Patent ID: 9230794
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: C30B,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A process for cleaning, drying and hydrophilizing a semiconductor wafer, comprising the following steps in the order stated: a) applying a liquid aqueous solution containing hydrogen fluoride onto the semiconductor wafer while the semiconductor wafer is caused to rotate about its center axis at least occasionally, so that the liquid aqueous solution containing hydrogen fluoride flows away outwards and forms a continuous liquid film on the semiconductor wafer, and b) directly following step a), completely drying the semiconductor wafer by rotation of the semiconductor wafer about its center axis at a rotational speed of 1000 to 5000 revolutions per minute in an ozone-containing atmosphere having a concentration of ozone of 5 to 20 percent by weight, the liquid aqueous solution containing hydrogen fluoride flowing away from the semiconductor wafer on account of the centrifugal force generated by the rotation, and the surface of the semiconductor wafer being hydrophilized by ozone, wherein the semiconductor wafer is exposed to the ozone-containing atmosphere starting from a point in time at which the semiconductor wafer is still covered with the continuous liquid film, and continues until the semiconductor wafer is completely dry.