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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mana Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Takai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyo Otsubo, Tokyo, JP;
Minako Inukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/10 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/0092 (2013.01); B08B 3/10 (2013.01); H01L 21/02057 (2013.01); H01L 21/6715 (2013.01); H01L 21/67051 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a first liquid is supplied on a first face of a substrate. The first liquid has a pH with which a surface zeta potential of the substrate becomes negative and a surface zeta potential of a foreign substance attaching to the first face becomes positive. Then, a solidified layer in which at least part of the first liquid has been solidified is formed by cooling the substrate down to be equal to or lower than a solidification point of the first liquid. Thereafter, the solidified layer is melted.