Substrate spin treating method and apparatus

Details Substrate spin treating method and apparatus Substrate spin treating method and apparatus

1996-08-19

1997-10-14

Bell, Janyce

Coating processes

Centrifugal force utilized

118 32, 4273855, B05D 312, B05C 1100

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056770006

ABSTRACT:
A substrate spin treating method and apparatus having a cup cleaner device for cleaning a scatter preventive cup, which cleaner device does not require attaching and/or detaching of a cleaning jig. The cleaner device is driven through engagement with a spin chuck which operates at a low torque that is provided for normal substrate spin treating operation. During the normal spin treating operation, only the spin chuck is driven by a rotary shaft, with the cup cleaner device being disengaged from the spin chuck and its driving rotary shaft. For a cup cleaning operation, the spin chuck and scatter preventive cup are vertically moved relative to each other to place the cup cleaner device at a cup cleaning height and to drivingly connect the cup cleaner device to the rotary shaft through a torque transmitter. In this state, the cup cleaner device is rotated to establish a centrifugal force that scatters a cleaning solution supplied to a cleaning solution guide of the cup cleaner device from cleaning solution supply nozzles, thereby cleaning inner surfaces of the scatter preventive cup.

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