Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – With alarm – signal – indicating – testing – inspecting,...
Patent
2000-03-15
2000-12-26
Coe, Philip R.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
With alarm, signal, indicating, testing, inspecting,...
7386384, B08B 1300
Patent
active
061642991
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for extracting inorganic ionic contaminants from a front surface of a silicon wafer for chemical analysis. The apparatus includes a container adapted to receive the wafer and inhibit air circulation over the front surface of the wafer. The container has a support for holding the wafer in a generally level orientation with the front surface of the wafer facing upwardly, an inlet orifice for introducing a layer of extraction fluid to the front surface of the wafer, and a sampling device for taking a sample from the layer of extraction fluid on the front surface of the wafer. The layer of extraction fluid is deposited upon only the front surface of the wafer and held for a period of time so that contaminants on the front surface are extracted into the layer of fluid. The container inhibits air circulation over the front surface of the wafer to preclude introducing contaminants to the extraction fluid that cause a false measurement of contaminants on the wafer. A portion of the layer of fluid is collected by a sampling device for subsequent analysis.
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Adams Marty
Sun Peng
Coe Philip R.
MEMC Electronic Materials , Inc.
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