan-shaped discharge holes 74 on a circle centered on the center of the bottom of the nozzle, with a length of about 2 to 6.5 mm and a width of about 0. It is about 5-lmm.
- a rinse liquid supply nozzle provided with a porous body 76 at the tip of the nozzle body 75 as shown in the vertical sectional view of FIG. 8 or a vertical sectional view of FIG.
- a double-pipe structure having an inner pipe 78 and an outer pipe 79, a discharge hole 80 is provided on a side surface of the inner pipe 78, and a narrowed portion 81 is formed at a tip of the outer pipe 79.
- a rinse liquid supply nozzle can also be used preferably.
- the rinsing liquid to be discharged can be made to have a low impact by the buffer action of the porous material 76.
- the impact of the discharge flow is weakened by discharging from the discharge hole 80 on the side surface, and the rinse liquid is squeezed by the throttle portion 81 of the outer tube 79 to make the cross-sectional area small and the discharge flow. be able to.
- the liquid supply nozzles of the development processing apparatus are sometimes arranged obliquely in relation to the space, and there is no problem when supplying pure water.
- the rinsing liquid containing a surfactant which is a low surface tension fluid, is not easily drained, dripping is likely to occur when the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is arranged obliquely.
- the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 is preferably arranged vertically or almost vertically, and is preferably up to about 10 ° even when inclined.
- a pure water supply nozzle 12 for rinsing pure water after the development processing and a rinsing liquid supply for performing a rinsing treatment with a rinsing liquid containing a surfactant are provided.
- the two nozzles, the supply nozzle 13, perform pure water rinsing and rinsing with a surfactant-containing rinsing liquid, which increases the space required for disposing the nozzle moving mechanism and other components. It takes time to switch nozzles, and the entire rinsing process becomes longer.
- a rinsing liquid supply system as shown in FIG. 11 is used. The system of FIG.
- the 11 has a pure water tank 83 and a surfactant solution tank 84, and the pure water tank 83 also has a pipe 85 extending therefrom, and a pipe 86 extends from the surfactant solution tank 84, and these pipes 85, 86 Connected to a mixing valve 91, the liquid from the mixing valve 91 passes through a pipe 92 to reach a nozzle 93.
- the pipe 85 has a pump 87 and a flow controller (FC) 89 interposed therebetween, and the pipe 86 has a pump 88 and a flow controller 90 interposed therebetween.
- FC flow controller
- the flow controllers (FC) 89 and 90 can control the flow rate of both pure water and the surfactant solution, so that only pure water can be discharged from the nozzle 93, By adjusting the blending of the pure water and the surfactant solution, a surfactant-containing rinsing liquid having a predetermined concentration can be discharged. That is, the functions of the pure water supply nozzle 12 and the rinsing liquid supply nozzle 13 in the apparatus shown in FIGS.
- rinsing control as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 12 can be performed. That is, first, pure water is rinsed by adjusting the flow controllers (FC) 89 and 90 so that only pure water is discharged from the nozzle 93 at a relatively high flow rate, for example, 1200 mLZmin, and then the surfactant solution
- the flow controllers (FC) 89 and 90 are adjusted so that the mixture is mixed at a predetermined ratio, and the rinse containing the surfactant is discharged from the nozzle 93 at a relatively low flow rate, for example, at a flow rate of 240 mLZmin to perform the rinse. Do.
- the rinsing treatment with the rinsing liquid containing a surfactant is completed, only pure water is flowed through the nozzle 93 to perform cleaning, and prepare for the next treatment.
- the number of nozzle mechanisms required in the apparatus shown in Figs. 13 to 13 can be reduced to one, so that space can be saved and processing time can be reduced. can do.
- the flow controllers (FC) 89, 90 enable high-accuracy flow control.
- FIG. 13 shows a force which is a modification of the rinsing liquid supply system of FIG. Norebu is used.
- the valves 94 and 95 are provided near the Nozunore 93 of the Roosters 85 and 86, respectively.
- the operation of the flow controllers (FC) 89, 90 and the knurls 94, 95 can control the supply amounts of pure water and the surfactant solution to be supplied to the nozzle 93, and if necessary, By mixing these in the nozzle 93, the same rinsing control as in the system of FIG. 11 can be performed.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible.
- pure water is exemplified as the water-based cleaning liquid, but pure water to which other substances are slightly added may be used.
- the present invention is applied to the image processing of a semiconductor wafer.
- the present invention is not limited to this, as long as the substrate has a fine resist pattern formed thereon, such as a substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD). It can be applied to the development processing of the substrate.
- a combination of the components of the above-described embodiments as appropriate or a configuration in which some of the components of the above-described embodiments are removed is also within the scope of the present invention, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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