Patent ID: 8663397
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B08B,C11D,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for cleaning a substrate having a plurality of site isolated regions defined thereon, comprising the steps of: combinatorially processing the substrate where at least one site isolated region is processed differently from at least one other site isolated region; transferring the substrate to a cleaning module, wherein the substrate rests upon a chuck of the cleaning module, wherein the chuck has a diameter that is less than a diameter of the substrate so that a first portion of the substrate contacts the chuck and a second portion of the substrate does not contact the chuck; dispensing a cleaning chemistry onto a surface of the substrate while the substrate rests upon a chuck of the cleaning module, the cleaning chemistry being at a temperature elevated from an ambient temperature; dispensing a fluid onto the surface of the substrate, wherein a temperature of the fluid is at or substantially near the ambient temperature; and drying the surface of the substrate, wherein during said drying, the chuck radiates heat to the first portion of the substrate such that the second portion of the substrate cools down at a faster rate than the first portion of the substrate during the drying step.