METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ULTRAPURE WATER

A METHOD AND SYSTEM (100, 200) OF PROVIDING ULTRAPURE WATER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION OPERATIONS IS PROVIDED. THE WATER IS TREATED BY UTILIZING A FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING SYSTEM (101) AND A FREE RADICAL REMOVAL SYSTEM (102). THE FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING SYSTEM (101) CAN UTILIZE ACTINIC RADIATION W...

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1. Verfasser: COULTER, BRUCE LEE
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Zusammenfassung:A METHOD AND SYSTEM (100, 200) OF PROVIDING ULTRAPURE WATER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION OPERATIONS IS PROVIDED. THE WATER IS TREATED BY UTILIZING A FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING SYSTEM (101) AND A FREE RADICAL REMOVAL SYSTEM (102). THE FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING SYSTEM (101) CAN UTILIZE ACTINIC RADIATION WITH A FREE RADICAL PRECURSOR COMPOUND, SUCH AS AMMONIUM PERSULFATE. THE FREE RADICAL REMOVAL SYSTEM (102) CAN COMPRISE USE OF A REDUCING AGENT. THE ULTRAPURE WATER MAY BE FURTHER TREATED BY UTILIZING ION EXCHANGE MEDIA AND DEGASIFICATION APPARATUS. A CONTROL SYSTEM (105) CAN BE UTILIZED TO REGULATE ADDITION OF THE PRECURSOR COMPOUND, THE INTENSITY OF THE ACTINIC RADIATION, AND ADDITION OF THE REDUCING AGENT TO THE WATER. (FIG. 1)