Patent ID: 7934976

Claim:
A scribing apparatus, comprising: a scribing wheel adapted to scribe a substrate; a refrigerant supplier disposed in front of the scribing wheel in a progress direction of the scribing wheel and adapted to supply refrigerant having a temperature between about 0° C. to 5° C. to the substrate; and a hot steam supplier disposed in back of the scribing wheel in the progress direction of the scribing wheel and adapted to supply hot steam having a temperature between about 120° C. to 150° C. to the substrate to clean the substrate and remove particles created by scribing the substrate using the scribing wheel, wherein the scribing wheel, the refrigerant supplier and the hot steam supplier together move along the progress direction of the scribing wheel, wherein the scribing wheel is positioned between the refrigerant supplier and the hot steam supplier, and wherein the scribing wheel, the refrigerant supplier and the hot steam supplier move together in the same direction.