Patent ID: 8327861

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning a processing component, comprising: a tank having a cavity defined by a base and one or more sidewalls extending therefrom, an opening opposite the base, and a closure coupled to the opening, the tank being configured to hold a volume of fluid within the cavity to immerse the processing component; a plate assembly is coupled to a support structure that is located proximal to the opening of the tank and extends into the volume of fluid within the cavity, wherein the plate assembly is configured to move in a scanning motion along a horizontal plane located proximal to the opening and inside the closure of the tank, such that the plate assembly is movable over a surface of the processing component when present in the cavity of the tank, and wherein the plate assembly itself includes a transducer element and a resonator element, such that high frequency megasonic acoustic energy is generated by the plate assembly that is adjustable to a plurality of directions, certain ones of the plurality of directions of the plate assembly having orientation settings to a direction generally perpendicular to the surface of the processing component, for a surface location and surface configuration of the processing component; a carrier element, wherein the carrier element is defined to support the processing component within the cavity of the tank, the carrier element having a mechanism for flipping the processing component during cleaning; wherein the processing component is a semiconductor device processing component and is not a semiconductor wafer.