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Semiconductor processing with non-jetting fluid stream discharge array

US5489341A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 1993
Grant dateFeb 6, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67023
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor processor and methods using pillar shaped liquid emitters. The emitters have emission ports upon which liquid domes of processing chemicals are formed. The domes are applied to the surface of a wafer to wash discrete areas and thereby allow gases evolved from the reaction to easily escape about the domes and through gas passageways existing about the pillars. The wafer is rotated to provide even processing of the treated surface.

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