Positive developing method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4197000
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05908701

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A positive developer and method spraying developer solution against rotating wafers stacked along rotation axis to remove photoresist and recycling the developer solution in successive cycles and batches of wafers being processed; adding small quantities of fresh developer solution in each cycle of operation to replace the small quantity lost and rinsed down the drain at the end of each cycle, thereby maintaining the strength of the developer solution and equilibrium to establish a predetermined time per cycle needed for completing removal of photoresist; rinsing away the developer solution from the wafers and interior of the spray chamber with deionized water and subsequently applying heated nitrogen to accomplish drying of everything within the chamber.

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  • FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blackwood, Robert S Chanhassen, MN 5 1005

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