Patent ID: 8900374
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for substrate cleaning, comprising: moving a substrate to be cleaned below a substrate cleaning module in a direction extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the substrate cleaning module; dispensing a cleaning material downward toward a top surface of the substrate from a row of cleaning material dispense ports defined along the leading edge of the substrate cleaning module as the substrate is moved below the substrate cleaning module; and dispensing a rinsing material downward toward the top surface of the substrate from a row of rinsing material dispense ports defined along the trailing edge of the substrate cleaning module to generate a rinsing meniscus along the trailing edge of the substrate cleaning module between the top surface of the substrate and the substrate cleaning module as the substrate is moved below the substrate cleaning module; applying vacuum suction through a row of vacuum ports at a vacuum location along a bottom surface of the substrate cleaning module and parallel to the leading and trailing edges of the substrate cleaning module, the row of vacuum ports defined between the row of rinsing material dispense ports and a row of ventilation ports; and venting a plenum region through the row of ventilation ports, the plenum region located within the substrate cleaning module between the row of cleaning material dispense ports and the row of vacuum ports along a trailing side of a dispense location of the cleaning material.