IP Library Granted Patent US 11,837,477
Granted Patent B2
US 11,837,477 · App. 17/325,037 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Washing device and washing method

Inventor: Tomoatsu Ishibashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
H01L21/67051B08B1/006B08B3/024H01L21/67046
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Patent No.
US 11,837,477
App. No.
17/325,037
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate washing device includes a roll washing member, a single tube nozzle and spray nozzle. The roll washing member linearly extends over the entire length of the diameter of the substrate and comes into slide-contact with the surface of the substrate. The single tube nozzle discharges washing liquid onto a roll winding side of the roll washing member so that the first washing liquid lands in the front center of the substrate. The spray nozzle sprays a second washing liquid in a fan shape toward a second area when the roll winding side area is divided into two areas.

Claims (20)

1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:

a polishing unit configured to polish a substrate;

a first washing unit and a second washing unit configured to wash the polished substrate;

a drying unit configured to dry the washed substrate;

a control unit configured to control the polishing unit, the first washing unit, the second washing unit and the drying unit; and

a housing inside which the polishing unit, the first washing unit, the second washing unit and the drying unit are housed, wherein

the first washing unit includes a substrate washing device including:

a substrate rotation mechanism configured to hold the substrate and to rotate the substrate about a central axis of the substrate as a rotary axis;

a roll washing member configured to linearly extend over substantially the entire length of the diameter of the substrate and to come into slide-contact with the first surface of the substrate, while rotating about a central axis parallel to the substrate;

a first single tube nozzle configured to discharge a first washing liquid from an area above the substrate held by the substrate rotation mechanism and on a roll winding side of the roll washing member so that the first washing liquid lands in front of the center of the substrate and on a roll winding side area of the roll washing member and the landed first washing liquid flows on the first surface of the substrate toward the center of the substrate; and

a spray nozzle configured to discharge a second washing liquid toward a second area when a roll winding side area of the first surface of the substrate is divided into two areas, a first area being the side rotated in the opposite direction to the rotational direction of the substrate and the second area being the side rotated in the forward direction to the rotational direction of the substrate, based on a straight line orthogonal to the rotational axis of the roll washing member passing through the center of the substrate in a plan view, and

the control unit is configured control the first washing unit to

scrub and wash the substrate by bringing the roll washing member into contact with the substrate while supplying the first washing liquid from the single tube nozzle and the second washing liquid from the spray nozzle, respectively, onto the substrate, and

rinse and wash the substrate using the first single tube nozzle with the roll washing member completely excluded from above the substrate horizontally rotated.

2. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an angle formed between a discharge direction of the first single tube nozzle and an extension direction of the roll washing member is 90°±30° in a plan view.

3. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a nozzle configured to supply washing liquid directly to a surface of the roll washing member located in a roll scraping side area of the roll washing member.

4. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a nozzle configured to supply washing liquid directly to a surface of the roll washing member located in a roll scraping side area of the roll washing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: ISHIBASHI, TOMOATSU
To: EBARA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056293/0269 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-075712 · Apr 1, 2014 · national
JP 2015-042868 · Mar 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16189896 · Nov 13, 2018
Division 14675567 · Mar 31, 2015
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