US Patent 11978630 Heat treatment device and treatment method

A heat treatment device includes: a heating plate configured to support and heat a substrate on which a resist film is formed; a chamber configured to cover a processing space above the heating plate; a gas supply configured to supply a gas into the chamber along a gas flow path connected to an inside of the chamber, the gas flow path beginning from an outer periphery of the heating plate and extending along an upper surface of the heating toward an end portion on an outer periphery of the substrate; and an exhaust port configured to evacuate inside of the chamber through exhaust holes that are formed above the processing space and open downwards.