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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Mario E. Bran, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Michael B. Olesen, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Yi Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Mario E. Bran, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Michael B. Olesen, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Yi Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Goldfinger Technologies, LLC, Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a megasonic cleaning apparatus configured to provide effective cleaning of a substrate without causing damage to the substrate. The apparatus includes a probe having one of a variety of cross-sections configured to decrease the ratio of normal-incident waves to shallow-angle waves. One such cross-section includes a channel running along a portion of the lower edge of the probe. Another cross-section includes a narrow lower edge of the probe. Another cross-section is elliptical. Another cross-section includes transverse bores originating in the lower edge of the probe. As an alternative to, or in addition to, providing a probe having a cross-section other than circular, the present invention may also provide a probe having a roughened lower surface.