JP6443992B2 - Cleaning device and cleaning method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus and a cleaning method.

  Conventionally, cleaning agents such as Freon gas, volatile organic compounds, and acid-alkali cleaning agents have been used to remove machine oil such as cutting oil adhering to machine parts. On the other hand, a cleaning agent such as hot concentrated sulfuric acid is used to remove a photoresist (hereinafter referred to as a resist) formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate in a photolithography process in the semiconductor manufacturing process. However, these cleaning agents have a problem that the environmental load is large and the treatment cost of the waste liquid is high. On the other hand, there is a growing demand for so-called non-chemical cleaning techniques that do not use cleaning agents.

  As one of non-chemical cleaning techniques, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose an apparatus and a method for removing a resist adhering to the surface of a semiconductor substrate using ozone water and ultraviolet rays. Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for removing a resist adhering to the surface of a semiconductor substrate using ozone water obtained by pressurizing and dissolving ozone gas in water.

JP 2008-311256 A JP 2008-311257 A

M. Takahashi et al., “Effect of Microbubbles on Ozonized Water for Photoresist Removal”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (23), 12578-12583.

  In a conventional cleaning method using ozone water, high-concentration ozone water (for example, ozone concentration with respect to water is 80 ppm or more) is used. However, when ozone water is used, the cost of generating ozone and the treatment of ozone water after the cleaning treatment is high, so a cleaning technique having a high cleaning power with respect to the amount of ozone used is desired.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at providing the washing | cleaning apparatus and washing | cleaning method with high detergency with respect to the usage-amount of ozone.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a cleaning apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention introduces a gas-liquid mixture in which water and an ozone-containing gas that is a reactive gas are mixed. A throat part having an internal cross-sectional area smaller than the internal cross-sectional area of the introduction part, the gas-liquid mixture being compressed and the flow velocity being increased, and from the throat part toward the traveling direction of the gas-liquid mixture. A venturi tube having a shape in which an internal cross-sectional area is enlarged, and an enlarged portion in which bubbles of the reactive gas contained in the gas-liquid mixture collapse to generate microbubbles, and the gas-liquid mixture And a cleaning jig having an injection part provided with an ejection port for ejecting gas, and jets a gas-liquid mixture containing the microbubbles ejected from the venturi tube to the object to be cleaned. And cleaning the object to be cleaned. .

  The cleaning apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the concentration of ozone gas contained in the gas-liquid mixture is 10 ppm or more and 50 ppm or less.

  The cleaning apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the cleaning target is configured to be cleaned with a planar substrate or the cleaning jig.

  The cleaning apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the oil or fat remaining on the surface of the planar substrate or the formed photoresist or the formed protective film is removed by the cleaning.

  A cleaning apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of the venturi tubes.

  In the cleaning device according to an aspect of the present invention, the spray unit is a disk-shaped part formed in a disk shape, and the cleaning object is cleaned by bringing the disk-shaped part close to the surface of the object to be cleaned. And

  In the cleaning device according to an aspect of the present invention, the disk-shaped part is located on the outer peripheral part and the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral part, and is formed so that a surface facing the object to be cleaned is recessed with respect to the outer peripheral part. And an inner periphery.

  In the cleaning device according to an aspect of the present invention, the outer edge of the inner peripheral portion has the plate-like portion and the cleaning target when the surface facing the cleaning target is flat between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion. It is located inside the area | region where a vortex | eddy_current generate | occur | produces in the said gas-liquid mixed liquid filled between the surfaces of this.

  In the cleaning method according to one aspect of the present invention, a gas-liquid mixture in which water and an ozone-containing gas that is a reactive gas are mixed is introduced into a venturi tube, and the gas-liquid mixture is formed at the throat of the venturi tube. The reaction contained in the gas-liquid mixture at an enlarged portion having a shape in which the internal cross-sectional area expands from the throat of the venturi tube toward the traveling direction of the gas-liquid mixture. Microbubbles are generated by collapsing the gas bubbles of the characteristic gas, and the cleaning target is cleaned by injecting a gas-liquid mixture containing the microbubbles from the venturi tube onto the cleaning target.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to realize a cleaning device and a cleaning method having a high cleaning power with respect to the amount of ozone used.

FIG. 1 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of a cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the venturi tube shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the principle of generating microbubbles in a Venturi tube. FIG. 4A is a diagram for explaining an experimental result for confirming the generation of microbubbles in the venturi tube. FIG. 4B is a diagram for explaining the experimental results for confirming the generation of microbubbles in the venturi tube. FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating an experimental result for confirming the generation of microbubbles in the venturi tube. FIG. 5 is a view showing a photograph of the surface of the substrate at each cleaning time. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface when the liquid flow rate is 10 L / min and the thickness of the resist remaining in each cleaning time. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface at a liquid flow rate of 10 L / min and the resist removal rate (ashing rate) at each cleaning time. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface when the liquid flow rate is 22 L / min and the thickness of the resist remaining in each cleaning time. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface when the liquid flow rate is 22 L / min and the resist removal rate (ashing rate) at each cleaning time. FIG. 10 is a diagram comparing the resist removal speeds shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the results of an acrylic resin cleaning experiment using air. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the results of an acrylic resin cleaning experiment using an ozone-containing gas. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a case where cleaning is performed using the first cleaning jig. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a case where cleaning is performed using the second cleaning jig. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a flow field generated in the gas-liquid mixture when cleaning is performed using a cleaning jig according to the first cleaning jig. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a flow field and wall shear stress generated in a gas-liquid mixture when cleaning is performed using a cleaning jig according to the second cleaning jig.

  Embodiments of a cleaning apparatus and a cleaning method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. Moreover, in each drawing, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected suitably to the same or corresponding component. In addition, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic, and the dimensions of each element, the ratio of dimensions between elements, and the like may differ from actual ones. In addition, there may be a case where the dimensional relationships and ratios are different between the drawings.

(Embodiment)
First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The cleaning apparatus according to the present embodiment introduces a gas-liquid mixture in which water and an ozone-containing gas that is a reactive gas are mixed, into the venturi tube, and compresses the gas-liquid mixture at the throat of the venturi tube. The flow velocity is increased, and the bubbles of the reactive gas contained in the gas-liquid mixture are collapsed at the enlarged part having a shape in which the internal cross-sectional area increases from the throat of the venturi tube toward the traveling direction of the gas-liquid mixture. Microbubbles are generated, and a gas-liquid mixture containing microbubbles is ejected from the venturi tube onto the object to be cleaned to clean the object to be cleaned. Here, the microbubble is a microbubble having a diameter of about 1 mm or less. Microbubbles are characterized by a large specific surface area required for physical adsorption at the interface, a slow ascent rate, and a long residence time in water. In washing, the promotion of pollutant transport and the separation of pollutants in the washing liquid An improvement in efficiency can be expected.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of a cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the cleaning device 100 according to the present embodiment includes a venturi tube 1, a gas-liquid mixing unit 2, and a connection between the venturi tube 1 and the gas-liquid mixing unit 2 installed in a housing 10. A connecting flange 3, a water stop boot 4, a cleaning tank 5, a substrate holding part 6 that holds a planar substrate to be cleaned, a pressure gauge 7, and a separation tank 8. The cleaning apparatus 100 further includes a gas flow meter 12, a gas pressure regulator 13, a gas valve 14, and a pipe connecting them. Further, the cleaning device 100 includes a water storage tank 15, a pump 16, a water pressure gauge 17, a water flow regulator / water flow meter 18, a water supply flange 19, and a pipe connecting them. In FIG. 1, a single arrow indicates a direction in which water or ozone-containing gas flows in the pipe.

  The Venturi tube 1 is arranged inside the housing 10 so that a part of the lower side thereof is inserted into the cleaning tank 5. The insertion portion of the venturi tube 1 into the cleaning tank 5 is protected by a water stop boot 4. The substrate holding unit 6 is disposed inside the cleaning tank 5 and below the venturi tube 1 by a holding member (not shown). The pressure gauge 7 is installed below the cleaning tank 5 and below the venturi 1. A pipe connected to the water storage tank 15 is provided below the separation tank 8.

  The gas-liquid mixing unit 2 is disposed so as to be inserted into the housing 10 from the upper part, and is connected to the venturi pipe 1 by the connection flange 3. The gas-liquid mixing part 2 is a tubular member, a gas valve 14 is connected to a side part thereof, and a water supply flange 19 is connected to an upper part thereof. The water supply flange 19 is supported by the support portion 10a so as to be movable in the vertical direction and the surface direction perpendicular to the vertical direction. As a result, the positional relationship between the water supply flange 19 and the gas-liquid mixing unit 2 is adjusted to be optimal.

  An ozone-containing gas supplied from an ozone gas generator (not shown) is supplied into the pipe of the gas-liquid mixing unit 2 through a pipe and a gas valve 14. A gas flow meter 12 and a gas pressure regulator 13 installed in the middle of the piping respectively measure the flow rate of ozone-containing gas and adjust the pressure. Here, the ozone-containing gas means a gas in which 100% of the component is ozone gas, or a gas containing ozone gas and another gas (for example, oxygen gas). The component ratio of ozone gas in the ozone-containing gas may be about 15%, for example.

  The water storage tank 15 stores water W. Here, the water is water or impurities such as pure water, distilled water, tap water, etc. that are not problematic for the purpose of use. The pump 16 is supplied with the stored water W from the water storage tank 15, and supplies the water W into the gas-liquid mixing unit 2 through the pipe and the water supply flange 19. A water flow controller / water flow meter 18 installed in the middle of the piping adjusts the flow rate of water and measures the flow rate. The water pressure gauge 17 measures the water pressure.

  The gas-liquid mixing unit 2 mixes the ozone-containing gas supplied through the gas valve 14 as described above and the water W supplied through the water supply flange 19 inside the pipe, and ozone is mixed into the water. A gas-liquid mixture in which bubbles of the contained gas are mixed is generated. The gas-liquid mixing unit 2 may be installed between the water flow regulator / water flow meter 18 and the water supply flange 19.

  Next, the configuration of the venturi tube 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the venturi tube 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the Venturi tube 1 is a tubular body having a rectangular internal cross section, and includes an introduction portion 1a, a reduction portion 1b sequentially arranged following the introduction portion 1a, a throat portion 1c, and an enlargement portion. 1d and the spout 1e are provided. The venturi pipe 1 is made of, for example, an acrylic resin, but can be made of a material that is not corroded by the contained gas.

  The introduction part 1a is connected to the gas-liquid mixing part 2 side, and is a part into which the gas-liquid mixture is introduced from the gas-liquid mixing part 2. The reducing portion 1b is a portion where the internal cross-sectional area gradually decreases from the introducing portion 1a toward the throat portion 1c. The throat portion 1c has an internal cross-sectional area smaller than the internal cross-sectional area of the introduction portion 1a, and is the most internal cross-sectional area among the introduction portion 1a, the reduction portion 1b, the throat portion 1c, the enlargement portion 1d, and the spout 1e. Is a small part. The enlarged portion 1d is a portion where the internal cross-sectional area gradually increases from the throat 1c toward the spout 1e. The opening angle θ of the enlarged portion 1d is 6 degrees.

  Next, the operation of the cleaning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. First, an ozone-containing gas supplied from an ozone gas generator (not shown) is supplied to the inside of the gas-liquid mixing unit 2 through a pipe and a gas valve 14. At this time, the flow rate of the ozone-containing gas is measured by the gas flow meter 12, and the pressure of the ozone-containing gas is adjusted by the gas pressure regulator 13 based on the measured value. At the same time, the pump 16 is supplied with water from the water storage tank 15 and supplies water into the pipe of the gas-liquid mixing unit 2 through the pipe and the water supply flange 19. At this time, the flow rate of water is measured by the water flow regulator / water flow meter 18 and the flow rate of water is adjusted by the water flow regulator / water flow meter 18 or the pump 16 based on the measured value.

  The gas-liquid mixing unit 2 mixes the ozone-containing gas supplied through the gas valve 14 and the water W supplied through the water supply flange 19 inside the pipe to generate a gas-liquid mixture, and the venturi pipe 1 is supplied.

  When the gas-liquid mixture is introduced into the introduction part 1a, the venturi 1 generates microbubbles of ozone-containing gas and ejects the gas-liquid mixture containing the microbubbles from the ejection port 1e. Here, a substrate holder 6 is disposed below the venturi tube 1. As a result, the gas-liquid mixture containing the microbubbles ejected from the ejection port 1 e of the venturi tube 1 is sprayed onto the surface of the planar substrate to be cleaned held by the substrate holder 6. As a result, the oil and fat remaining on the surface of the planar substrate and the formed photoresist are peeled off. The pressure gauge 7 can be used for measuring the injection pressure of the gas-liquid mixture injected onto the planar substrate.

  Here, the principle of generating microbubbles in the venturi 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the principle of generating microbubbles in a Venturi tube. First, the gas-liquid mixture OW introduced into the venturi tube 1 and containing the bubbles B of the ozone-containing gas is gradually increased in pressure and flow velocity as it proceeds in the direction of travel in the reduced portion 1b of the venturi tube 1, The flow velocity is increased to an extent that exceeds the speed of sound at the throat 1c having the smallest cross-sectional area. Thereafter, in the gas-liquid mixture OW, since the pressure gradually decreases in the enlarged portion 1d, the bubble B expands in the region A1, but then sudden bubble collapse occurs at a certain position P1, and microbubbles MB are generated. . The gas-liquid mixture OW containing the microbubbles MB proceeds in the subsequent area A2 and is sprayed onto the substrate 20 to be cleaned.

  4A, 4B, and 4C are diagrams illustrating experimental results for confirming the generation of microbubbles in a Venturi tube. FIG. 4A shows a photograph taken with a high-speed video camera in a state where microbubbles are generated in the Venturi tube. The photographing was performed by a backlight method using a metal halide lamp (wavelength 660 nm). Further, the venturi shown in FIG. 4A is provided with a measuring instrument for measuring the pressure in the pipe. FIG. 4B shows the pressure distribution in the tube measured by these measuring instruments. Here, the horizontal axis indicates the position z in the longitudinal direction of the venturi tube, and the vertical axis indicates the measured pressure Pabs. Note that the position of z = 0 mm is the position of the throat. FIG. 4C is an enlarged view of a point (indicated by an arrow) where bubbles collapse and microbubbles are generated in the photograph taken.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, in the enlarged portion, the pressure in the pipe once decreases and then increases rapidly. At this time, it is considered that the bubbles once expand and then contract and collapse to generate microbubbles. The location where microbubbles occur is the size of each part of the venturi tube, the pressure distribution in the venturi tube, the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet, the flow rate of water in the gas-liquid mixture, the concentration of ozone-containing gas, etc. Adjustments can be made as appropriate by adjusting the elements. In this experiment, it was also confirmed that a pressure wave was generated at the bubble collapse position and propagated in the traveling direction of the gas-liquid mixture.

  According to this cleaning apparatus 100, the synergistic effect of the oxidizing action of ozone gas and the characteristics such as the large specific surface area of the microbubbles provides a higher cleaning power than the conventional amount of ozone used. As a result, higher detergency can be achieved with less ozone usage than in the past.

  In addition, according to the present inventors discovered through extensive studies, according to the method of generating microbubbles of ozone-containing gas in a venturi tube, microbubbles are generated abruptly after the gas-liquid mixture is generated. It is thought that ozone gas is hard to break.

  According to the cleaning apparatus 100, the above effects are combined, so that a higher cleaning power can be realized with a smaller amount of ozone used than before. For example, according to the present cleaning apparatus 100, the cleaning power equivalent to or higher than that conventionally achieved using high-concentration ozone water of 80 ppm or more is, for example, 50 ppm or less, preferably 10 ppm or more. This can be realized using a gas-liquid mixture.

  Thus, when the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture used for washing | cleaning may be low, there exist the following advantages, for example. First, since the ozone concentration and generation amount of the ozone-containing gas generated in the ozone generator may be small, the ozone-containing gas can be prepared at a lower generation cost by using an inexpensive apparatus with low performance.

  Moreover, since the gas-liquid mixture used for cleaning is efficiently reacted at the time of cleaning, the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture after cleaning is lowered. For example, conventionally, when high-concentration ozone water of 80 ppm or more is used for cleaning, the ozone concentration of ozone water after cleaning may be about 50 ppm. However, as will be described later, according to the cleaning apparatus 100, when the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture used for cleaning is 40 ppm, the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture after cleaning is about 10 ppm or less, and further 1 ppm. It may be less than about. As a result, according to the cleaning apparatus 100, the processing cost of ozone contained in the gas-liquid mixture after cleaning is reduced.

  Further, according to the cleaning device 100, since the microbubbles of the ozone-containing gas can be generated with a venturi tube having a simple configuration and good maintainability, the device cost can be reduced. Furthermore, according to the cleaning apparatus 100, since the concentration of dissolved ozone water in the gas-liquid mixture does not decrease as described above, even if water having a lower purity than pure water, such as tap water, is used, High detergency is obtained without lowering the water concentration. Therefore, the water preparation cost can also be reduced.

  As described above, the cleaning apparatus 100 can be used as a cleaning apparatus in a wider range of industrial fields because the introduction cost and running cost of the apparatus can be reduced as compared with the conventional cleaning apparatus using high-concentration ozone water. There is expected.

(Cleaning experiment)
Next, a cleaning experiment performed using the cleaning device according to the present embodiment will be described. As the venturi tube, the thickness from the introduction part to the ejection port is 5 mm, the introduction part width D1 (see FIG. 2) is 14 mm, the throat part width D2 is 4 mm, the ejection part width D3 is 8.2 mm, The length L1 from the throat part to the spout was 40 mm and the opening angle θ of the enlarged part was 6 degrees. In addition, the substrate holding unit held a novolac resist uniformly formed with a thickness of 1000 nm on a surface of a silicon substrate having a size of 30 mm × 30 mm as a planar substrate as a cleaning target. Further, the positional relationship between the substrate holding portion and the venturi tube was adjusted so that the distance from the vent outlet of the venturi tube to the resist was 25 mm. Further, tap water was used as water, and ozone-containing gas having a maximum component ratio of ozone gas to oxygen gas of about 15:85 was used.

(Cleaning experiment 1)
First, as cleaning experiment 1, the flow rate (Q _L ) of tap water was 10 L / min, and the gas-liquid volume flow rate ratio β between the ozone-containing gas and tap water mixed in the gas-liquid mixing unit was 5%. Note that β is an amount indicating the ratio of the volume flow rate of gas to the total volume flow rate of gas and liquid. At this time, the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture introduced into the venturi tube is considered to be about 40 ppm.

  FIG. 5 is a view showing a photograph of the surface of the substrate at each cleaning time in the case of cleaning experiment 1. FIG. “T” indicates a cleaning time, that is, a cumulative elapsed time from the start of cleaning. For example, “T = 1 min” indicates that the cleaning time is 1 minute. Further, “C” in the figure is a value obtained by measuring the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture after being used for cleaning in a predetermined cleaning time. The ozone concentration was measured by titration with sodium thiosulfate. Further, regarding the value of T = 10 min, since the number of measurement samples is 2, two photographs are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 5, as the cleaning time increases, the resist is peeled and removed, and the thickness of the resist is reduced. Thus, the interference fringes change in the photographs at the respective cleaning times. In particular, a rectangular area located on the right side of each photograph is a place where the gas-liquid mixture ejected from the Venturi tube directly hits, but the state of interference fringes changes around this area.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface in the cleaning experiment 1 and the thickness of the resist remaining in each cleaning time. The horizontal axis indicates the position on the straight line when the thickness is measured along the straight line on the substrate surface, and the vertical axis indicates the thickness of the resist remaining in each cleaning time. In the drawing, the region of 4 mm to 8 mm indicated by the arrows and shaded is the region where the gas-liquid mixture injected from the Venturi tube directly hits.

  As shown in FIG. 6, it was confirmed that the resist was peeled and removed as the cleaning time increased, and the thickness was reduced, and that the resist was completely removed in the cleaning time of 13 minutes. In addition, it was confirmed that the thinning of the resist proceeds in advance in a region where the gas-liquid mixture directly hits.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface in the cleaning experiment 1 and the resist removal rate (ashing rate) at each cleaning time. Note that V is defined by the following equation where V [nm / min] is the resist removal rate, T [min] is the cleaning time, and L [nm] is the thickness of the resist remaining in the cleaning time: V = ( 1000-L) / T.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a maximum value of 0.133 μm / min (133 nm / min) was obtained as the resist removal rate. Further, the ozone concentration C of the gas-liquid mixture after being used for cleaning was as low as 0.90 ppm to 1.92 ppm.

(Cleaning experiment 2)
Next, as washing experiment 2, the flow rate (Q _L ) of tap water was increased to 22 _L / min. On the other hand, the gas-liquid volume flow ratio β between the ozone-containing gas and tap water mixed in the gas-liquid mixing part was set to 5% as in the cleaning experiment 1. Also at this time, the ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture introduced into the venturi tube is considered to be about 40 ppm. The other conditions were the same as in cleaning experiment 1.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface in the cleaning experiment 2 and the thickness of the resist remaining in each cleaning time. For the value of T = 4 min, since the number of measurement samples is 2, two data are shown.

  As shown in FIG. 8, it was confirmed that the resist was peeled and removed as the cleaning time was increased, and the thickness was reduced, and almost all of the resist was removed in the cleaning time of 5 minutes. In addition, it was confirmed that the thinning of the resist proceeds in advance in a region where the gas-liquid mixture directly hits.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position on the substrate surface in the cleaning experiment 2 and the resist removal rate (ashing rate) at each cleaning time. As shown in FIG. 9, a very high value of 0.387 μm / min (387 nm / min) was obtained as the maximum resist removal rate. Further, the ozone concentration C of the gas-liquid mixture after being used for cleaning was a low value from 9.36 ppm to 10.8 ppm.

FIG. 10 is a diagram comparing the resist removal speeds shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, when the tap water flow rate (Q _L ) of the cleaning experiment 2 shown in FIG. 9 is 22 _L / min, the Q _{L of the} cleaning experiment 1 shown in FIG. 7 is 10 L / min. A resist removal rate of about twice or more was obtained.

  For example, Non-Patent Document 1 reports a resist removal rate of about 0.08 to 0.15 μm / min, but as described above, in this experiment, a resist removal rate of 0.387 μm / min, which is significantly higher than that, is reported. Speed was obtained.

  In the cleaning experiment, the cleaning target is a silicon substrate with a resist formed on the surface. However, the cleaning apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to cleaning a silicon substrate, and other planar substrates, for example, The present invention can also be applied to cleaning of other semiconductor substrates, cleaning for removing a protective film formed on a surface to be cleaned such as a planar substrate, and cleaning of machine parts to which oil has adhered. Moreover, the shape of the planar substrate is a rectangle or a circle, but is not particularly limited.

(Cleaning experiment 3)
Next, as a cleaning experiment 3, a cleaning experiment was performed on an object that was contaminated with oil (grease) attached to the surface of an acrylic resin plate as a planar substrate. As cleaning conditions, as in cleaning experiment 2, the tap water flow rate (Q _L ) was 22 _L / min, and the gas-liquid volume flow rate ratio β was 5%. For comparison, a comparative cleaning experiment was also performed when a gas-liquid mixture was generated using air instead of ozone-containing gas.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the results of an acrylic resin cleaning experiment using air. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the results of an acrylic resin cleaning experiment using an ozone-containing gas. 11 and 12 show a photograph of the surface of the acrylic resin after washing and a photograph in which a part thereof is enlarged. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in the comparative cleaning experiment using air, oil having a size of 300 μm or more remained, but in the cleaning experiment 3 using ozone-containing gas, the remaining oil The size of this was as small as about 100 μm.

Next, the cleaning rate in the cleaning experiment 3 and the comparative cleaning experiment was calculated. Here, the cleaning rate phi _M, defined _{φ M = (M S -M W} ) / (M S -M O). “M” indicates the measured mass of the acrylic resin, and the suffix “O” indicates before contamination, “S” indicates after contamination, and “W” indicates after washing. Therefore, indicating that the higher the detergency ratio phi _M grease is removed.

Was calculated detergency ratio phi _M according to the above definitions, where it was 29.19% in comparison cleaning experiment, an 41.65% The cleaning experiment 3, the use of the ozone-containing gas, a higher detergency is obtained It was confirmed.

  In the cleaning apparatus 100 according to the above embodiment, the gas-liquid mixture is directly sprayed from the venturi tube 1 onto the object to be cleaned, but a cleaning jig described below may be used.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a case where cleaning is performed using the first cleaning jig. In FIG. 13, the cleaning jig 30 which is the first cleaning jig is shown with a part thereof cut away. The cleaning jig 30 is made of, for example, glass, and includes a cylindrical part 30a, a support part 30b, and a disk-shaped disk part 30c that is an injection part. The cylindrical portion 30a has a hollow cylindrical shape, is inserted into a hole formed in the approximate center of the disc portion 30c, and is fixed in a state of being supported by the support portion 30b. An end portion of the inner hole of the cylindrical portion 30a is provided as a jet port 30ca at a substantially central portion of the disc portion 30c.

  When using the cleaning jig 30, first, the cylindrical portion 30 a of the cleaning jig 30 is connected to the tip of the venturi tube 1. On the other hand, the substrate 20 to be cleaned is placed on the turntable 40 so that the rotation axis of the turntable 40 and the center of the substrate 20 substantially coincide with each other, and the turntable 40 is rotated around the axis to rotate the substrate 20. Let Next, the disk portion 30 c of the cleaning jig 30 is brought close to the surface of the substrate 20. And the gas-liquid mixture OW which generated the microbubble from the venturi tube 1 is introduce | transduced into the cylindrical part 30a, and is injected to the board | substrate 20 from the jet nozzle 30ca via the cylindrical part 30a. Then, the gas-liquid mixture OW is filled in a space having a thickness T between the disk portion 30c and the substrate 20, and forms a liquid film. In this state, the surface of the substrate 20 is cleaned.

  Here, in the case of a gas-liquid mixture containing ozone gas, the dissolved ozone gas tends to diffuse at the gas-liquid interface between the gas-liquid mixture and the outside air, so the ozone concentration tends to decrease. On the other hand, when the main cleaning jig 30 is used, the area of the gas-liquid interface between the gas-liquid mixture OW and the outside air can be extremely reduced by the disk portion 30c. As a result, a decrease in ozone concentration of the gas-liquid mixture OW is suppressed, and a decrease in cleaning power is suppressed.

  The thickness T is on the order of, for example, mm, and is preferably 1 mm to 2 mm. However, the thickness T is not limited to this, and may be any size as long as the space of the thickness T between the disk portion 30c and the substrate 20 is filled with the gas-liquid mixture OW.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a case where cleaning is performed using the second cleaning jig. FIG. 14 shows the cleaning jig 30A, which is the second cleaning jig, with a part thereof cut away. The cleaning jig 30A is made of, for example, glass, and has a configuration in which the disk part 30c, which is an injection part of the cleaning jig 30, is replaced with a disk part 30d. The disc part 30d is substantially disk-shaped, but includes an inner peripheral part 30da, an inclined part 30db, and an outer peripheral part 30dc. The outer peripheral part 30dc has a circular outer edge and an inner edge. The inner peripheral portion 30da has a circular outer edge, is located on the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral portion 30dc, and is formed so that the surface facing the substrate 20 to be cleaned is recessed with respect to the outer peripheral portion 30dc. Yes. As described above, the surface of the disk portion 30d facing the substrate 20 has a stepped shape. Further, an end portion of the inner hole of the cylindrical portion 30a is provided as a jet port 30dd at a substantially central portion of the disc portion 30d.

  When using the cleaning jig 30 </ b> A, the cylindrical portion 30 a of the cleaning jig 30 </ b> A is first connected to the tip of the venturi tube 1 as in the case of the cleaning jig 30. On the other hand, the substrate 20 to be cleaned is placed on the turntable 40 so that the rotation axis of the turntable 40 and the center of the substrate 20 substantially coincide with each other, and the substrate 20 is rotated by rotating the turntable 40 around the axis. . Next, the disk portion 30 d of the cleaning jig 30 </ b> A is brought close to the surface of the substrate 20. And the gas-liquid mixture OW which generated the microbubble from the venturi tube 1 is introduce | transduced into the cylindrical part 30a, and is injected to the board | substrate 20 from the jet nozzle 30dd via the cylindrical part 30a. Then, the gas-liquid mixture OW fills the space between the disk portion 30d and the substrate 20 to form a liquid film, and the surface of the substrate 20 is cleaned in this state.

  When the cleaning jig 30A is used, the area of the gas-liquid interface between the gas-liquid mixture OW and the outside air can be extremely reduced in the same manner as when the cleaning jig 30 is used. A decrease in the ozone concentration of OW is suppressed, and a decrease in cleaning power is suppressed.

  Furthermore, when the cleaning jig 30A is used, it is possible to prevent the vortex from being generated in the gas-liquid mixture OW filled in the space between the disk portion 30d and the substrate 20.

  This will be specifically described below. When using a cleaning jig having a disk-like disk portion, such as the cleaning jig 30, the present inventors have a cleaning power (for example, a resist removal speed) on the outer peripheral side of the cleaning jig 30. It has been found by experiment that there is a case where the value decreases.

  Then, the present inventors tried to observe the flow field generated in the gas-liquid mixture filled in the space between the disk portion and the substrate, and succeeded in observing the flow velocity of three components in cylindrical coordinates.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a flow field generated in the gas-liquid mixture when cleaning is performed using a cleaning jig according to the first cleaning jig. Reference numeral 50 indicates a substrate to be cleaned. The radius of the substrate 50 is 62.5 mm. In addition, “inlet” indicates the position of the ejection port. The horizontal axis indicates the position of the substrate in the radial direction, and the vertical axis indicates the position in the space between the substrate and the disk part. As shown in FIG. 15, the thickness of the space between the substrate and the disk portion is 2 mm. U _r , u _θ , and u _z represent flow rates in the r direction, θ direction, and z direction when taking cylindrical coordinates in the space between the substrate and the disk part, respectively, and √ (u _r ² + u _θ ² + U _z ² ) indicates the magnitude of the flow velocity.

As shown in FIG. 15, in the gas-liquid mixture filled in the space between the substrate and the disk portion, a vortex was generated on the outer peripheral side. In the swirl generation region, it is considered that the gas-liquid mixture in which the ozone concentration has decreased due to reaction or time decay is retained. Note that R _t = 26.4 mm indicates a transition radius.

  Therefore, the present inventors have prevented the generation of eddy currents by cutting the region where the eddy currents located at the upper right outside the region indicated by the one-dot chain line in the figure, and the outer peripheral side of the cleaning jig It was conceived that it was possible to prevent the detergency from deteriorating.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a flow field and wall shear stress generated in a gas-liquid mixture when cleaning is performed using a cleaning jig according to the second cleaning jig. In addition, about the wall surface shear stress, the value at the time of washing | cleaning using the cleaning jig according to the 1st cleaning jig is also shown with the broken line. Further, τ _r , τ _θ , τ _z , and τ _mag indicate the magnitudes of wall shear stress and wall shear stress in the r direction, θ direction, and z direction, respectively.

  The cleaning jig according to the second cleaning jig is used when the surface facing the substrate is flat between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion (that is, the cleaning jig according to the first cleaning jig). It has a shape that cuts a region where vortex flow is generated in the liquid mixture. Specifically, when the outer edge of the inner peripheral portion of the cleaning jig according to the second cleaning jig is flat at the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion according to the transition radius, the surface facing the substrate is flat. It is set to be located inside the region where the vortex flow is generated. In this case, the generation of vortex is prevented as can be seen from FIG. Regarding the wall shear stress, the cleaning jig according to the second cleaning jig (shown by a solid line) is the cleaning jig according to the first cleaning jig (shown by a broken line). In particular, the values are larger in the inclined portion and the outer peripheral portion. This indicates that by preventing the generation of eddy currents, it is expected that the wall-surface shear stress of the gas-liquid mixture is improved particularly in the inclined portion and the outer peripheral portion, and the cleaning power is improved.

  In addition, in the cleaning apparatus 100 according to the above embodiment, one venturi pipe 1 is provided, but a plurality of venturi pipes 1 may be provided. The cleaning jig 30 or 30A includes only one cylindrical portion 30a, but may include a plurality of cylindrical portions 30a. Then, the venturi pipe 1 may be connected to each of the plurality of cylindrical portions 30a, and the gas-liquid mixture OW may be ejected from the plurality of ejection ports 30ca or 30dd. Furthermore, the cleaning jigs 30 and 30A have a disk-shaped injection part (disk-shaped part) having a shape other than a circle such as a polygon instead of the disk-shaped disk parts 30c and 30d. Also good. Moreover, the outer edge or inner edge of the outer peripheral part 30dc of the disk part 30d, or the outer edge of the inner peripheral part 30da is not limited to a circular shape, and may have a shape other than a circular shape such as a polygon. Even in the case where the injection part includes an inner peripheral part, an inclined part, and an outer peripheral part as in the disk part 30d, the outer edge or the inner edge is not limited to a circular shape, and has a shape other than a circular shape such as a polygon. Also good. Furthermore, the shape of the injection unit is not limited to a disk shape, and various shapes can be employed. For example, by setting the shape of the injection unit to the shape of the object to be cleaned, the injection unit can be brought close to the surface of the object to be cleaned, so that the object to be cleaned can be effectively cleaned with a cleaning jig. Become. Alternatively, the object to be cleaned may be configured to have a shape and size that can be effectively cleaned with a cleaning jig so that the ejection unit can be brought close to the surface of the object to be cleaned.

  Further, the present invention is not limited by the above embodiment. What was comprised combining each component mentioned above suitably is also contained in this invention. Further effects and modifications can be easily derived by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the broader aspect of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Venturi pipe 1a Introduction part 1b Reduction part 1c Throat part 1d Expansion part 1e Spout 2 Gas-liquid mixing part 3 Connection flange 4 Water stop boot 5 Washing tank 6 Substrate holding part 7 Pressure gauge 8 Separation tank 10 Case 10a Support part 12 Gas flow meter 13 Gas pressure regulator 14 Gas valve 15 Water tank 16 Pump 17 Water pressure gauge 18 Water flow regulator / Water flow meter 19 Water supply flange 20, 50 Substrate 30, 30A Cleaning jig 30a Cylindrical portion 30b Support portion 30c , 30d Disc part 30ca, 30dd Spout 30da Inner peripheral part 30db Inclined part 30dc Outer part 40 Turntable 100 Cleaning device A1, A2 area B Bubble D1, D2, D3 Width MB Microbubble OW Gas-liquid mixture P1 Position

Claims (8)

An introduction part into which a gas-liquid mixture in which water and an ozone-containing gas which is a reactive gas are mixed is introduced;
A throat part having an internal cross-sectional area smaller than the internal cross-sectional area of the introduction part, and the gas-liquid mixture is compressed to increase the flow rate;
Expanding in which the internal cross-sectional area expands from the throat toward the traveling direction of the gas-liquid mixture, and bubbles of the reactive gas contained in the gas-liquid mixture collapse to generate microbubbles And
A Venturi tube having
A cleaning jig having an injection part provided with an outlet for ejecting the gas-liquid mixture;
With
The spray unit is a disk-shaped part formed in a disk shape, and the gas-liquid mixture including the microbubbles ejected from the venturi tube is ejected by bringing the disk-shaped part close to the surface of the object to be cleaned. A cleaning apparatus, wherein the cleaning target is cleaned by spraying the cleaning target from an outlet.   The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the concentration of ozone gas contained in the gas-liquid mixture is 10 ppm or more and 50 ppm or less.   The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning target is configured to be cleaned with a planar substrate or the cleaning jig.   4. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the oil or fat remaining on the surface of the planar substrate, the formed photoresist or the formed protective film is removed by the cleaning.   The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the venturi pipes. The board-shaped portion has an outer peripheral portion of the annular, located on the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral portion so as to be surrounded by the outer peripheral portion, viewed surface central portion that faces the cleaning target against the outer peripheral portion recess, And the hollow is provided with the inner peripheral part formed so that it might become shallow continuously from the center side of this hollow, and it might be connected with the inner edge of the said outer peripheral part, It is any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. The cleaning device described. The outer edge of the inner peripheral part is the air filled between the disk-shaped part and the surface of the object to be cleaned when the surface facing the object to be cleaned is flat between the outer peripheral part and the inner peripheral part. cleaning apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that swirl in the liquid mixture is located inside the area to be generated. A gas-liquid mixture in which water and ozone-containing gas, which is a reactive gas, are mixed is introduced into the venturi tube,
Compress the gas-liquid mixture at the throat of the venturi to increase the flow rate,
By collapsing the bubbles of the reactive gas contained in the gas-liquid mixture at the enlarged portion having a shape in which the internal cross-sectional area expands from the throat of the venturi tube toward the traveling direction of the gas-liquid mixture. Generate microbubbles,
In proximity of the disk-shaped portion formed in a disk-shaped on the surface to be cleaned, via an injection port provided in the plate-like portion from the venturi tube, the cleaned gas-liquid mixture containing said microbubbles The cleaning method is characterized in that the cleaning object is cleaned by spraying on the surface.