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7618495 Method for pickling a work string using dispersed solvent-in-acid fluid design  
A method for cleaning a work string which may have been used to inject drilling muds, cement slurries, cement displacement materials and the like into a well where the work strong may contain...
7614407 Prime coat, indicia and clear coat removal process for a golf ball  
A process for removing the coating layers from finished golf balls is disclosed herein. The process involves soaking the golf balls in a removal solution and then subjecting the golf balls to...
7611588 Methods and compositions for removing metal oxides  
The invention relates to methods and compositions for removing metal oxide soils from surfaces. The compositions include an anionic surfactant and a pH adjuster at an acidic pH. In one embodiment,...
7594971 Method of cleaning and sterilizing medical instruments  
A novel method of cleaning and disinfecting organically contaminated articles such as, for instance, medical instruments, wherein the cleaning cycle consists of two sections divided by removal and...
7588644 Method and apparatus for cleaning pipeline pigs  
A method of cleaning pipeline pigs of a material that is to be recycled includes providing a vessel having an interior. A manifold is placed within the vessel interior, the manifold having a...
7588036 Chamber clean method using remote and in situ plasma cleaning systems  
A process for removing unwanted deposition build-up from one or more interior surfaces of a substrate processing chamber. According to one embodiment the process comprises performing a substrate...
7566369 Method of de-coating metallic coated scrap pieces  
Method of de-coating metallic coated scrap pieces, the metallic coated scrap pieces comprising a metallic core layer and a metallic coating layer of which the liquidus temperature of the metallic...
7556048 In-situ removal of surface impurities prior to arsenic-doped polysilicon deposition in the fabrication of a heterojunction bipolar transistor  
A process for cleaning the silicon surface of a semiconductor device material layer. The surface undergoes a pre-clean process followed by exposure to a nitrogen-containing gas. A polysilicon layer...
7552503 Apparatus and method for cleaning a surface with high pressure air  
A cleaning apparatus and method which includes spraying high pressure air obliquely onto a cleaning surface from an air nozzle disposed in the vicinity of the cleaning surface of a cleaning object...
7534307 Methods for processing wafer surfaces using thin, high velocity fluid layer  
Among the many embodiment, in one embodiment, a method for processing a substrate is disclosed which includes generating a fluid layer on a surface of the substrate, the fluid layer defining a...
7534306 Steam humidifier and method  
The steam humidifier fed with a premix of natural gas and forced air under low pressure (less than 1 psi) includes a main frame, a movable lower frame, a two part evaporation canister, releasably...
7531047 Method of removing residue from a substrate after a DRIE process  
The present disclosure provides a method of cleaning a semiconductor substrate after a DRIE etch process, wherein residue from the DRIE process is removed without damaging the substrate. The...
7531045 Method for removing haze in a photo mask  
An apparatus for removing haze in a photo mask includes sealed chamber having a bake module disposed therein to support a photo mask, a reactant gas feed line to feed a reactant gas into the...
7530359 Plasma treatment system and cleaning method of the same  
A plasma treatment apparatus has a reaction vessel ( 11 ) provided with a top electrode ( 13 ) and a bottom electrode ( 14 ), and the first electrode is supplied with a VHF band high frequency...
7527698 Method and apparatus for removing a liquid from a surface of a substrate  
A method and apparatus for removing a first liquid from a surface of a substrate is provided. A second liquid is supplied to at least part of a surface of a substrate having a rotary movement. The...
7524383 Method and system for passivating a processing chamber  
A method and system for passivating a processing chamber is provided, whereby the processing chamber is exposed to one or more cycles of citric acid, or nitric acid. The processing chamber is...
7517413 Remediation of microfloral and biofilm development from laundering devices  
Methods, improved compositions and kits are employed that provide dosing and cleaning solutions containing a halogen-based oxidant effectively delivered to remediate microfloral and biofilm...
7507297 Cleaning method and cleaning apparatus  
A cleaning effect is improved by cleaning a component that has a recess structure by using a cleaning medium of a liquefied gas or a supercritical fluid. By the cleaning method of removing adhering...
7494549 Substrate treatment apparatus and substrate treatment method  
A substrate treatment apparatus for removing an unnecessary substance from a surface of a substrate. The apparatus is provided with: an oxidation liquid supply mechanism for supplying an oxidation...
7481893 Cleaning textiles  
Cleaning media based on liquid CO 2 and including from 0.01 to 5% by weight of the formulation of a cleaning additive which is at least one C 6 to C 24 hydrocarbyl ester of a multi-carboxylic...
7442319 Poly etch without separate oxide decap  
The use of an ammonium hydroxide spike to a hot tetra methyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH) solution to form an insitu poly oxide decapping step in a polysilicon (poly) etch process, results in a single...
7422639 Method of reducing water spotting and oxide growth on a semiconductor structure  
The present invention relates to a method of cleaning and drying a semiconductor structure in a modified conventional gas etch/rinse or dryer vessel.
7419614 Method of etching and cleaning objects  
A method of etching and cleaning objects contained in a vessel, includes etching the objects by providing etching solution into the vessel, forcing out the etching solution from the vessel by...
7416612 Process for removal of paint from plastic substrates  
A process for removing paint from a plastic substrate that typically includes immersing and optionally agitating the painted plastic substrate in a first chemical fluid, removing the substrate from...
7416611 Process and apparatus for treating a workpiece with gases  
In a method and apparatus for cleaning or processing a workpiece, a process gas is brought into contact with the workpiece by diffusion through a heated liquid layer on the workpiece, and by bulk...
7413613 Method for activating electron source surface of field emission display  
A method for activating surface of electron emission source of a field emission display. After a cathode structure is fabricated and sintered with high temperature, the surface of electron emission...
7412979 Selective removal or application of a coating on a portion of a container  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for removing a coating material from a predetermined first portion of a container, while retaining the coating on a second portion of the...
7410545 Substrate processing method of and substrate processing apparatus for freezing and cleaning substrate  
A substrate immersed in pure water held inside a processing bath disposed to a cleaning unit 1 and accordingly washed, as it bears an aqueous film on its surface, is transported by a substrate...
7410543 Substrate processing method  
Resists can be removed while metal contamination of wafers, etc. and generation of particles, and growth of oxide films are suppressed. A substrate processing method comprises feeding a processing...
7405164 Apparatus and method for removing a photoresist structure from a substrate  
In an apparatus and method for removing a photoresist structure from a substrate, a chamber for receiving the substrate includes a showerhead for uniformly distributing a mixture of water vapor and...
7404863 Methods of thinning a silicon wafer using HF and ozone  
A method of thinning a silicon wafer in a controllable cost-effective manner with minimal chemical consumption. The wafer is placed into a process chamber, after which ozone gas and HF vapor are...
7402213 Stripping and removal of organic-containing materials from electronic device substrate surfaces  
Described herein is a method of removing an organic-containing material from an exposed surface of a large substrate (at least 0.25 m 2 ). The substrate may comprise an electronic device. The...
7387689 Methods for drying semiconductor wafer surfaces using a plurality of inlets and outlets held in close proximity to the wafer surfaces  
Methods for processing substrate through a head that is configured to be placed in close non-contact proximity to a surface of a substrate are provided. One method includes applying a first fluid...
7377984 Method for cleaning a photomask  
Disclosed herein is a method of cleaning a photomask, which prevents haze from being generated on a surface of the photomask during a photolithography process. The photomask is heat treated to...
7377982 Method for the removal of airborne molecular contaminants using water gas mixtures  
The present invention discloses a method for the removal of a number of molecular contaminants from surfaces within a device. A purge gas containing oxygen and/or water is introduced into the...
7368020 Reduced particle contamination manufacturing and packaging for reticles  
A method of transporting a reticle is disclosed. The reticle is placed in a reticle carrier that has an ionizer. Moreover, the reticle may be attached with a pellicle. The pellicle consists of a...
7364625 Rinsing processes and equipment  
Described are methods of rinsing and processing devices such as semiconductor wafers wherein the device is rinsed with using a surface tension reducing agent; the method may include a subsequent...
7341067 Method of managing the cleaning of heat transfer elements of a boiler within a furnace  
A method of cleaning a heat transfer element within a boiler furnace is provided. The method includes the steps of allowing a furnace to operate and deposit ash on a heat transfer element,...
7332042 Process for treatment and extraction of organic cork compounds by a dense fluid under pressure  
Process for the treatment of cork or a cork-based material particularly with a view towards extracting contaminating organic compounds, in which said cork or said cork-based material is put into...
7331354 Cleaning of tray columns which have been used for rectificatively treating liquids comprising (meth)acrylic acid and/or esters thereof  
In process for cleaning tray columns which are used for the purposes of rectifiying liquids comprising (meth)acrylic compounds, a basic liquid is conveyed downward through the tray column and a gas...
7329321 Enhanced wafer cleaning method  
A method for removing post-processing residues in a single wafer cleaning system is provided. The method initiates with providing a first heated fluid to a proximity head disposed over a substrate....
7318870 Method of cleaning semiconductor substrate  
A cleaning method for a semiconductor substrate including placing the semiconductor substrate into a cleaning chamber and injecting ozone gas (O 3 ) into the cleaning chamber. This process operates...
7288156 Methods for cleaning a substrate  
The invention provides a water supplying apparatus and method thereof which has a high capacity of peeling and removing a disused material such as a resist film and the like, and can efficiently...
7287534 Cleaning of apparatus in which meth(acrylic) acid-containing organic solvents have been treated and/or generated  
A process for cleaning apparatus in which (meth)acrylic acid-containing organic solvents have been treated and/or generated and contain fouling and/or polymer and residues of organic solvent, in...
7270717 Compositions and methods for cleaning contaminated articles  
Disclosed are compositions and methods for cleaning contaminated articles based on the provision of a zeotropic composition comprising (a) at least one flammable solvent having a boiling point at a...
7264680 Process and apparatus for treating a workpiece using ozone  
A method for cleaning a semiconductor workpiece having a metal layer in a processing chamber includes the steps of introducing a liquid solution including dissolved carbon dioxide onto the...
7264679 Cleaning of chamber components  
In a method of cleaning a surface of a substrate processing chamber component to remove process deposits, the component surface is cooled to a temperature below about −40° C. to fracture the...
7247208 Microelectronic cleaning compositions containing ammonia-free fluoride salts  
Ammonia-free, HF-free cleaning compositions for cleaning photoresist and plasma ash residues from microelectronic substrates, and particularly to such cleaning compositions useful with and having...
7244315 Microelectronic device drying devices and techniques  
Improved methods of rinsing and drying microelectronic devices by way of an immersion processing apparatus are provided for effectively cleaning microelectronic devices. Methods and arrangements...
7229506 Process for pickling martensitic or ferritic stainless steel  
A process for pickling martensitic or ferritic stainless steel, preferably in the form of wires, tubes or rods, wherein the stainless steel is placed in contact with a pickling solution which has a...