IP Library Granted Patent US 7,524,771
Granted Patent B2
US 7,524,771 · App. 10/690,912 · Granted Apr 28, 2009

Substrate processing method using alkaline solution and acid solution

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Patent No.
US 7,524,771
App. No.
10/690,912
Granted
Apr 28, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Particles adhering to the surface of a substrate are removed by physical action of injection of droplets or megasonic vibrations or by combination of the physical action and slight etching on the surface of the substrate. On the other hand, metal contaminants adhering to the surface of the substrate are altered to hydroxides with an alkaline solution and thereafter dissolved with an acid solution to be removed. Thus, it is possible to rapidly process the substrate while minimizing the quantity of etching on the surface of the substrate.

Claims (11)

1. A substrate processing method comprising;

a first step of supplying an alkaline solution to a surface of a substrate;

a second step of supplying an acid solution to the surface of said substrate after said first step; and

a third step of supplying said alkaline solution to the surface of said substrate after said second step;

rotating said substrate in a horizontal plane from said first step to said third step; and

said supplying of said alkaline solution in said first step and said third step comprises injection and collision of droplets formed in an external-mix bi-fluid nozzle by mixing said alkaline solution with gas from said bi-fluid nozzle to the surface of the rotated substrate,

wherein, said alkaline solution is a mixed solution containing ammonia water, hydrogen peroxide water, and deionized water,

said acid solution supplied in said second step is an acid solution having an etching effect, said acid solution is a mixed solution containing hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and deionized water, and

said alkaline solution and said acid solution are both solutions at ordinary temperature,

and farther comprising a rinsing step of performing rinsing by discharging deionized water to the surface of said substrate after said third step.

2. The substrate processing method according to claim 1 , wherein said alkaline solution has a pH value of at least 11 and less than 13.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.
To: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035248/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2003
From: IZUMI, AKIRA; SANO, KENICHI
To: DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014633/0564 →