Patent ID: 8601639

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning contaminants from a substrate surface of a semiconductor substrate, comprising: a substrate support assembly for holding the semiconductor substrate; a first dispense head for applying a cleaning material to clean the contaminants from the substrate surface, the first dispense head extends across a length of the semiconductor substrate and is positioned proximate to the substrate surface at a distance of between about 0.1 mm and about 4.5 mm, the proximate position enabling application of a force to the cleaning material as it is applied to the substrate surface as a film, the cleaning material provided through the first dispense head contains a cleaning liquid, a plurality of solid components, and polymers of a polymeric compound, each of the plurality of solid components and polymers being greater than zero and less than 3% of the cleaning material, the plurality of solid components and the polymers are dispersed for application through the first dispense head, and a first rinse head positioned beside the first dispense head in a parallel orientation thereto, the first rinse head being coupled to a rinse fluid supply and a vacuum supply, the first rinse head is configured to remove the film of cleaning material as the substrate support moves the semiconductor substrate under the first dispense and first rinse heads; a second dispense head directed upward toward a backside of the substrate; a second rinse head directed upward and positioned beside the second dispense head.