Patent ID: 8372213

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a semiconductor wafer having a thickness and a width, comprising: treating the semiconductor wafer in a liquid container filled at least partly with a solution containing HF, such that oxide situated on the surface of the semiconductor wafer dissolves, transporting the semiconductor wafer out of the solution along a transport direction and drying the semiconductor wafer to form a semiconductor wafer with dry portions, and treating only the dry portions of the semiconductor wafer with an ozone-containing gas after drying, such that the dry portions of the semiconductor wafer are oxidized, wherein one part of the surface of the semiconductor wafer comes into contact with the ozone-containing gas while another part of the surface of the semiconductor wafer is still in contact with the solution, wherein the solution and the ozone-containing gas are spatially separated such that they do not come into contact with one another, wherein the ozone-containing gas is situated in a region that is spatially separated from the solution by means of a partition, and wherein the semiconductor wafer in the dry state is transported into said region in the transport direction through the partition.