Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber having a treating space therein; a supply line having a first open/close valve installed thereon and configured to supply a treating fluid to the treating space; a heater installed on the supply line and configured to heat the treating fluid; an exhaust line having a second open/close valve installed thereon and configured to exhaust the treating space; and, a controller configured to control the first open/close value and the second open/close valve such that the treating fluid heated is supplied to and exhausted from the treating space before a treating process is performed on a substrate in the treating space.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for treating a substrate are provided. The apparatus includes at least one first process chamber configured to supply a developer onto the substrate; at least one second process chamber configured to treat the substrate using a supercritical fluid; a transfer chamber configured to transfer the substrate from the at least one first process chamber to the at least one second process chamber, while the developer supplied in the at least one first process chamber remains on the substrate; and a temperature and humidity control system configured to manage temperature and humidity of the transfer chamber by supplying a first gas of constant temperature and humidity into the transfer chamber.

Abstract: A heterogeneous composite material and a method for manufacturing the heterogeneous composite material are provided. The heterogeneous composite material includes a first compression structure formed by compressing a first material, and a second compression structure formed by compressing a second material different from the first material, and disposed in close contact with the first compression structure, wherein at least a portion of the first compression structure and at least a portion of the second compression structure are disposed on both sides of a boundary surface existing in a circular shape with a predetermined radius with respect to a central axis in a state in contact with each other at the boundary surface.

Abstract: The moving assembly for a recovery guard includes a recovery vessel including a first recovery vessel disposed to surround a substrate support and a second recovery vessel disposed inside of the first recovery vessel, concentrically with respect to the first recovery vessel, and a lifting driver connected to the first and second recovery vessels and elevating the first and second recovery vessels. The lifting driver includes a motor, a drive shaft connected to the motor and rotated in a first direction, a first shaft connected to the first recovery vessel and extending in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, a second shaft connected to the second recovery vessel and extending in the second direction, a first clutch connecting the drive shaft and the first shaft, and a second clutch connecting the drive shaft and the second shaft.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for providing a substrate, which can suppress any additional reaction between a developing solution and a photoresist (PR) film and prevent any PR remnants from being generated from such additional reaction. The method includes: supplying an organic developing solution onto a substrate while rotating the substrate at a first revolutions per minute (rpm); substituting the organic developing solution with a nonpolar rinse solution by supplying the nonpolar rinse solution onto the substrate while rotating the substrate at a second rpm, which is lower than the first rpm; continuing to supply the nonpolar rinse solution while rotating the substrate at a third rpm, which is higher than the second rpm; and continuing to supply the nonpolar rinse solution while rotating the substrate at a fourth rpm, which is between the second rpm and the third rpm.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate treatment apparatus including a treatment container equipped with a conductive member. The conductive member is made of a material having a lower resistivity than that of the treatment container. The conductive member prevents a rise of an electric potential of the treatment container, which is caused by charging during treatment of a substrate, thereby preventing the substrate from being contaminated and damaged by particles and electrostatic arcing.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber having a treating space therein; a supply line having a first open/close valve installed thereon and configured to supply a treating fluid to the treating space; a heater installed on the supply line and configured to heat the treating fluid; an exhaust line having a second open/close valve installed thereon and configured to exhaust the treating space; and, a controller configured to control the first open/close value and the second open/close valve such that the treating fluid heated is supplied to and exhausted from the treating space before a treating process is performed on a substrate in the treating space.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for heating a chemical liquid that heats a chemical liquid using a heating element with a light source as a medium, and a system for treating a substrate with the apparatus. The apparatus for heating a chemical liquid includes: a flow path provided as a path through which a chemical liquid used to treat a substrate passes; a heating element disposed to surround at least a portion of the flow path; and a light source irradiating the heating element with light, wherein the heating element is heated using photon excitation, and heats the chemical liquid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treatment apparatus. The apparatus includes a support unit that supports and rotates a substrate and a spray unit equipped with one or more nozzles to spray a dual fluid that is a mixture of a cleaning agent and carbon dioxide onto the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treatment apparatus. The apparatus includes a support unit that supports and rotates a substrate and a spray unit equipped with one or more nozzles to spray a dual fluid that is a mixture of a cleaning agent and carbon dioxide onto the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for treating a substrate are provided. The apparatus includes at least one first process chamber configured to supply a developer onto the substrate; at least one second process chamber configured to treat the substrate using a supercritical fluid; a transfer chamber configured to transfer the substrate from the at least one first process chamber to the at least one second process chamber, while the developer supplied in the at least one first process chamber remains on the substrate; and a temperature and humidity control system configured to manage temperature and humidity of the transfer chamber by supplying a first gas of constant temperature and humidity into the transfer chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spin head, apparatus and method for treating a substrate including the spin head. The spin head includes a supporting plate where a substrate is placed and a chuck pin placed on the supporting plate and supporting a lateral portion of the substrate, wherein the chuck pin includes an outer body and an inner body inserted in the outer body and provided with a different material from the outer body, wherein each outer body and the inner body is provided with any one of a first material or a second material, and wherein one material of the first material and the second material is provided with a material having lower heat conductivity and better thermal resistance than another one.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method are provided, in which a flow rate of CO2 injected into a supercritical drying vessel is controlled through multi-level pressure control. The substrate processing method includes disposing a substrate coated with a chemical liquid in a process chamber, that includes a space in which the substrate is processed; drying the substrate by using a supercritical fluid; and taking the substrate out of the process chamber when the substrate is dried.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for treating a substrate including: a processing vessel having a processing space; a support unit for supporting the substrate in the processing space and rotating the substrate; a liquid supply unit for supplying a processing liquid to the substrate; and a heating unit for heating the substrate, wherein the support unit includes: a spin chuck; a rotation driver for rotating the spin chuck; a chuck pin installed on the spin chuck to be rotated with the spin chuck; a chuck pin moving unit for moving the chuck pin between a contact position wherein the chuck pin is in contact with a side portion of the substrate and an open position at which the chuck pin is spaced apart from the side portion of the substrate, and the chuck pin moving unit moves the chuck pin while the substrate is rotated by the spin chuck.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flow resistance generating unit that generates a flow resistance in a pipe to solve a flow imbalance problem due to a bent pipe and stabilizes an internal airflow, and a substrate treating apparatus including the same. The substrate treating apparatus comprises a fluid supply unit for supplying fluid for treating a substrate and including an upper fluid supply module for supplying the fluid to an upper portion of the substrate, a lower fluid supply module for supplying the fluid to a lower portion of the substrate, and a supply pipe connected to at least one of the upper fluid supply module and the lower fluid supply module, and a flow resistance generating unit installed in the supply pipe and for generating a flow resistance with respect to the fluid passing through the supply pipe.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a method for treating a substrate. In an embodiment, the substrate treating method includes a treatment step of treating a residue on the substrate with a first fluid in a supercritical state and a second fluid in a supercritical state in a process space of a chamber, and the first fluid in the supercritical state and the second fluid in the supercritical state have different densities.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for etching a thin layer including silicon nitride formed on a substrate are disclosed. Etchant including phosphoric acid and water is supplied on the substrate so that a liquid layer is formed on the substrate. The thin layer is etched by reaction between the thin layer and the etchant. Thickness of the liquid layer is measured to detect variation in the thickness of the liquid layer while etching the thin layer. Variation in the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water is calculated based on the variation in the thickness of the liquid layer. Water is supplied on the substrate based on the variation in the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water so that the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water becomes a predetermined value.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a method for treating a substrate. The method for treating a substrate comprises: a pressurization step for increasing a pressure of an inner space of a chamber by supplying a treating fluid to the inner space, after taking the substrate into the inner space; a flow step for generating a flow of the treating fluid by combination of supplying and discharging the treating fluid to and from the inner space; and a depressurization step of decreasing the pressure of the inner space by discharging the treating fluid from the inner space, and wherein the pressurization step comprises: a bottom side supply process for increasing the pressure of the inner space by supplying the treating fluid to a backside of the substrate taken into the inner space; and a top side supply process of increasing the pressure of the inner space by supplying the treating fluid to a top side of the substrate taken into the inner space.

Abstract: A heterogeneous composite material and a method for manufacturing the heterogeneous composite material are provided. The heterogeneous composite material includes a first compression structure formed by compressing a first material, and a second compression structure formed by compressing a second material different from the first material, and disposed in close contact with the first compression structure, wherein at least a portion of the first compression structure and at least a portion of the second compression structure are disposed on both sides of a boundary surface existing in a circular shape with a predetermined radius with respect to a central axis in a state in contact with each other at the boundary surface.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for etching a thin layer including silicon nitride formed on a substrate are disclosed. Etchant including phosphoric acid and water is supplied on the substrate so that a liquid layer is formed on the substrate. The thin layer is etched by reaction between the thin layer and the etchant. Thickness of the liquid layer is measured to detect variation in the thickness of the liquid layer while etching the thin layer. Variation in the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water is calculated based on the variation in the thickness of the liquid layer. Water is supplied on the substrate based on the variation in the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water so that the concentration of the phosphoric acid and the water becomes a predetermined value.