Ozonated water mixture supply apparatus and method, and substrate treating facility with the apparatus

• US 20090145463A1
• Filed: 11/03/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Oh, Rae-Taek, Kim, Choon-Sik, Bae, Jeong-Yong
• Application Number:
  US12/289,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20090145463A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 134/18
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2101/58 Mixing semiconducting materials, e.g. during semiconductor or wafer manufacturing processes
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/237613 Ozone
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/454 by injecting a mixture of liquid and gas
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/49 Mixing systems, i.e. flow charts or diagrams
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/105 Mixing heads, i.e. compact mixing units or modules, using mixing valves for feeding and mixing at least two components
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/431 Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/833 Flow control by valves, e.g. opening intermittently
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 2203/005 the liquid being ozonated
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 21/67017 Apparatus for fluid treatment H01L21/67126, H01L21/6715 take precedence

Abstract

Provided are an ozonated water mixture supply apparatus and method, and a substrate treating facility that receives an ozonated water mixture from the apparatus to treat a substrate. The ozonated water mixture supply apparatus includes a mixing line and distribution lines. The mixing line respectively receives a treating liquid and an ozonated water from a treating liquid supply line and an ozonated water supply line and mixes the treating liquid and the ozonated water to generate the ozonated water mixture satisfying a previously set concentration. Each of the distribution lines distributes the ozonated water mixture generated from the mixing line into a process unit. The mixing line includes a mixing valve and a static mixer. Therefore, the ozonated water mixture having the previously set concentration is generated and supplied using an in-line mixing method without requiring a mixing vessel such as a mixing tank.

Claims

1. An ozonated water mixture supply apparatus comprising:

a treating liquid supply line supplying a treating liquid;

an ozonated water supply line supplying an ozonated water; and

a mixing line respectively receiving the treating liquid and the ozonated water from the treating liquid supply line and the ozonated water supply line and mixing the treating liquid and the ozonated water using an in-line mixing method to generate an ozonated water mixture.

2. The ozonated water mixture supply apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a manifold receiving the ozonated water mixture generated by the mixing line; and

a distribution line distributing the ozonated water mixture from the manifold to a process unit in which a substrate treating process is performed.

3. The ozonated water mixture supply apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a mixing valve disposed in the mixing line so as to supply and block the treating liquid and the ozonated water from the treating liquid supply line and the ozonated water supply line to the mixing line; and

a static mixer disposed in the mixing line so as to mix the treating liquid and the ozonated water flowing along the mixing line.

4. A substrate treating facility comprising:

a plurality of process units performing a substrate treating process;

a treating liquid storage unit storing a treating liquid;

an ozonated water mixture generating unit receiving the treating liquid from the treating liquid storage unit to generate an ozonated water mixture; and

an ozonated water mixture distribution unit distributing the ozonated water mixture generated in the ozonated water mixture generation unit into each of the process units,

wherein the ozonated water mixture generating unit comprises;

a treating liquid supply line supplying a treating liquid;

an ozonated water supply line supplying an ozonated water; and

a mixing line respectively receiving the treating liquid and the ozonated water from the treating liquid supply line and the ozonated water supply line and mixing the treating liquid and the ozonated water using an in-line mixing method to generate an ozonated water mixture.

5. The substrate treating facility of claim 4, wherein the ozonated water mixture distribution unit comprises:

a manifold receiving the ozonated water mixture generated by the mixing line; and

a distribution line distributing the ozonated water mixture from the manifold to a process unit in which a substrate treating process is performed.

6. The substrate treating facility of claim 4, wherein the ozonated water mixture generation unit further comprises:

a mixing valve disposed in the mixing line so as to supply and block the treating liquid and the ozonated water from the treating liquid supply line and the ozonated water supply line to the mixing line; and

a static mixer disposed in the mixing line so as to mix the treating liquid and the ozonated water flowing along the mixing line.

7. The substrate treating facility of claim 6, wherein the process unit comprises:

a spin chuck horizontally supporting a substrate; and

a nozzle supplying the ozonated water mixture onto the substrate disposed on the spin chuck.

8. An ozonated water mixture supply method comprising:

mixing a treating liquid and an ozonated water to generate an ozonated water mixture and measure a concentration of the generated ozonated water mixture, whereby supplying the ozonated water mixture into a process unit in which a substrate treating process is performed when the measured concentration of the ozonated water mixture satisfies a previously set concentration range,

wherein the mixing of the treating liquid and the ozonated water is performed using an in-line mixing method.

9. The ozonated water mixture supply method of claim 8, wherein the mixing of the treating liquid and the ozonated water is performed by disposing a mixing valve and a static mixer in a line in which the treating liquid and the ozonated water flow.

10. The ozonated water mixture supply method of claim 8, wherein the process unit comprises a unit cleaning a substrate in a single wafer process.