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US 6,546,941 B1Granted
Wafer cleaning device, wafer cleaning method and chemical mechanical polishing machine
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorJun Nishihara
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Abstract
A wafer cleaning device is provided with a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having an end portion supported so that the roll brush can be rolled around its axis freely for performing cleaning by touching a rolled contact surface of the roll brush to a cleaned surface of a wafer. The end portion of the roll brush is supported so that the roll brush can be displaced by a dial adjusting screw to enable the axis to be tilted to the cleaned surface of the wafer.
Claims17
A wafer cleaning device, comprising:
- a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having a near end portion, a far end portion and a base portion disposed between the near end portion and the far end portion;
- a support having a bearing extending in the axial direction and sized and adapted to receive the near end portion of the roll brush to support the roll brush in a cantilevered manner so that the base portion and the far end portion project outwardly from the bearing;
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- adjustment means connected to the support and in contact with the near end portion of the roll brush to enable the axis of the roll brush to be tilted relative to a surface of the wafer to be cleaned, the adjustment means causing the near end portion of the roll brush to move in a seesaw fashion wherein, relative to the surface of the wafer to be cleaned, either the base portion is disposed lower than the far end portion, the far end portion is disposed lower than the base portion or the base portion and the far end portion are disposed equidistantly from the surface of the wafer to be cleaned.
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A wafer cleaning device, comprising:
- a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having a near end roll brush portion, a far end roll brush portion and a base roll brush portion disposed between the near end roll brush portion and the far end roll brush portion;
- a driven roll located on a side reverse to said roll brush with the wafer between them and extending in the axial direction and having a near end driven roll portion, a far end driven roll portion and a base driven roll portion disposed between the near end driven roll portion and the far end driven roll portion;
- a roll brush support having a roll brush bearing extending in the axial direction and sized and adapted to receive the near end roll brush portion of the roll brush to support the roll brush in a cantilevered manner so that the base roll brush portion and the far end roll brush portion project outwardly from the roll brush bearing;
- a driven roll support having a driven roll bearing extending in the axial direction and sized and adapted to receive the near end driven roll portion of the driven roll brush to support the driven roll in a cantilevered manner so that the base driven roll portion and the far end driven roll portion project outwardly from the driven roll bearing;
- roll brush adjustment means connected to the roll brush support and in contact with the near end roll brush portion of the roll brush to enable the axis of the roll brush to be tilted relative to a surface of the wafer to be cleaned, the roll brush adjustment means causing the near end roll brush portion of the roll brush to move in a seesaw fashion wherein, relative to the surface of the wafer to be cleaned, either the base roll brush portion is disposed lower than the far end roll brush portion, the far end roll brush portion is disposed lower than the base roll brush portion or the base roll brush portion and the far end roll brush portion are disposed equidistantly from the surface of the wafer to be cleaned;
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- driven roll adjustment means connected to the driven roll support and in contact with the near end driven roll portion of the driven roll to enable the axis of the driven roll to be tilted relative to the surface of the wafer to the cleaned, the driven roll adjustment means causing the near end driven roll portion of the driven roll to move in a seesaw fashion wherein, relative to the surface of the wafer to be cleaned, either the base driven roll portion is disposed lower than the far end driven roll portion, the far end driven roll portion is disposed lower than the base driven roll portion or the base driven roll portion and the far end driven roll portion are disposed equidistantly from the surface of the wafer to be cleaned.
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A wafer cleaning device, comprising:
- a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having an end portion supported so that the roll brush can be rolled around an axis freely, the end portion of said roll brush being supported so that the roll brush can be displaced by adjustment means to enable the axis of said roll brush to be tilted to the cleaned surface of said wafer;
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- displacement detecting means for detecting a change of distance between the cleaned surface of said wafer and said roll brush.
A chemical mechanical polishing machine, comprising:
- a polishing module;
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- a cleaning module, wherein:
- said cleaning module includes
- a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having a near end portion, a far end portion and a base portion disposed between the near end portion and the far end portion;
- a support having a bearing extending in the axial direction and sized and adapted to receive the near end portion of the roll brush to support the roll brush in a cantilevered manner so that the base portion and the far end portion project outwardly from the bearing;
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- adjustment means connected to the support and in contact with the near end portion of the roll brush to enable the axis of the roll brush to be tilted relative to a surface of the wafer to be cleaned, the adjustment means causing the near end portion of the roll brush to move in a seesaw fashion wherein, relative to the surface of the wafer to be cleaned, either the base portion is disposed lower than the far end portion, the far end portion is disposed a lower than the base portion or the base portion and the far end portion are disposed equidistantly from the surface of the wafer to be cleaned.
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A chemical mechanical polishing machine, comprising:
- a polishing module;
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- a cleaning module, wherein:
- said polishing module includes
- a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having a near end roll brush portion, a far end roll brush portion and a base roll brush portion disposed between the near end roll brush portion and the far end roll brush portion;
- a driven roll located on a side reverse to said roll brush with the wafer between them and extending in the axial direction and having a near end driven roll portion, a far end driven roll portion and a base driven roll portion disposed between the near end driven roll portion and the far end driven roll portion;
- a roll brush support having a roll brush bearing extending in the axial direction and sized and adapted to receive the near end roll brush portion of the roll brush to support the roll brush in a cantilevered manner so that the base roll brush portion and the far end roll brush portion project outwardly from the roll brush bearing;
- a driven roll support having a driven roll bearing extending in the axial direction and sized and adapted to receive the near end driven roll portion of the driven roll brush to support the driven roll in a cantilevered manner so that the base driven roll portion and the far end driven roll portion project outwardly from the driven roll bearing;
- roll brush adjustment means connected to the roll brush support and in contact with the near end roll brush portion of the roll brush to enable the axis of the roll brush to be tilted relative to a surface of the wafer to the cleaned, the roll brush adjustment means causing the near end roll brush portion of the roll brush to move in a seesaw fashion wherein, relative to the surface of the wafer to be cleaned, either the base roll brush portion is disposed lower than the far end roll brush portion, the far end roll brush portion is disposed lower than the base roll brush portion or the base roll brush portion and the far end roll brush portion are disposed equidistantly from the surface of the wafer to be cleaned;
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- driven roll adjustment means connected to the driven roll support and in contact with the near end driven roll portion of the driven roll to enable the axis of the driven roll to be tilted relative to the surface of the wafer to the cleaned, the driven roll adjustment means causing the near end driven roll portion of the driven roll to move in a seesaw fashion wherein, relative to the surface of the wafer to be cleaned, either the base driven roll portion is disposed lower than the far end driven roll portion, the far end driven roll portion is disposed lower than the base driven roll portion or the base driven roll portion and the far end driven roll portion are disposed equidistantly from the surface of the wafer to be cleaned.
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A chemical mechanical polishing machine, comprising:
- a polishing module;
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- a cleaning module, provided with a roll brush extending in an axial direction and having an end portion supported so that the roll brush can be rolled around said axis freely, the end portion of said roll brush being supported so that the roll brush can be displaced by adjustment means to enable the axis of said roll brush to be tilted to the cleaned surface of said wafer;
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- displacement detecting means for detecting a change of distance between the cleaned surface of said wafer and said roll brush.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.