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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takahiro Maruyama, Itami, JP;
Toshiaki Ogawa, Itami, JP;
Hiroshi Morita, Itami, JP;
Tomoaki Ishida, Itami, JP;
Kenji Kawai, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-1 ; 156643 ; 156646 ; 156668 ;
Abstract
A method of cleaning a surface including generating helium ions, electrons, and metastable helium by exciting helium gas, separating said metastable helium from the helium ions and electrons, and exposing a substance to be processed on the surface of which foreign matter is present to the metastable helium separated from the helium ions and electrons to remove the foreign matter from the substance.