Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system

1. Field of Invention A method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system comprising a turbomolecular pump. In one embodiment, the invention may be reduced to practice by first supplying a cleaning agent to a chamber; pumping the cleaning agent from the chamber through an the...

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Hauptverfasser: Kwan, Michael Chiu, Collins, Alan W, Hamila, Jalel, Krishnaraj, Padmanabhan, Tan, Zhengquan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:1. Field of Invention A method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system comprising a turbomolecular pump. In one embodiment, the invention may be reduced to practice by first supplying a cleaning agent to a chamber; pumping the cleaning agent from the chamber through an the exhaust port; at least partially opening a gate valve; and drawing at least a portion of the cleaning agent through the gate valve and into the turbomolecular pump.