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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2022
Applicants:

Takashi Okamura, Tokyo, JP;

Shigenori Harada, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Okamura, Tokyo, JP;

Shigenori Harada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/304 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02068 (2013.01); H01L 21/0206 (2013.01); H01L 21/304 (2013.01);
Abstract

Edge trimming is performed on a wafer while a cleaning liquid is supplied to the center of a face side of the wafer and the wafer is rotated to form a film of the cleaning liquid that covers the face side of the wafer. The film of the cleaning liquid prevents the face side of the wafer from being dried, lowering the probability that swarf will be introduced into devices on the face side of the wafer. In addition, the consumption of the cleaning liquid can be reduced compared with a step of performing edge trimming on the wafer while supplying a curtain of cleaning liquid to the entire face side of the wafer.


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