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7601112 Dense fluid cleaning centrifugal phase shifting separation process and apparatus  
The present invention is an apparatus and process for cleaning substrates using fluids, including dense fluids. A perforated centrifuge drum operates within a pressure vessel. A dense fluid...
7566347 Cleaning process utilizing an organic solvent and a pressurized fluid solvent  
A cleaning method and system that utilize an organic cleaning solvent and pressurized fluid solvent is disclosed. The method and system have no conventional evaporative hot air drying cycle....
7550090 Oxygen plasma clean to remove carbon species deposited on a glass dome surface  
A method for in-situ cleaning of a dielectric dome surface having been used in pre-clean processes is provided. Carbon containing deposits are removed by providing a plasma of one or more oxidizing...
7547364 Spray device for cooling cattle in sheds and method of using the same  
A sprayer device including a generator for generating an air stream having a predetermined velocity and a nozzle unit for the discharge of liquid therefrom, whereby to produce a mist stream capable...
7518128 Lithographic apparatus comprising a cleaning arrangement, cleaning arrangement and method for cleaning a surface to be cleaned  
A cleaning arrangement is provided for use in an EUV lithographic apparatus, for example an EUV lithographic apparatus with a Sn source. The cleaning arrangement includes a gas source for a...
7513260 In-situ continuous coke deposit removal by catalytic steam gasification  
A coke removal system removes coke deposits from the walls of a high temperature passage in which hydrocarbon fuel is present. The system includes a carbon-steam gasification catalyst and a water...
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...
7503951 Fume chamber  
A system for measuring fume generation rates and total fume emissions of welding and allied processes includes a fume collection chamber and an automated welding assembly. The fume collection...
7462842 Device, EUV lithographic device and method for preventing and cleaning contamination on optical elements  
The invention relates to a method for preventing contamination on the surfaces of optical elements comprising a multi-layer system, during the exposure thereof to radiation at signal wave lengths...
7431853 Selective etching of oxides from substrates  
A method and system for release etching a micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS) device from a substrate. In one aspect, the invention is a method comprising (a) supporting at least one...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7361233 Methods of hydrogen cleaning of metallic surfaces  
The pulsed partial pressure hydrogen cleaning of cobalt-based alloys in turbine components is achieved by disposing the component within a vacuum furnace and heating the component. Upon heating to...
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...
7311785 Automatic air-blown cleaning device for liquid crystal display component in LCD assembly and method thereof  
An automatic air-blown cleaning apparatus for cleaning a liquid crystal display (LCD) component in an LCD assembly process. The automatic air-blown cleaning apparatus has an assembly station for...
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...
7282099 Dense phase processing fluids for microelectronic component manufacture  
Method for processing an article by contacting the article with a dense fluid. The article is introduced into a sealable processing chamber and the processing chamber is sealed. A dense fluid is...
7276138 Vapor generating and recovery apparatus  
A vapor generating and recovery apparatus including a housing having an open top, a closed bottom and a plurality of sidewalls therebetween defining a boiling sump with a treating solution therein....
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...
7267727 Processing of semiconductor components with dense processing fluids and ultrasonic energy  
Method for processing an article with a dense processing fluid in a processing chamber while applying ultrasonic energy during processing. The dense fluid may be generated in a separate...
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...
7247210 Methods for treating CIP equipment and equipment for treating CIP equipment  
A method for treating CIP equipment is provided according to the present invention. The CIP equipment includes process equipment. The method includes steps of treating the CIP equipment with a...
7234476 Method of cleaning CVD equipment processing chamber  
A method of remote plasma cleaning a processing chamber of CVD equipment, which has high cleaning rates, low cleaning operational cost and high efficiency, is provided. The method comprises...
7201807 Method for cleaning a deposition chamber and deposition apparatus for performing in situ cleaning  
Disclosed are a method for cleaning a deposition chamber by removing attached metal oxides, and a deposition apparatus for performing in situ cleaning. A first gas and a second gas are provided...
7189291 Method for the removal of airborne molecular contaminants using oxygen 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...
7141123 Method of and apparatus for removing contaminants from surface of a substrate  
A cleanling apparatus for removing contaminants from the surface of a substrate includes two parts: one which produces an aerosol including frozen particles and directs the aerosol onto the surface...
7138065 Method for removing at least one area of a layer of a component consisting of metal or a metal compound  
The invention relates to a method for removing an area of a layer of a component consisting of metal or a metal compound. According to prior art, corrosion products of a component are removed in a...
7127831 Methods and systems for processing a substrate using a dynamic liquid meniscus  
A system and method of moving a meniscus from a first surface to a second surface includes forming a meniscus between a head and a first surface. The meniscus can be moved from the first surface to...
7124764 Method for removing impurities from porous materials  
The present invention discloses a method for removing impurities from a porous material by flowing a supercritical fluid with or without a modifier therein over a to-be-cleaned porous material...
7112652 Solvents useful in the preparation of polymers containing hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers  
This invention relates to solvents which may be used to extract polymers that are made of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers.
7104268 Megasonic cleaning system with buffered cavitation method  
A wafer cleaning method and system including a combined high frequency signal, a low frequency signal, and in one embodiment a biased voltage signal, allows cleaning particles and impurities off of...
7087124 Cleaning and sanitizing system  
A high pressure water stream ( 14 ) is discharged onto a surface to be cleaned. An ozone/water stream ( 16 ) is discharged on the same surface for sanitizing the surface. The high pressure water...
7087123 Cleaning and sanitizing system  
A high pressure water stream ( 14 ) is discharged onto a surface to be cleaned. An ozone/water stream ( 16 ) is discharged on the same surface for sanitizing the surface. The high pressure water...
7060993 Device, EUV-lithographic device and method for preventing and cleaning contamination on optical elements  
The invention relates to a method for preventing contamination on the surfaces of optical elements comprising a multi-layer system, during the exposure thereof to radiation at signal wave lengths...
7052553 Wet cleaning of electrostatic chucks  
A non-destructive and simple method for cleaning a new or used electrostatic chuck comprises a wet cleaning process, which removes contaminants deposited on a surface of the electrostatic chuck.
7044662 Developing photoresist with supercritical fluid and developer  
An apparatus for developing a polymeric film without the need for a water rinse step is disclosed. An object having a surface supporting a polymeric film is placed onto a support region within a...
7001470 Cleaning process for photomasks  
A photomask provided with a light-shielding coating on a surface of a glass substrate is cleaned with O 3 gas solved water to eliminate organic substances adhered on a surface of the photomask (S...
6988327 Methods and systems for processing a substrate using a dynamic liquid meniscus  
A system and method of moving a meniscus from a first surface to a second surface includes forming a meniscus between a head and a first surface. The meniscus can be moved from the first surface to...
6953042 Apparatus and process for supercritical carbon dioxide phase processing  
The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning a workpiece with a cleaning medium that is maintained at a single fluid phase. The apparatus comprises means for providing the cleaning...
6949145 Vapor-assisted cryogenic cleaning  
The present invention is directed towards the use of a reactive gas or vapor of a reactive liquid prior to or in combination with cryogenic cleaning to remove contaminants from the semiconductor...
6939409 Cleaning method and etching method  
A cleaning method and an etching method for removing, by cleaning grease components and silicon micro pieces hard to remove, used for an apparatus and a carrier for manufacturing a semiconductor...
6936114 Steam cleaning system and method for semiconductor process equipment  
Disclosed are systems and methods for removing stubborn contaminants, aluminum fluoride and aluminum chloride in particular, from components of semiconductor-processing equipment. One embodiment...
6936112 Heat exchanger cleaning process  
Disclosed is a novel process for cleaning and restoring the operating efficiency of organic liquid chemical exchangers in a safe and effective manner and in a very short period of time, without a...
6935351 Method of cleaning CVD device and cleaning device therefor  
A cleaning method for CVD apparatus wherein by-products such as SiO 2 and Si 3 N 4 adhered to and deposited on surfaces of the inner wall, electrodes and other parts of a reaction chamber at the...
6932092 Method for cleaning plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition chamber using very high frequency energy  
A method for cleaning a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition chamber. The method includes introducing a cleaning gas into the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition chamber, forming a...
6929015 Process for the at least partial elimination of carbon deposits in a heat exchanger  
The invention proposes a process and device for the at least partial elimination of carbon deposits in a heat exchanger in which an oxidation treatment is carried out comprising at least one...
6923189 Cleaning of CVD chambers using remote source with cxfyoz based chemistry  
A method and apparatus for cleaning a processing chamber are provided. The cleaning method includes the use of a remote plasma source to generate reactive species and an in situ RF power to...
6913653 Cleaning and etching methods and their apparatuses  
A cleaning method for removing fats, oils, and silicon small particles, which are conventionally difficult to remove, adhering to devices and carriers used to manufacture a semiconductor wafer or a...