Process for cleaning wafers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8828144
APP PUB NO 20120211025A1
SERIAL NO

13350007

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A process for cleaning a wafer having an uneven pattern at its surface. The process includes at least the steps of: cleaning the wafer with a cleaning liquid; substituting the cleaning liquid retained in recessed portions of the wafer with a water-repellent liquid chemical after cleaning; and drying the wafer, wherein the cleaning liquid contains 80 mass % or greater of a solvent having a boiling point of 55 to 200° C., and wherein the water-repellent liquid chemical supplied in the substitution step has a temperature of not lower than 40° C. and lower than a boiling point of the water-repellent liquid chemical thereby imparting water repellency at least to surfaces of the recessed portions.

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CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDUBE-SHI YAMAGUCHI 755-0001

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akamatsu, Yoshinori Matsusaka, JP 43 568
Arata, Shinobu Matsusaka, JP 22 144
Kumon, Soichi Matsusaka, JP 45 190
Nanai, Hidehisa Toshima-ku, JP 23 152
Saio, Takashi Suzuka, JP 28 164
Saito, Masanori Matsusaka, JP 98 1121

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