Patent ID: 7264008

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning a wafer, comprising: a processing chamber for performing a cleaning process; a wafer load chamber for loading the wafer, the wafer load chamber connected to a first sidewall of the processing chamber; a wafer unload chamber connected to a second sidewall of the processing chamber; a plurality of holders for contacting and securing peripheral portions of the wafer, and for rotating the wafer; a first plate disposed to face a first surface of the wafer, the first plate having a plurality of first nozzles for spraying a first cleaning solution onto the first surface of the wafer; and a second plate installed in the processing chamber and disposed to face a second surface of the wafer that is opposite to the first surface, the second plate having a plurality of second nozzles for spraying a second cleaning solution onto the second surface of the wafer, wherein the holders and the first plate are connected to each other, and the holders and the first plate move from the wafer load chamber into the processing chamber to load the wafer and move from the processing chamber into the wafer unload chamber to unload the wafer.