Coating processes – Centrifugal force utilized
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Jolley, Kirsten C (Department: 1715)
Coating processes
Centrifugal force utilized
C427S336000, C427S352000, C134S026000, C134S033000, C118S052000, C438S758000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07976896
ABSTRACT:
A spin chuck rotatably holds a semiconductor wafer, while resist is dropped on a surface of the semiconductor wafer through a resist application nozzle and thus applied thereon, and before the resist applied on the wafer dries, a cleaning liquid is supplied through a bevel cleaning nozzle to a portion of the wafer located at a peripheral portion thereof in a vicinity of a beveled portion to remove the resist adhering to the beveled portion. Thereafter, a film of the resist that is formed on the surface of the wafer is dried.
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Fukuda Yoshiteru
Ishii Takayuki
Ogata Nobuhiro
Tanouchi Keiji
Jolley Kirsten C
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Tokyo Electron Limited
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