摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To measure a product wafer without deteriorating the throughput of the product wafer. SOLUTION: In a coating/developing treatment system, wafers W in a plurality of lots L<SB>1</SB>to L<SB>4</SB>are successively treated, and a part of the wafers W that have been subjected to the treatment are selected for line width measurement. The line width measurement is performed for each of the lots L<SB>1</SB>to L<SB>4</SB>. The line width measurement of each of the lots L<SB>1</SB>to L<SB>4</SB>at the front and the rear is performed in such a manner that the last line width measurement of the previous lot has been finished at the time of the completion of the wafer treatment S1 of the wafer for performing the first line width measurement S2 of the succeeding lot of the lots that are successive from the front to the rear. For example, the line width measurement of the lots L<SB>1</SB>and L<SB>2</SB>at the front and the rear is performed in such a manner that the last line width measurement (the line width measurement of the wafers W<SB>1-6</SB>) of the preceeding lot L<SB>1</SB>has been finished at the time of the completion of the wafer treatment S1 of the wafers W<SB>2-1</SB>for performing the first line width measurement S2 of the subsequent lot L<SB>2</SB>. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |