Patent ID: 8852383
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: C23C,C25D,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for performing a fluid meniscus process on an object, the object having a first surface and a second surface, comprising: (a) at least one holding tank containing a fluid forming a fluid meniscus; (b) a holding fixture for holding the object such that at least a portion of the fluid meniscus contacts and is transferred to at least a portion of the second surface of the object, the holding fixture configured to generate two or more uniform stripes on the second surface by moving the object and the at least one holding tank relative to each other in a single-sided process while the meniscus of the at least one holding tank contacts the object; and (c) a fluid interaction element including at least one of an air knife, a blade, and a capillary material, the at least one of an air knife, a blade, and a capillary material being configured to interact, during the movement of the object and the at least one holding tank relative to each other, with the at least a portion of the fluid meniscus that was transferred to the second surface.