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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Manish Ranjan, Tualatin, OR (US);
Shantinath Ghongadi, Tigard, OR (US);
Frederick Dean Wilmot, Gladstone, OR (US);
Douglas Hill, Tualatin, OR (US);
Bryan L. Buckalew, Tualatin, OR (US);
Manish Ranjan, Tualatin, OR (US);
Shantinath Ghongadi, Tigard, OR (US);
Frederick Dean Wilmot, Gladstone, OR (US);
Douglas Hill, Tualatin, OR (US);
Bryan L. Buckalew, Tualatin, OR (US);
Novellus Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods described herein manage wafer entry into an electrolyte so that air entrapment due to initial impact of the wafer and/or wafer holder with the electrolyte is reduced and the wafer is moved in such a way that an electrolyte wetting wave front is maintained throughout immersion of the wafer also minimizing air entrapment.
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