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Patent US8038798 - Method of and apparatus for cleaning substrate - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA substrate cleaning apparatus is capable of individually setting a threshold value for use in making a check of a resistivity during a rinsing process on a recipe setting screen in each process step. Thus, by setting each threshold value depending on the type of liquid chemical to be used immediately...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8038798?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8038798 - Method of and apparatus for cleaning substrateAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8038798 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/124,555Publication date18 Oct 2011Filing date21 May 2008Priority date28 May 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asCN101314159A, US20080295862Publication number12124555, 124555, US 8038798 B2, US 8038798B2, US-B2-8038798, US8038798 B2, US8038798B2InventorsHayato Iwamoto, Noriaki AdachiOriginal AssigneeSony Corporation, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (18), Non-Patent Citations (7), Classifications (31), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod of and apparatus for cleaning substrate
US 8038798 B2Abstract
in said step f), the resistivity of a second processing liquid comprising said additional deionized water and said second liquid chemical stored in said processing bath is checked after a given time period has elapsed since the start of the second rinsing process for rinsing said second liquid chemical using said additional deionized water, and said second rinsing process is judged to be completed successfully, when the resistivity of said second processing liquid stored in said processing bath reaches said second resistivity threshold value. Description
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the controller 40 is connected to a display part 42 including a liquid crystal display device and the like, and an input part 43 including a keyboard and a mouse. The controller 40 is capable of causing a recipe setting screen 42 a for the setting of the processing recipe 41 a to be stored in the storage part 41 to appear on the display part 42. An operator of the substrate cleaning apparatus 1 can manipulate the input part 43 to make an entry while viewing the recipe setting screen 42 a appearing on the display part 42, thereby performing the setting process of the processing recipe 41 a. FIG. 2 shows an example of the recipe setting screen 42 a appearing on the display part 42. As illustrated in FIG. 2, processing time and the type of processing liquid to be supplied are settable for each process step on the recipe setting screen 42 a. As illustrated in an area A1 in FIG. 2, a threshold value serving as a criterion of the check in the process of checking a resistivity in each process step is settable as a numeric value inherent in each process step on the recipe setting screen 42 a. In other words, the substrate cleaning apparatus 1 is capable of setting threshold values differing between the plurality of process steps and performing the process of checking the resistivity by using the threshold value differing between the plurality of process steps.
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