Patent ID: 7417018

Claim:
A process for cleaning a solid surface of an electronic component, said process comprising: a) Cleaning said solid surface of an electronic component by means of a microemulsion-type cleaning composition, b) Draining said cleaned surface, c) Rinsing said drained surface with an organic solvent or a mixture of organic solvents with a low boiling point, consisting of aliphatic alcohols, aliphatic esters, branched or cyclic, linear saturated hydrocarbons that contain 5 to 7 carbon atoms; aliphatic ketones; aliphatic ethers; dimethoxymethane; methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, perflouroalkanes C n F 2n+2 with n ranging from 4 to 8; hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), hydrofluorochlorocarbons or a mixture of at least two of the above-mentioned compounds, d) Drying said rinsed surface with the organic solvent or the mixture of organic solvents used in c).