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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000

Filed:

Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Subhash Gupta, Singapore, SG;

Simon Chooi, Singapore, SG;

Mei Sheng Zhou, Singapore, SG;

Paul Ho, Singapore, SG;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-2 ; 134 221 ; 134 2219 ; 134 36 ; 134 40 ; 134902 ; 510175 ; 510372 ; 510375 ; 510432 ; 510434 ;
Abstract

A method of cleaning elemental copper, cobalt, or nickel from the surface of equipment hardware without corroding or damaging the equipment parts and surfaces in the event of wafer breakage and non-wafer breakage is described. A solution includes an alkyldione peroxide, a stabilizing agent, and alcohols is used to oxidize the metal and form soluble complexes which are removed by the cleaning solution. Also, a alkyldione peroxide solution for cleaning elemental copper, cobalt, or nickel from the surface of equipment hardware in the event of wafer breakage and non-wafer breakage is provided.


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