Patent ID: 7828951

Claim:
A method for supporting a wafer in an electroplating process, comprising: placing a wafer between a bottom film layer and a top film layer, wherein a surface of the wafer to be processed is exposed through an opening in the top film layer; establishing a liquid seal between the top film layer and a periphery of the wafer; establishing an electrical connection between a first electrical circuit and a first peripheral location of the wafer, wherein the first electrical circuit is integral to the top film layer; establishing an electrical connection between a second electrical circuit and a second peripheral location of the wafer, the second peripheral location being diametrically opposed about the wafer to the first peripheral location, wherein the second electrical circuit is integral to the top film layer; positioning the bottom and top film layers having the wafer placed therebetween on a platen of an electroplating system; and traversing the platen below a processing head of the electroplating system, the traversing causing the surface of the wafer exposed through the opening in the top film layer to be electroplated.