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Wafer cleaning apparatus with rotating cleaning solution injection nozzles

US5901716A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1996
Grant dateMay 11, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

A wafer cleaning apparatus includes at least one nozzle fixing tube disposed in a wall of a cleaning bath. A plurality of injection nozzles are arranged on the nozzle fixing tube for spraying a compressed cleaning solution toward the wafer. A rotating device rotates the at least one nozzle fixing tube and the plurality of injection nozzles within a predetermined angle.

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