IP Library Granted Patent US 7,469,883
Granted Patent B2
US 7,469,883 · App. 11/497,025 · Granted Dec 30, 2008

Cleaning method and solution for cleaning a wafer in a single wafer process

Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,469,883
App. No.
11/497,025
Granted
Dec 30, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a novel cleaning method and a solution for use in a single wafer cleaning process. According to the present invention the cleaning solution comprises ammonium hydroxide (NH 4 OH), hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), water (H 2 O) and a chelating agent. In an embodiment of the present invention the cleaning solution also contains a surfactant. And still yet another embodiment of the present invention the cleaning solution also comprises a dissolved gas such as H 2 . In a particular embodiment of the present invention, this solution is used by spraying or dispensing it on a spinning wafer.

Claims (16)

1. A method of preparing a rinse solution comprising:

using a stacked membrane consisting essentially of a solid membrane on top of a porous membrane;

passing H 2 O along said porous membrane; and

passing CO 2 gas along said solid membrane; and

diffusing said CO 2 gas through said solid membrane and dissolving said CO 2 gas into said H 2 O.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said CO 2 gas contains residual byproduct organic impurities from conversion of petroleum to said CO 2 gas, and said diffusing CO 2 gas further comprises diffusing said CO 2 gas minus said organic impurities through said solid membrane.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising diffusing said CO 2 gas through said solid membrane and dissolving said CO 2 gas into said H 2 O until said rinse solution has a resistivity less than 5 megaohm.cm.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising, passing said H 2 O through a multiplicity of conduits formed between a multiplicity of said stacked membranes arranged in parallel.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said H 2 O passes along said porous membranes of said multiplicity of stacked membranes.

6. A method of preparing a rinse solution comprising:

using a first stacked membrane comprising a first solid membrane in contact with a first porous membrane to prepare a rinse solution, wherein said preparation comprises:

passing H 2 O along said first porous membrane;

passing CO 2 gas along said first solid membrane; and

diffusing said CO 2 gas through said first solid membrane and dissolving said CO 2 gas into said H 2 O until said rinse solution has a resistivity less than 5 megaohm.cm.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said CO 2 gas contains residual byproduct organic impurities from conversion of petroleum to said CO 2 gas, and said diffusing CO 2 gas further comprises diffusing said CO 2 gas minus said residual byproduct organic impurities through said first solid membrane.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the first stacked membrane consists essentially of a first solid membrane in contact with a first porous membrane.

Continuity (4)
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