Debris cleaning device and electroplating system
Abstract
A debris cleaning device includes: a process treatment tank for containing a liquid medicine and a substrate to be treated, wherein the bottom of the tank body of the process treatment tank is provided with a liquid medicine discharge port, and the side wall of the tank body of the process treatment tank is provided with a liquid medicine inlet port; and a self-circulation debris removal system, the self-circulation debris removal system comprising a circulation pipeline communicating between the liquid medicine discharge port and the liquid medicine inlet port, the circulation pipeline being provided with a control valve for controlling the on-off state of the circulation pipeline, a debris filtering and collecting device for filtering the debris in the circulation pipeline, and a power pump for providing circulation driving force for the liquid medicine in the circulation pipeline.
Claims
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1 . A debris cleaning device for cleaning debris generated within process equipment, the debris cleaning device comprising:
a process treatment tank for containing a liquid medicine and a substrate to be treated, wherein a bottom of a tank body of the process treatment tank is provided with a liquid medicine discharge port, and a side wall of the tank body of the process treatment tank is provided with a liquid medicine inlet port; and a self-circulation debris removal system, the self-circulation debris removal system comprising a circulation pipeline communicating between the liquid medicine discharge port and the liquid medicine inlet port, wherein the circulation pipeline is provided with a control valve for controlling an on-off state of the circulation pipeline, a debris filtering and collecting device for filtering debris in the circulation pipeline, and a power pump for providing a circulation driving force for the liquid medicine in the circulation pipeline.
2 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the bottom of the tank body of the process treatment tank is a first inverted conical cavity for guiding the liquid medicine in the process treatment tank to the liquid medicine discharge port, and a bottom of the first inverted conical cavity is in communication with the liquid medicine discharge port.
3 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 2 , wherein
the control valve includes at least one of a manual valve and a solenoid valve.
4 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the debris filtering and collecting device comprises: a debris collector and a filter arranged in sequence from the liquid medicine discharge port to the liquid medicine inlet port.
5 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 4 , wherein
the debris collector comprises: a collection box, wherein the collection box is in a shape of a box body, a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided at an upper part of the box body of the collection box, a debris collection cavity for collecting debris is provided at a lower part of the box body of the collection box, the debris collection cavity is a second inverted conical cavity, a debris discharge port for discharging debris is provided at a bottom of the debris collection cavity, and a cover plate capable of opening or closing the debris discharge port is provided at the debris discharge port.
6 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 5 , wherein
the debris collector further comprises: a filter, the filter being arranged at the liquid outlet and comprising at least two layers of filter meshes capable of filtering particles of different sizes.
7 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 6 , wherein
the side wall of the second inverted conical cavity at a side where the liquid inlet is located is an inclined side wall forming an inclined included angle relative to a horizontal plane, and the side wall of the second inverted conical cavity at a side where the liquid outlet is located is a vertical side wall perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
8 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one side wall of the process treatment tank is a liquid return wall, a plurality of liquid return ports are distributed on the liquid return wall, and a filtering protection device is further provided on the liquid return wall for preventing debris in the process treatment tank from entering the liquid return port.
9 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein
the filtering protection device comprises: a frame fixed on the liquid return wall, and a filter mesh fixed on the frame.
10 . The debris cleaning device according to claim 5 , wherein a material of the process treatment tank is transparent; and
a material of the collection box is transparent.
11 . An electroplating system comprising:
a debris cleaning device for cleaning debris generated within process equipment, the debris cleaning device comprising: a process treatment tank for containing a liquid medicine and a substrate to be treated, wherein a bottom of a tank body of the process treatment tank is provided with a liquid medicine discharge port, and a side wall of the tank body of the process treatment tank is provided with a liquid medicine inlet port; and a self-circulation debris removal system, the self-circulation debris removal system comprising a circulation pipeline communicating between the liquid medicine discharge port and the liquid medicine inlet port, wherein the circulation pipeline is provided with a control valve for controlling an on-off state of the circulation pipeline, a debris filtering and collecting device for filtering debris in the circulation pipeline, and a power pump for providing a circulation driving force for the liquid medicine in the circulation pipeline, wherein the process treatment tank is an electroplating tank of the electroplating system.
12 . The electroplating system of claim 11 , wherein
the bottom of the tank body of the process treatment tank is a first inverted conical cavity for guiding the liquid medicine in the process treatment tank to the liquid medicine discharge port, and a bottom of the first inverted conical cavity is in communication with the liquid medicine discharge port.
13 . The electroplating system of claim 12 , wherein
the control valve includes at least one of a manual valve and a solenoid valve.
14 . The electroplating system of claim 11 , wherein
the debris filtering and collecting device comprises: a debris collector and a filter arranged in sequence from the liquid medicine discharge port to the liquid medicine inlet port.
15 . The electroplating system of claim 14 , wherein
the debris collector comprises: a collection box, wherein the collection box is in a shape of a box body, a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided at an upper part of the box body of the collection box, a debris collection cavity for collecting debris is provided at a lower part of the box body of the collection box, the debris collection cavity is a second inverted conical cavity, a debris discharge port for discharging debris is provided at a bottom of the debris collection cavity, and a cover plate capable of opening or closing the debris discharge port is provided at the debris discharge port.
16 . The electroplating system of claim 15 , wherein
the debris collector further comprises: a filter, the filter being arranged at the liquid outlet and comprising at least two layers of filter meshes capable of filtering particles of different sizes.
17 . The electroplating system of claim 16 , wherein
the side wall of the second inverted conical cavity at a side where the liquid inlet is located is an inclined side wall forming an inclined included angle relative to a horizontal plane, and the side wall of the second inverted conical cavity at a side where the liquid outlet is located is a vertical side wall perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
18 . The electroplating system of claim 11 , wherein
at least one side wall of the process treatment tank is a liquid return wall, a plurality of liquid return ports are distributed on the liquid return wall, and a filtering protection device is further provided on the liquid return wall for preventing debris in the process treatment tank from entering the liquid return port.
19 . The electroplating system of claim 18 , wherein
the filtering protection device comprises: a frame fixed on the liquid return wall, and a filter mesh fixed on the frame.
20 . The electroplating system according to claim 15 , wherein a material of the process treatment tank is transparent; and
a material of the collection box is transparent.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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