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US5478401A
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Apparatus and method for surface treatment
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1995-03-07
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Granted: 1995-12-26
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Expires: 2015-03-07
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus and method for surface treatment of a substance to be processed, which are capable of decreasing the number of foreign matters holding on the reverse side of the substance more than prior art like apparatus and method without largely decreasing a surface treating speed as compared with that of the prior art, by supplying ozone gas to the surface of the substance mounted on a supporting base. The supporting base has a heating part and a supporting part. There is provided a supporting material on the surface of the supporting part for partly supporting one side of the substance to be processed so that a required amount of gap may be formed between the substance to be processed and the supporting part. In the heating part is built a heater. And for a member constituting the supporting part is used a material having greater emissivity than a member constituting the heating part.
Inventors
- 👤 Sukeyoshi Tsunekawa
- 👤 Keisuke Funatsu
- 👤 Kenichi Kawasumi
- 👤 Akio Inada
- 👤 Masaro Kaku
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 03:27
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P72/00; H10P72/70; H10P72/76; H10P72/7604; H10P72/7611; G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/26; G03F7/42; H10P72/04; H10P72/0431; H10P72/0434; H10P72/0436; H10P72/7612; H10P72/7614
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed which is mounted on a supporting base, by supplying ozone gas to the surface of said substance to be processed, wherein said supporting base has a heating part and a supporting part, a supporting material for partially supporting one side of said substance to be processed is mounted on the surface of said supporting part so that there will be formed a specific amount of gap between said substance to be processed and said supporting part, a heater is built in said heating part, and said supporting part is constituted of a material having a greater emissivity than said heating part.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
112 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed which is mounted on a supporting base, by supplying ozone gas to the surface of said substance to be processed, wherein said supporting base has a heating part and a supporting part, a supporting material for partially supporting one side of said substance to be processed is mounted on the surface of said supporting part so that there will be formed a specific amount of gap between said substance to be processed and said supporting part, a heater is built in said heating part, and said supporting part is constituted of a material having a greater emissivity than said heating part.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surface treatment is for removing a resist film formed on the surface of said substance to be processed or for oxidizing the surface of an aluminum wiring patterned on the surface of said substance to be processed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surface treatment includes a surface cleaning treatment or a surface oxidation treatment of said substance to be processed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein one side of said heating part and one side of said supporting part are fixed in face contact.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heater is for heating said substance to be processed, via a gap between said heating part and said supporting part and between said supporting part and said substance to be processed, by heating during said surface treatment.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supporting material is formed integrally with said supporting part.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein a material constituting said supporting part has a less thermal conductivity than a material constituting said heating part.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are used a plurality of supporting materials stated above, each of which has a form of projection, and said one side of said substance to be processed is supported by tips of said supporting materials.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, having a means for disposing a plane surface adjacent to the surface of said substance to be processed and separated therefrom so as to create a narrow gap between said plane surface and the surface of said substance to be processed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of ultraviolet light source, infrared light source and heater is disposed in a position above the surface of said substance to be processed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size of said gap should be 0.1 mm or more and 0.5 mm or less.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
95 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein a concave surface is formed in said supporting part and in said concave surface is disposed said supporting material; and said substance to be processed, when set in said concave surface, is supported by said supporting material, and said concave surface and said supporting material are so constituted that the surface of said substance to be processed thus set and a peripheral part of said concave surface of said supporting material will be substantially flush with each other.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supporting material is provided with a vacuum port for sucking with vacuum said substance to be processed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, having a means in said gap for supplying ozone gas.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus for surface treatment of a substance to be processed as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supporting material and said supporting part are produced of different materials, and the material constituting said supporting material has a greater emissivity than the material constituting said supporting part.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
129 words
A method for surface treatment of a substance to be processed, which is for preparing a surface treating apparatus using a supporting base having a heating part with a built-in heater and a supporting part, and a supporting material for partially supporting one side of said substance to be processed so as to form a specific amount of gap between said substance mounted on said supporting base and said supporting part, and mounted on the surface of said supporting part; said supporting part being constituted of a material having a greater emissivity than a material of said heating part; said substance to be processed being set on said supporting part; and ozone gas being supplied to the surface of said substance to be processed set on said supporting part.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
129 words
A method for surface treatment of a substance to be processed, which is for preparing a surface treating apparatus using a supporting base having a heating part with a built-in heater and a supporting part, and a supporting material for partially supporting one side of said substance to be processed so as to form a specific amount of gap between said substance mounted on said supporting base and said supporting part, and mounted on the surface of said supporting part; said supporting part being constituted of a material having a greater emissivity than a material of said heating part; said substance to be processed being set on said supporting part; and ozone gas being supplied to the surface of said substance to be processed set on said supporting part.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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