Patent · US Expired

Method of cleaning a substrate by scrubbing

US5882426A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 1997
Grant dateMar 16, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67028
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a cleaning method in which an object to be cleaned is held such that a surface of the object to be cleaned faces a cleaning body and the object to be cleaned and the cleaning body are moved relative to each other in a state where the cleaning body is in contact with the surface to the object to be cleaned, thereby cleaning the surface of the object to be cleaned, wherein a contact pressure of the cleaning body to the surface of the object to be cleaned is set at most 20 gf/cm.sup.2, when the surface is cleaned.

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