US 12,456,610 B2
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
Sung Hwi Cho, Gwangju-si (KR); Sung-Yeol Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Mee Hyun Lim, Seoul (KR); Sung Yong Lim, Seoul (KR); Seong Ha Jeong, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Woong Jin Cheon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,413.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0134771 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116739 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01J 37/32 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 37/32651 (2013.01) [H01J 37/32642 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3343 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:
a chamber comprising a support, the support configured to mount a substrate thereon;
at least one channel disposed in the chamber and into which an electrically conductive fluid or an electrically non-conductive fluid is configured to be injected; and
a control unit comprising:
a first pump and a second pump configured to respectively supply the electrically conductive fluid and the electrically non-conductive fluid to the at least one channel; and
a first valve configured to receive the electrically conductive fluid and the electrically non-conductive fluid from the first pump and the second pump, respectively, and control proportions of each of the electrically conductive fluid and the electrically non-conductive fluid at which the electrically conductive fluid and the electrically non-conductive fluid are injected into the at least one channel,
wherein the control unit is configured to alternately supply the electrically conductive fluid and the electrically non-conductive fluid to the at least one channel such that the electrically non-conductive fluid is provided between portions of the electrically conductive fluid within the at least one channel, and
the electrically conductive fluid is a liquid metal, and the electrically non-conductive fluid comprises at least one from among deionized water (DIW), air, and oil.