Patent ID: 7389783

Claim:
An apparatus for processing a substrate, comprising: a first manifold module configured to define and contain a fluid meniscus between a manifold module surface and a substrate surface; a second manifold module being configured to connect with the first manifold module and to move the first manifold module into proximity to the substrate surface to generate the fluid meniscus; and a manifold carrier for positioning the first manifold module to a region of the substrate to be processed; wherein a processing surface of the first manifold module is defined beyond a plane of a bottom surface of the manifold carrier, and a processing surface of the first manifold module comprises a first conduit for applying a first fluid to the substrate surface, a second conduit for applying a second fluid to the substrate surface, and a third conduit for removing the first fluid and the second fluid from the substrate surface, the proximity of the first manifold defined to contain the fluid meniscus between the manifold module surface and the substrate surface.