Patent ID: 7223323

Claim:
An electrochemical plating system comprising: a substrate loading station positioned in communication with a mainframe processing platform; at least one substrate plating cell positioned on the mainframe; at least one substrate bevel cleaning cell positioned on the mainframe; at least one spin rinse dry cell positioned on the mainframe in a substrate transfer path between the at least one substrate plating cell and the substrate loading station, wherein the at least one spin rinse dry cell comprises: a cell bowl having an upstanding cylindrical wall; an annular and inwardly curving pressure reducing surface positioned on a top portion of the upstanding cylindrical wall; a fluid receiving shield attached to, and extending radially inward from, an upper portion of the upstanding cylindrical wall, wherein the fluid receiving shield has a plurality of holes; a rotatable substrate support member centrally positioned in the cell bowl; and a fluid dispensing nozzle configured to dispense a rinsing solution onto an upper surface of a substrate positioned on the support member; and a stacked substrate annealing station positioned in communication with at least one of the mainframe and the loading station, each chamber in the stacked substrate annealing station having a substrate heating plate and a substrate cooling plate adjacently positioned therein.