Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with spraying fluid

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising steps of:

spraying fluid in the form of a jet onto a surface of a treatment target substrate including a semiconductor substrate so as to wash the treatment target substrate;

forming a protection layer on the surface of the treatment target substrate after spraying the fluid;

selectively removing the protection layer and a part of the treatment target substrate by an energy beam; and

conducting removing processing on an area of the treatment target substrate from which the protection layer and the part of the treatment target substrate are selectively removed,

wherein the fluid is the same material as the protection layer in lower concentration than the concentration used in the step of forming the protection layer.

2. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of removing the protection film remaining on the treatment target substrate after selectively removing the protection layer and the part of the treatment target substrate.

3. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the treatment target substrate includes a circuit layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the circuit layer is removed in the step of selectively removing the protection film and the part of the treatment target substrate.

4. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of spraying the fluid, jet of water is applied to the surface of the treatment target substrate.

5. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of spraying the fluid, jet of a mixture of water and air is applied to the surface of the treatment target substrate.

6. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the protection layer is executed in the state that the fluid is remaining on the surface of the treatment target substrate.

7. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the selection removal of the protection layer and a part of the treatment target substrate is executed on a scribe area formed in the treatment target substrate.

8. The method of manufacturing semiconductor device according to claim 7 , further comprising a step of dicing the treatment target substrate in the scribe area after selectively removing the protection layer and the part of the treatment target substrate.

9. The method of the manufacturing semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the protection layer includes a polyvinyl alcohol, and a material including the polyvinyl alcohol is spin-coated in the step of forming the protection layer.

10. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the energy beam is a laser beam.

11. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the step of removing the protection layer remaining on the surface of the treatment target substrate is executed in an apparatus same as an apparatus for executing the step of spraying the fluid.

12. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein in the step of removing the protection film remaining on the surface of the treatment target substrate, fluid is sprayed to the protection film.

13. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the fluid sprayed to the protection film is same as the fluid sprayed to the surface of the treatment target substrate before the protection film is formed.

14. The method of the manufacturing semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the protection film is formed to be a uniform thickness.