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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Applicant:
Andrew P. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew P. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ASML Holdings N.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 (2006.01); C03C 15/00 (2006.01); C03C 25/68 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, a wafer processing apparatus is provided. The wafer processing apparatus may include a wafer support, a dispense head, and a solvent bath. The dispense head may be moveable between a position over the wafer support and a position over the solvent bath. When the dispense head is positioned over the solvent bath, a fluid dispensed from the dispense head may enter a drain and nozzles on the dispense head may be exposed to a controlled atmosphere within a chamber of the solvent bath.