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Method of cleaning a substrate

US11495475B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 2020
Grant dateNov 8, 2022
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67219
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various methods of cleaning a substrate are provided. In one aspect, method of cleaning a substrate, comprising: holding and rotating a substrate by a substrate holder; and supplying a chemical liquid to a chemical liquid nozzle and supplying two fluids to a two-fluid nozzle while moving the chemical-liquid nozzle and the two-fluid nozzle radially outwardly from the center to the periphery of the substrate, wherein the distance of the chemical-liquid nozzle from a rotating axis of the substrate holder is longer than the distance of the two-fluid nozzle from the rotating axis of the substrate holder while the chemical-liquid nozzle and the two-fluid nozzle are moved radially outwardly from the rotating axis of the substrate holder.

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