Patent ID: 6273107
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B08B,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for treating semiconductor wafers with a jet flow of fluid, comprising:a rinse tank having an interior shell disposed therein, said interior shell being sized to support a wafer boat with semiconductor wafers in said wafer boat; said interior shell having sides and a bottom;a chamber within the rinse tank formed by said rinse tank and said interior shell for mixing a gas and a liquid;a liquid inlet attached to the chamber for providing the chamber with a liquid;a gas inlet attached to the chamber for providing the chamber with a gas; anda plurality of jet ports disposed within the interior shell for directing a jet comprising a mixture of the liquid and the gas from the chamber across a face of the semiconductor wafers, a first portion of said plurality of jet ports being disposed on said bottom of said interior surface and a second portion of said jet ports being disposed on said sides of said interior surface.