Patent ID: 9093447
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transporting a chip through a cleaning module along a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt configured to transport the chip through the cleaning module from a proximal end of the conveyor belt to a distal end of the conveyor belt; cleaning the chip within the cleaning module of a chip-to-wafer bonding apparatus, wherein cleaning the chip within the cleaning module includes: providing a chemical supply structure that includes a head having a first end and a second end and a plurality of injectors disposed between the first and second end; exposing the chip to a protective gas nearest a distal end of the conveyor belt, wherein the protective gas is provided outside and directly adjacent the first end of the chemical supply structure, while on the conveyor belt, exposing the chip to a formic acid chemical cleaning that removes oxide from the chip after exposing the chip to the protective gas, the protective material protecting the chip from oxidation occurring on the chip, wherein the exposing the formic acid is provided by the plurality of injectors of the chemical supply structure; after the formic acid, exposing the chip to another protective gas provided outside and directly adjacent the second end of the chemical supply structure; and bonding the chip to a wafer within a bonding module of the chip-to-wafer bonding apparatus, the bonding module being different than the cleaning module.