Patent ID: 7353560

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning and drying a surface of a wafer, comprising: a proximity head configured with a body having a proximity surface configured to be placed proximate to but separated by a space from the surface of the wafer, the body being configured with a central chamber extending into the body surface, a plurality of ports being disposed on the surface of the head to define an enclosure at least partially around the chamber, the plurality of ports comprising at least one row of ports configured to supply a meniscus fluid to the surface of the wafer, the plurality of ports comprising at least a second row of ports configured to remove fluid from the surface of the wafer, the configuring for supplying and removing being with the first row completely surrounded by the at least a second row for producing a controlled meniscus extending across the space between the surface of the head and the surface of the wafer and along the enclosure; and a brush disposed within the chamber and coupled to the head, the brush configured to move with the head and extend from the chamber across the space into contact with the surface of the wafer so that the meniscus along the enclosure is at least partially around the brush, with the head separated by the space apart from and proximate to the surface of the wafer the brush that is disposed within the chamber of the head being configured to receive a cleaning fluid separately from the meniscus fluid and to apply the cleaning fluid to the contacted surface of the wafer; the second row of the ports being configured to receive a vacuum for removing the meniscus fluid and the cleaning fluid from the wafer surface to dry the wafer surface along the enclosure that extends at least partially around the chamber.