Dissolved nitrogen concentration monitoring method, substrate cleaning method, and substrate cleaning apparatus

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PATENT NO 8778085
APP PUB NO 20130263887A1
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13995568

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A dissolved nitrogen concentration monitoring method is used for monitoring a dissolved nitrogen concentration of a cleaning liquid when an ultrasonic wave is irradiated onto the cleaning liquid in which a substrate is dipped. The method includes measuring an amount of increase of a dissolved oxygen concentration of the cleaning liquid resulting from an oxygen molecule generated from a water molecule as a result of a radical reaction caused by ultrasonic wave irradiation. A dissolved nitrogen concentration of the cleaning liquid is calculated from the measured amount of increase of dissolved oxygen concentration based on a predetermined relationship between a dissolved nitrogen concentration and an amount of increase of dissolved oxygen concentration.

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  • SILTRONIC AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Haibara, Teruo Hikari, JP 46 103
Kubo, Etsuko Yokkaichi, JP 11 20
Mori, Yoshihiro Nakagyo-ku, JP 187 5274
Uchibe, Masashi Izumo, JP 11 20

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