Patent ID: 7101260
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: B08B,B24C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing an article, the article having polymeric residue that is to be removed during the manufacture of the article, comprising the steps of: introducing the article into a controlled environment of a processing tool, the processing tool having at least first and second processing chambers; generating free radicals from one or more reactant gases remote from the first and second processing chambers; introducing the free radicals into the first processing chamber, wherein the free radicals react with the polymeric residue; and supplying a cryogenic cleaning medium into the second processing chamber, wherein the cryogenic cleaning medium removes the polymeric residue present after the free radicals react with the polymeric residue; wherein the reactant gases are selected to facilitate removal of the polymeric residue with the cryogenic cleaning medium.