Patent ID: 6631726
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B08B,C03C,G02F,G11B,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for treating substrate surfaces, comprising:a conveyor means for conveying the substrate along a transfer path; a lamp house located over the conveyor means and configured to face the surface of the substrate transferred along said transfer path by the conveyor means; a dielectric barrier discharge lamp fixedly mounted in said lamp house and configured to irradiate ultraviolet light toward said substrate; and a moistened inert gas generating means for supplying a water vapor-containing moistened inert gas to a space between said substrate and said dielectric barrier discharge lamp; wherein the dielectric barrier discharge lamp is configured to irradiate the moistened inert gas with ultraviolet light to produce a reducing active member (H.) and an oxidative active member (.OH) to contact the surface of the substrate.