Patent ID: 8007593

Claim:
A process for cleaning a semiconductor substrate or semiconductor element, comprising the step of cleaning the semiconductor substrate or semiconductor element with a remover composition comprising: (A) an organic amine, (B) an organic phosphonic acid, (C) a linear sugar alcohol, and water, wherein the remover composition comprises the component (A) in an amount of from 0.2 to 30% by weight, the component (B) in an amount of from 0.05 to 10% by weight, the component (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10% by weight, and the water in an amount of from 50 to 99.65% by weight, a weight ratio of the component (C) to a total amount of the component (A) and the component (B) in the remover composition is from 1/0.3 to 1/0.8, and wherein the remover composition has a pH at 20° C. of from 9 to 13.