Patent · US Expired

Method to remove metals in a scrubber

US6274059A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateMar 11, 1996
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B3/08
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method to remove metal contaminants in a substrate cleaning process. The present invention may replace or be used in conjunction with other substrate cleaning systems. This method comprises adding a citric acid solution to the liquid medium of a semiconductor substrate cleaning system. This method is described in the manner it is used in conjunction with a scrubber wherein both sides of a wafer are scrubbed.

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