APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MENISCUS IN SUBSTRATE PROCESSING

AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE IS PROVIDED WHICH INCLUDES A PROXIMITY HEAD (106-3, 106-4, 106-5, 106-6, 106-7, 106-8, 106-9, 106-10) PROXIMATE TO A SURFACE OF THE SUBSTRATE WHEN IN OPERATION. THE APPARATUS ALSO INCLUDES AN OPENING (624) ON A SURFACE OF THE PROXIMITY HEAD TO A CAVITY (642) D...

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1. Verfasser: ROBERT J. O'DONNELL
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE IS PROVIDED WHICH INCLUDES A PROXIMITY HEAD (106-3, 106-4, 106-5, 106-6, 106-7, 106-8, 106-9, 106-10) PROXIMATE TO A SURFACE OF THE SUBSTRATE WHEN IN OPERATION. THE APPARATUS ALSO INCLUDES AN OPENING (624) ON A SURFACE OF THE PROXIMITY HEAD TO A CAVITY (642) DEFINED IN THE PROXIMITY HEAD WHERE THE CAVITY DELIVERS AN ACTIVE AGENT TO THE SURFACE OF THE SUBSTRATE THROUGH THE OPENING. THE APPARATUS FURTHER INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF CONDUITS (302, 304, 306) ON THE SURFACE OF THE PROXIMITY HEAD THAT GENERATES A FLUID MENISCUS (116) ON THE SURFACE OF THE SUBSTRATE SURROUNDING TH.E OPENING.