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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Makoto Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SUMCO Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67057 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01); H01L 21/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a cleaning method which makes it possible to reduce alkaline component mixing in an ozone cleaning solution, thereby preventing impairment of cleaning ability of ozone. In the cleaning method, before chuck members retain another workpiece having previously been dipped in an ozone cleaning solution in an ozone cleaning tank, alkaline component attached to part of transfer arms and the chuck members is removed by cleaning, thereby preventing the alkaline component from mixing into the ozone cleaning solution.