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Equipment for cleaning, etching and drying semiconductor wafer and its using method

US5896875A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1996
Grant dateApr 27, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

An equipment for cleaning, etching and drying a semiconductor wafer is provided with a process chamber having a closed space of which temperature is capable of being heated and adjusted by a heater; a mesh arranged at the center part in the process chamber and supporting at least one semiconductor wafer to be cleaned; a plurality of spray nozzles arranged in line at the upper part in the process chamber; and a rotary discharge nozzle arranged at the lower part in the process chamber. The spray nozzles spray chemical and ultrapure water with nitrogen gas in mist state, and the rotary discharge nozzle blows out chemical and ultrapure water as jet stream by rotation of a first arm and second arms thereof.

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