Patent ID: 7645364

Claim:
An electroplating apparatus for electroplating a surface of a wafer, comprising: a plating head configured to be positioned over the surface of the wafer is capable of being electrically charged as an anode for plating a metallic layer over the surface of the wafer, the plating head being further capable of providing a first fluid between the plating head and the surface of the wafer; a pair of electrical contacts charged as a cathode and defined to make contact with the surface of the wafer, the electrical contacts being movable, wherein one of the electrical contacts is defined to be in non-contact orientation with the surface of wafer when plating near the one of the pair of electrical contacts; and a proximity head not being charged as either the cathode or the anode and configured to be placed over the surface of the wafer, the proximity head capable of following in the path of the plating head and capable of processing the surface of the wafer to perform non-plating processing.