Method of sealing wafer backside for full-face electrochemical plating
First Claim
1. A method of processing a frontside of a substrate using a processing solution while holding the substrate with a substrate holder using vacuum comprising the steps of:
- attaching the substrate to the substrate holder using the vacuum, the substrate holder including an inner sealing member, the inner sealing member providing a seal for a backside region of the substrate;
providing another seal on the backside of the substrate using an outer sealing member that is disposed outside of the seal provided by the inner sealing member, the step of providing including the step of moving the outer sealing member to the backside region of the substrate;
processing the frontside of the substrate using the processing solution while the inner sealing member and the outer sealing member provide the seal and the another seal, respectively thereby substantially preventing the processing solution from reaching the backside region;
removing the another seal, the step of removing the another seal including the step of moving the outer sealing member away from the backside of the substrate upon completion of the processing of the frontside of the substrate; and
cleaning a peripheral backside of the substrate using a cleaning solution.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wafer carrier that includes an opening, which in one embodiment is a plurality of holes, disposed along the periphery of the wafer carrier. A gas emitted through the holes onto a peripheral back edge of the wafer assists in preventing the processing liquids and contaminants resulting therefrom from reaching the inner region of the base and the backside inner region of the wafer. In another embodiment, a plurality of concentric sealing members are used to prove a better seal, and the outer seal is preferably independently movable to allow cleaning of a peripheral backside of the wafer to occur while the wafer is still attached to the wafer carrier.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of processing a frontside of a substrate using a processing solution while holding the substrate with a substrate holder using vacuum comprising the steps of:
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attaching the substrate to the substrate holder using the vacuum, the substrate holder including an inner sealing member, the inner sealing member providing a seal for a backside region of the substrate;
providing another seal on the backside of the substrate using an outer sealing member that is disposed outside of the seal provided by the inner sealing member, the step of providing including the step of moving the outer sealing member to the backside region of the substrate;
processing the frontside of the substrate using the processing solution while the inner sealing member and the outer sealing member provide the seal and the another seal, respectively thereby substantially preventing the processing solution from reaching the backside region;
removing the another seal, the step of removing the another seal including the step of moving the outer sealing member away from the backside of the substrate upon completion of the processing of the frontside of the substrate; and
cleaning a peripheral backside of the substrate using a cleaning solution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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