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US 5,934,566 AGranted
Washing apparatus and washing method
AssigneesMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Ryoden Semiconductor System Engineering Corporation
InventorsItaru Kanno, Toshiaki Ohmori, Hiroshi Tanaka, Nobuaki Doi
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to providing an apparatus which is improved so as to remove a contamination on a substrate efficiently. This apparatus includes a jet nozzle jetting out droplets toward a substrate. A liquid supply device and a gas supply device are connected to the jet nozzle. A mixing device mixing a liquid and a gas supplied to the jet nozzle and changing the liquid into the droplets is provided in the jet nozzle.
Claims21
A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) liquid supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a liquid to said jet nozzle;
- (c) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said let nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line through which said gas passes;
- (2) a second flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said first flow line through a sidewall of said first flow line into said first flow line and through which said liquid passes;
- wherein
- said tip portion of said second flow line extends in the same direction as said first flow line;
- and
- said tip portion of said second flow line does not extend beyond a tip portion of said first flow line.
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A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) liquid supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a liquid to said jet nozzle;
- (c) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said jet nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line,
- (2) a second flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said first flow line through a sidewall of said first flow line into said first flow line and which extends in the same direction as said first flow line, and
- (3) a third flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said second flow line through a sidewall of said second flow line into said second flow line and which extends in the same direction as said second flow line,
- (4) said liquid being supplied in said second flow line,
- (5) said gas being supplied in said first and third flow lines, and
- (6) said tip portion of the second flow line does not extend beyond the tip portion of the third flow line.
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A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- liquid supplying means connected to said let nozzle for supplying a liquid to said jet nozzle;
- and
- gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- and
- mixing means provided in said let nozzle for mixing said liquid and said gas supplied to said jet nozzle and changing said liquid into said droplet, wherein
- said jet nozzle and said mixing means include
- a first flow line,
- a second flow line which is larger than said first flow line in diameter and which covers said first flow line so as to form a space between said first flow line and said second flow line, and
- a third flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said second flow line through sidewalls of said first flow line and said second flow line into said first flow line,
- said liquid passing through said third flow line, and said gas passing through said first and second flow lines.
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A washing apparatus removing a contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) pure water supplying means having a first open/close valve connected to said jet nozzle for supplying pure water to said jet nozzle;
- (c) chemical supplying means having a second open/close valve connected to said jet nozzle for supplying chemicals to said jet nozzle;
- (d) gas supplying means having a third open/close valve connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said let nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line,
- (2) a second flow line whose diameter is greater than the diameter of said first flow line and which envelops said first flow line so as to form a space between said first flow line and said second flow line,
- (3) a tip portion of said first flow line extending in the same direction as said second flow line,
- (4) said pure water and/or said chemical being supplied in said first flow line, and
- (5) said gas being supplied in said space between said first flow line and said second flow line.
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An apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a chemical supply nozzle for supplying chemicals toward said substrate;
- (b) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet of pure water toward said substrate;
- (c) pure water supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying the pure water to said jet nozzle;
- (d) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said let nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line,
- (2) a second flow line whose diameter is treater than the diameter of said first flow line and which envelops said first flow line so as to form a space between said first flow line and said second flow line,
- (3) a tip portion of said first flow line extending in the same direction as said second flow line.
- (4) said pure water being supplied in said first flow line, and
- (5) said gas being supplied in said space between said first flow line and said second flow line.
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A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) liquid supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a liquid to said jet nozzle;
- (c) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said jet nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line through which said gas passes;
- (2) a second flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said first flow line through a sidewall of said first flow line into said first flow line and through which said liquid passes,
- wherein said tip portion of said second flow line is bent out of its course in said first flow line.
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A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) liquid supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a liquid to said jet nozzle;
- (c) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said jet nozzle comprising:
- a first flow line,
- a second flow line which is larger than said first flow line in diameter and which covers said first flow line so as to form a space between said first flow line and said second flow line, and
- a third flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said second flow line through sidewalls of said first flow line and said second flow line into said first flow line.
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A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) liquid supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a liquid to said jet nozzle;
- (c) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said jet nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line,
- (2) a second flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said first flow line through a sidewall of said first flow line into said first flow line and which extends in the same direction as said first flow line,
- wherein said tip portion of said second flow line is bent out of its course in said first flow line, and
- (3) a third flow line whose tip portion extends from the outside of said second flow line through a sidewall of said second flow line into said second flow line and which extends in the same direction as said second flow line.
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An apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate comprising:
- (a) a chemical supply nozzle for supplying chemicals toward said substrate;
- (b) a jet nozzle for jetting out a droplet of pure water toward said substrate;
- (c) pure water supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying the pure water to said jet nozzle;
- (d) gas supplying means connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said jet nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line,
- (2) a second flow line whose diameter is greater than the diameter of said first flow line and which envelops said first flow line so as to form a space between said first flow line and said second flow line,
- (3) a tip portion of said first flow line extending in the same direction as said second flow line.
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A washing apparatus for removing contamination adhering onto a surface of a substrate, comprising:
- (a) a jet nozzle jetting out a droplet toward said substrate;
- (b) pure water supplying means having a first open/close valve connected to said jet nozzle for supplying pure water to said jet nozzle;
- (c) chemical supplying means having a second open/close valve connected to said jet nozzle for supplying chemicals to said jet nozzle;
- (d) gas supplying means having a third open/close valve connected to said jet nozzle for supplying a gas to said jet nozzle;
- said jet nozzle comprising:
- (1) a first flow line,
- (2) a second flow line whose diameter is greater than the diameter of said first flow line and which envelops said first flow line so as to form a space between said first flow line and said second flow line,
- (3) a tip portion of said first flow line extending in the same direction as said second flow line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.