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Flow control apparatus for a semiconductor manufacturing wet bench

US6152818A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67075
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for controlling the volume of air that is supplied and exhausted from a electronic semiconductor manufacturing wet bench is disclosed. The volume of air that is exhausted from the wet bench is increased during predetermined portions of the manufacturing process and is reduced during noncritical times as a function of predetermined conditions that may be detected or otherwise determined during the manufacturing process.

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