Patent ID: 7195679

Claim:
A system for remediating aberrations along a perimeter of a substrate, the system comprising: a cleaning apparatus adapted to spin the substrate within a confined area; a chuck, defining the confined area, having a sidewall extending above an upper surface of the substrate and surrounding the perimeter of the substrate in a spaced apart relationship, also having a bottom wall, with an aperture formed therein, beneath a lower surface of the substrate; an isolation barrier, disposed atop the bottom wall of the chuck, around the aperture, and in proximal relationship to the lower surface of the substrate, such that a narrow gap is formed between an upper surface of the barrier and the lower surface of the substrate; a pressurized source adapted to forcefully direct a gas at and along the lower surface of the substrate; and a remediation solution applied to the upper surface of the substrate, wherein the solution is forced into a well formed between an inner surface of the chuck sidewall and the perimeter of the substrate such that the solution bathes the perimeter of the substrate.