Wafer wet cleaning system

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PATENT NO 12162045
APP PUB NO 20200094293A1
SERIAL NO

16521187

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The present disclosure describes a wafer cleaning process in which a drained cleaning solution, which is used to remove metal contaminants from the wafer, is sampled and analyzed to determine the concentration of metal ions in the solution. The wafer cleaning process includes dispensing, in a wafer cleaning station, a chemical solution on one or more waters; collecting the dispensed chemical solution; determining a concentration of contaminants in the chemical solution; in response to the concentration of the contaminants being greater than a baseline value, adjusting one or more parameters in the cleaning process; and in response to the concentration of the contaminants being equal to or less than the baseline value, transferring the one or more wafers out of the wafer cleaning station.

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  • TAWAIN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chao, Chih-Wei Hsinchu, TW 102 662
Wang, Shu-Yen Taipei, TW 18 19

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