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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elke Fritsch, München, DE;
Christine Dehm, München, DE;
Hermann Wendt, Grasbrunn, DE;
Volker Weinrich, München, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 ; C23F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 ; C23F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A cleaning process for cleaning CVD units is disclosed. In the cleaning process, alkaline earth metal and/or metal-containing process residues, which form an amorphous film on reactor walls, are removed using a dry etching medium containing free diketones at a greatly reduced pressure and an elevated temperature. In the process, the free diketones react with the alkaline earth metals or metals to form volatile complexes.