IP Library Granted Patent US 6,837,941
Granted Patent B2
US 6,837,941 · App. 09/337,278 · Granted Jan 4, 2005

Cleaning and handling methods of electronic component and cleaning apparatus thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,837,941
App. No.
09/337,278
Granted
Jan 4, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning apparatus of an electronic component of the present invention comprises: means for supplying cleaning water to an object to be cleaned such as alumina titanium carbide wafer, a sponge member for contacting with the object to be cleaned to clean a surface thereof, means for moving the object to be cleaned and the sponge member relative to each other, and means for adjusting the resistivity value of the cleaning water to 10MΩ or less. Using this apparatus, the object to be cleaned is cleaned using the sponge member while supplying, to the object to be cleaned, cleaning water having the resistivity value of 10MΩ or less. In this case, the cleaning degree is enhanced by soaking the object to be cleaned in the water having the resistivity value of 10MΩ or less before cleaning, and by using a dummy substrate.

Claims (7)

1. A method of cleaning an electronic component comprising bringing a sponge member into contact with an object to be cleaned while supplying, to said object to be cleaned, a solution consisting essentially of water and carbon dioxide having a resistivity value of less than 5 MΩ,

wherein said sponge member is separated from said object to be cleaned during cleaning, and said solution is supplied also to the separated sponge member, wherein contaminants are removed from the sponge member.

2. A method of cleaning an electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said object to be cleaned is a ceramic wafer.

3. A method of cleaning an electronic component according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein said object to be cleaned is soaked in water having a resistivity value of 10MΩ or less before cleaning.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said object to be cleaned is made of aluminum titanium carbide.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said solution has a resistivity value of 0.5 MΩ or less.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said solution has a resistivity value of 0.3 MΩ or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 14, 2004
From: SUMITOMO SPECIAL METALS CO., LTD.
To: NEOMAX CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 014851/0862 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 1999
From: HIROOKA TAISUKE; SAKUMICHI HIDETAKA
To: SUMITOMO SPECIAL METALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 010062/0991 →