A substrate processing apparatus fills a metal such as copper or the like
in fine interconnection patterns or trenches defined in a semiconductor
substrate. The substrate processing apparatus has a loading/unloading
unit for placing a substrate cassette to allow a substrate to be loaded
and unloaded, a substrate treating unit for treating a substrate, and a
transfer robot for transferring a substrate between the loading/unloading
unit and the substrate treating unit. The loading/unloading unit, the
substrate treating unit, and the transfer robot are installed in a single
facility. The loading/unloading unit has a rotary table which is
horizontally rotatable for positioning the substrate cassette in a
position to detect the substrate cassette placed in the loading/unloading
unit and to remove the substrate from the substrate cassette with the
transfer robot.