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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Boris Buyaner Livshits, Carmiel, IL;
Menachem Genut, Haifa, IL;
Ofer Tehar-Zahav, Natania, IL;
Eliezer Iskevitch, Kiryat-Mozkin, IL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
Abstract
A method of fast and complete laser removal of inorganic and organic foreign material, including particles down to submicron-sizes and atomic contaminants, such as heavy metals and alkaline elements, from a substrate without any damage to the substrate, carried out by UV laser irradiation of the substrate surface in a reactive oxygen based gas, which comprises carrying out the removal process in the presence of gas containing F and/or Cl atoms in its molecules.