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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method and system for eliminating post etch residues is disclosed. In one method embodiment, the present invention recites disposing a surface, having post etch residues adhered thereto, proximate to an electron beam source which generates electrons. The present method embodiment then recites bombarding the post etch residues with the electrons such that the post etch residues are removed from the surface to which the post etch residues were adhered.