Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for substrate edge cleaning
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Application No.: US15264082Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US10217650B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: James Matthew Holden , Song-Moon Suh , Todd Egan , Kalyanjit Ghosh , Leon Volfovski , Michael R. Rice , Richard Giljum
- Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Moser Taboada
- Agent Alan Taboada
- Main IPC: B08B7/00
- IPC: B08B7/00 ; H01L21/67 ; H01L21/02 ; B01D39/12 ; B08B5/00

Abstract:
A substrate cleaning apparatus may include a substrate support having a support surface to support a substrate to be cleaned, wherein the substrate support is rotatable about a central axis normal to the support surface; a first nozzle to provide a first cleaning gas to a region of the inner volume corresponding to the position of an edge of the substrate when the substrate is supported by the support surface of the substrate support; a first annular body disposed opposite and spaced apart from the support surface of the substrate support by a gap, the first annular body having a central opening defined by an inner wall shaped to provide a reducing size of the gap between the first annular body and the support surface in a radially outward direction; and a first gas inlet to provide a first gas to the central opening of the first annular body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170018441A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSTRATE EDGE CLEANING Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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