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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2003
Yi Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Cole S. Franklin, San Clemente, CA (US);
Brian Fraser, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas Nicolosi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Yi Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Cole S. Franklin, San Clemente, CA (US);
Brian Fraser, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas Nicolosi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Akrion Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A wafer cleaning method and system including a combined high frequency signal, a low frequency signal, and in one embodiment a biased voltage signal, allows cleaning particles and impurities off of fine-structured wafers, through application of an acoustic field to the wafer through a cleaning liquid which fosters micro-bubble formation for effective cleaning while buffering micro-bubble growth which would otherwise damage the wafer.