Patent · US Expired

Cleaning apparatus for plate-like part and method thereof

US6539959B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2000
Grant dateApr 1, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

At a time of cleaning a plate-like part such as a wafer or the like while rotating, for the purpose of reducing a contamination, a damage and an unevenness of process of the plate-like part which are caused by an amount of charged electricity of the plate-like part, chuck pins (chuck members) 201 which chuck the plate-like part 1 such as the wafer or the like and upper and lower cleaning plates 101 and 121 which oppose to the plate-like part 1 are constituted by a resin material containing carbon powders, and a desired potential difference is applied to a portion between the plate-like part and the cleaning plates by a voltage control unit 601 which is provided in an outer portion.

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