Patent ID: 6926017

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning a semi-conductor wafer carrier having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the apparatus comprising: a base portion having a first aperture and a second aperture, the base configured to support a wafer carrier about the first aperture, the base portion further comprising a third aperture, the base configured to support a wafer carrier door holding fixture in contact about the third aperture; a first fluidic circuit; and, a second fluidic circuit; wherein the first fluidic circuit is configured to circulates fluid between the first aperture and the interior surfaces of a wafer carrier and the second fluidic circuit is configured to circulates fluid between the second aperture and the exterior surfaces of a wafer carrier and wherein, the base portion configured to substantially isolate the first fluidic circuit from the second fluidic circuit, and wherein the first fluidic circuit circulates fluid between the first and third apertures and the interior surfaces of a wafer carrier and a wafer carrier door holding fixture and the second fluidic circuit circulates fluid between the second aperture and the exterior surfaces of a wafer carrier and a wafer carrier door holding fixture to remove contaminants from the interior and exterior surfaces of wafer carrier and a wafer carrier door.