Patent ID: 7862663
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a surface of a substrate through a proximity head having a proximity head surface, comprising: applying fluid onto the surface of the substrate from a portion of a plurality of inlets of the proximity head; and removing the fluid from the surface of the substrate from a portion of a plurality of outlets of the proximity head, the removing being processed as the fluid is applied to the surface, and the portion being controllably selected to be all or fewer than the plurality of inlets and outlets by flow controlling particular ones of the plurality of inlets and outlets; wherein the applying the fluid and the removing the fluid forms a segment of a fluid meniscus along a length of the proximity head on the surface of the substrate based on the flow controlling of particular ones of the plurality of inlets and outlets, the segment of the fluid meniscus being defined between the surface of the proximity head and the surface of the substrate, the flow controlling being facilitated by restrictors aligned along the length of the proximity head for setting either an on flow, an off flow or partial flow through selected ones of the plurality of inlets and outlets.