Patent ID: 7364625
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: B08B,H01L,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a microelectronic device as rotatably supported within a processing chamber, the method including the steps of: creating an atmosphere comprising gas within the processing chamber and about a surface of the microelectronic device supported within the processing chamber; rinsing the microelectronic device by spraying a rinsing fluid onto a surface of the device within the gas atmosphere while rotating the device at a first rotational speed and also supplying a surface tension reducing agent into the gas atmosphere within the processing chamber; and drying the device by changing the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed, and, during at least an initial portion of the drying step with the device rotating at the second rotational speed, directing a drying gas into the processing chamber while also continuing to supply the surface tension reducing agent into the gas atmosphere within the processing chamber.