Patent ID: 7348216

Claim:
A method for the removal of residual UV adhesive deposits from the surface of a semiconductor wafer, comprising the steps of: arranging a pressure-sensitive UV cure tape in a vacuum chamber in close parallel position with said surface of the semiconductor wafer; inducing a subatmospheric vacuum condition in said vacuum chamber so as to cause said pressure-sensitive UV tape to engage said semiconductor wafer surface in close surface contact; treating said UV cure tape so as to reduce tacking thereof with said semiconductor wafer surface; and peeling said UV cure tape from said semiconductor wafer surface, wherein said adhesive deposits remain adherent to said tape and are removed from said semiconductor wafer surface in conjunction with the peeling off of said tape, said UV cure tape being repeatedly applied a plurality of times to said wafer surface for effectuating a complete removal, as required, of said adhesive residue deposits from said wafer surface.