Patent ID: 7849554

Claim:
An upper processing head for cleaning a substrate, comprising: a first module having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein a top of a substrate to be cleaned is to pass below the first module in a direction extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, wherein the first module includes: a row of cleaning material dispense ports defined along the leading edge, the row of cleaning material dispense ports defined to dispense a layer of a cleaning material downward onto the substrate when present thereunder, a row of rinsing material dispense ports defined along the trailing edge, the row of rinsing material dispense ports defined to dispense a rinsing material downward onto the substrate when present thereunder, a row of ventilation ports defined along a trailing side of the row of cleaning material dispense ports, and a first row of vacuum ports defined between the row of ventilation ports and the row of rinsing material dispense ports, wherein the first row of vacuum ports is defined to provide multi-phase suction of the cleaning material and the rinsing material from the substrate when present thereunder and of air supplied through the row of ventilation ports.