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Semiconductor cleaning apparatus and wafer cassette

US5445171A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 20, 1993
Grant dateAug 29, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S134/902
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A semiconductor cleaning apparatus having: a loader/unloader portion for injecting/ejecting a product cassette which accommodates a wafer; a product injecting/ejecting portion for injecting/ejecting the wafer from the product cassette; a cleaning portion for cleaning the wafer; a water cleaning portion for, with water, cleaning the wafer which has been cleaned in the cleaning portion; a drying portion for drying the wafer which has been cleaned with water in the water cleaning portion; and a conveyance portion having a wafer hand for directly holding the wafer ejected from the product cassette in the product injecting/ejecting portion and sequentially conveying the wafer held by the wafer hand to the cleaning portion, the water cleaning portion and the drying portion.

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