Quick Dump Rinse (QDR) Valve

Quick Dump Rinse Valve

Overview

The Imtec Quick Dump Rinse (QDR) valve is an air open/close valve. Quality tested to 1.3+ million cycles. While it looks similar to other quick dump valves, it has some important differences. The first is that it utilizes Glyd rings instead of O-rings. Glyd rings do not need to be lubed and reduce the chance of stiction, which is common to O-rings.

Secondly, the valve is attached to the mounting ring via shoulder screws instead of having a large thread that can easily cross thread and make the valve useless. A domed dump door was added to shed any fluid left after a quick dump, improving process performance. The valve is available to mount to PVDF, NPP, or PFA tanks.

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PFA Tank Quick Dump Rinse Valve

PFA tank, dump door, and mounting ring with polypro valve body

Importance of Quick Dump Rinsing in Semiconductor Manufacturing

After chemical treatment of semiconductor wafers for cleaning, etching or stripping applications, or MEMS device KOH/HF etching applications, the process chemicals should be completely removed from the surface in order to stop the chemical reaction and take away chemical residues. Chemistry is still covering the wafer surface, in particular within recess structures of the topology (moats, trenches) resulting in continuation of the chemical process outside the bath. This is critical for etch applications, since over-etching might occur destroying the pattern and causing significant yield loss. Custom plastic tanks, PFA tanks are the common choices for quick dump rinsing steps.

Objectives of effective rinsing processes:

  • To quickly and effectively stop the chemical reaction on the surface after the wafers have been removed from the bath.
  • To fully remove chemical and contaminant residues from the wafer, which are carried over from the chemical bath without ANY impact on the wafer surface.
  • To take off particulates from the wafer before the next chemical step or drying.

Semiconductor rinse processes:

Three basic types of rinsing are used in semiconductor manufacturing, depending on the tool type and application.

  • Overflow rinsing: immersion of wafers into a rinse bath with continuous introduction of water from the bottom of the tank and overflowing at the top rim.
  • Spray rinsing: Dispense of ultra pure water through spray nozzles directly onto the wafer at variable flow, pressure or temperature in a single pass mode (standard process of single wafer equipment)
  • Quick dump rinsing: a combination of the above for wet benches consisting of placing the wafer into an overflowing rinse tank, dump the ultra pure water in a very fast manner and refill the tank by spray and /or fill from the bottom.

Features & Benefits

  • Double-acting air-close/air-open
  • Optional hard seat or O-Ring seat seal, dump door to mounting ring
  • Minimum 35 psi to operate
  • Large opening for ultra-fast draining
  • Easy maintenance, valve body replaceable
  • Door & Ring materials Polypropylene (NPP), PVDF, or PFA

Specifications

Model
Size
Door &
Ring Material
Min/Max
Pressure
Seat
QDRV-P4-H
4 in
PVDF
35/80 psi
Hard
QDRV-PP4-H
4 in
Polypropylene
35/80 psi
Hard
QDRV-T4-H
4 in
PFA
35/80 psi
Hard
QDRV-P4-S
4 in
PVDF
35/80 psi
O-Ring
QDRV-PP4-S
4 in
Polypropylene
35/80 psi
O-Ring
QDRV-T4-S
4 in
PFA
35/80 psi
O-Ring

*Seal o-rings sold separately. O-ring seals are offered for those who require a leak free seal which a hard seat can not provide.
Available Materials: Viton, EPDM, Kalrez, Allchem

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