Patent ID: 6270585
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of handling substrates in a fluid tank that contains a treatment fluid, said method including the steps of:placing said substrates, which are spaced from one another, as sets into said fluid tank;treating said substrates in said fluid tank after said placing step;during raising and/or lowering of said substrates out of or into said fluid tank, disposing a support strip upon an upper edge of said substrates, which upper edge extends out of said treatment fluid, such that said support strip does not come into contact with said treatment fluid;initiating raising of said substrates out of said fluid tank, wherein said step of disposing a support strip comprises disposing said support strip upon said upper edge of said substrates that has already been raised out of said treatment fluid; andcontinuing to raise said substrates, together with said support strip.