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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Carl Woods, Aptos, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Farber, Delmar, NY (US);
Inventors:
Carl Woods, Aptos, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Farber, Delmar, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a plating head configured to plate a surface of the substrate with a layer of a material using a fluid meniscus between the plating head and a surface of the substrate. The apparatus also includes a fluid meniscus stabilizing apparatus configured to apply a pre-processing fluid to the surface of the substrate before the fluid meniscus is applied to the surface.