B08B7/0021

APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE AND METHODS OF PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE
20220362817 · 2022-11-17 · ·

An apparatus for processing a substrate may include an upper chamber, a lower chamber being combined with the upper chamber and separated from the upper chamber, and at least one driving member for moving the lower chamber in an upward direction and a downward direction. The least one driving member may include a supporting element for supporting the lower chamber, a first driving element for moving the lower chamber and the supporting element, a second driving element for moving the lower chamber, the supporting element and the first driving element, the second driving element being disposed adjacent to the first driving element, and a connecting element for connecting the first driving element to the second driving element. A processing space may be provided between the upper chamber and the lower chamber when the lower chamber is combined with the upper chamber.

Substrate processing apparatus

A substrate processing apparatus processes a surface of a substrate with a processing fluid and includes a support tray in which a concave part for housing the substrate is provided on an upper surface thereof; a storage container in which a cavity is formed, wherein the support tray may be stored in a horizontal posture in the cavity; and a fluid supply part supplying the processing fluid to the cavity, wherein the storage container has a flow path which receives the processing fluid and discharges the processing fluid in a horizontal direction into the cavity from a discharge port that opens on a side wall surface of the cavity and toward the cavity, and a lower end position of the discharge port in a vertical direction is the same as or higher than a position of the upper surface of the support tray stored in the cavity.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLEANING A PROCESS CHAMBER

Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.

Raman sensor for supercritical fluids metrology
11664283 · 2023-05-30 · ·

An apparatus includes a measurement chamber configured to retain one or more sample substances. The apparatus includes an entrance window mounted on a side of the measurement chamber. The apparatus includes a light source configured to generate an incident light beam. The apparatus includes a Raman sensor configured to collect inelastically scattered light from the chamber, and measure an intensity of a Raman peak of a first substance from the one or more sample substances based on the collected inelastically scattered light. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to (i) calculate a concentration of the first substance based on at least the measured intensity of the Raman peak of the first substance, (ii) determine the end point of a wafer cleaning process based on a calculated concentration of the first substance, and (iii) terminate the wafer cleaning process based on the determined end point.

Method for treating substrate

Disclosed is a method of treating a substrate. In one embodiment, supercritical fluid is supplied to a treatment space in a chamber such that the substrate in the treatment space is treated. The supercritical fluid is supplied to the treatment space while exhausting the treatment space. A temperature of the supercritical fluid supplied when exhausting the treatment space is higher than a temperature of the supercritical fluid supplied to the treatment space for treating the substrate.

Method of cleaning a torch of a plasma-coating plant and a plasma-coating plant
11648593 · 2023-05-16 · ·

Method of cleaning a plasma coating torch utilizing at least one nozzle mounted so as to be directed at the plasma coating torch in order to subject an external surface of the plasma coating torch to a cleaning agent that removes spray material particles which have adhered to the external surface of the plasma coating torch during coating with the plasma coating torch, and such that the cleaning agent exiting the at least one nozzle and being directed toward the external surface and directly changing to a gaseous state from either a solid state or a liquid state.

Supercritical Fluid Cleaning for Components in Optical or Electron Beam Systems
20230191461 · 2023-06-22 ·

To clean components in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, such as an optical system or an electron beam system, a component is heated in a chamber. A supercritical fluid formulation is applied to the component in the chamber, which removes molecular and/or particulate contaminants. The supercritical fluid formulation can include one or more of carbon dioxide, water, HCF, alkane, alkene, nitrous oxide, methanol, ethanol, or acetone.

SUBSTRATE DRYING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRYING SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME
20230187231 · 2023-06-15 ·

A substrate drying device includes: an upper chamber body including an inlet configured to introduce supercritical fluid into a chamber space; a lower chamber body including an outlet configured to discharge the supercritical fluid out of the chamber space; and a plurality of vibration devices including a plurality of vibration modules configured to generate ultrasonic waves having different frequencies from each other, and substrate holders arranged on the plurality of vibration modules and configured to hold a wafer, wherein the plurality of vibration devices are arranged in the chamber space.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBSTRATE
20170341113 · 2017-11-30 ·

Provided is a method for treating a substrate which removes particle within a concave portion on a substrate having a thin film on which a pattern having the concave portion on its upper surface is formed. The substrate treating method according the present invention comprises a penetration step for penetrating a treatment liquid containing supercritical organic chemical solution into the concave portion; and a heating step for heating the substrate after the penetration step.

Soot blower and method of cleaning tubular heat exchanger by using the same
11262146 · 2022-03-01 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a soot blower including: a lance tube which includes one end that reciprocally moves in one direction on a surface of an inlet port of a flow path of the tubular heat exchanger; a drive unit which is connected to the lance tube and reciprocally moves and rotates the lance tube in the one direction; a first nozzle which is connected to the one end of the lance tube and discharges steam to the inlet port; and a second nozzle which is disposed adjacent to the first nozzle and connected to the one end of the lance tube and discharges solid particles to the inlet port, and the present disclosure relates to a method of cleaning a tubular heat exchanger by using the soot blower.