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Apparatus for cleaning edges of contaminated substrates

US6334229B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1999
Grant dateJan 1, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus for cleaning edges of substrates is described. The present invention provides a cleaning mechanism that cleans particles off the edge of the wafer based on friction and/or a difference in tangential velocity at a point of contact between the wafer and the cleaning mechanism.

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