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Wet processing apparatus

US10431446B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 2014
Grant dateOct 1, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/02052
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wafer cleaner and a method therefor that efficiently cleans a wafer with a little amount of a cleaning liquid and efficiently performs a heating wet cleaning processing. The present invention includes a stage where a wafer is placed, a rotary driving unit that rotates the stage in a circumferential direction, a liquid discharge nozzle disposed facing the wafer placed on the stage and supplies a cleaning liquid on the wafer placed on the stage, and a control unit that causes the liquid discharge nozzle to supply a space between the wafer placed on the stage and the liquid discharge nozzle with a predetermined amount of the cleaning liquid to fill the space. The present invention also includes a lamp disposed on a position facing the wafer placed on the stage to heat at least an interface portion of the wafer and a cleaning liquid.

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