# An-Ren Zi — Patents explained on PatentBrief

An-Ren Zi has 2 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How to Clean Metal Off Wafers After EUV Chipmaking](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20250172879/metal-compound-removing-solvent-and-method-in-lithography)
  This patent describes a specialized system and cleaning fluid used to precisely remove tiny metal bits from silicon wafers after they've been patterned using extreme ultraviolet light for making advanced computer chips.
- [How to Clean Tiny Chip Patterns Using a Special Chemical Developer](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10866511/extreme-ultraviolet-photolithography-method-with-developer-composition) — granted 2020
  This patent describes a method for making advanced computer chips using extreme ultraviolet light and a special chemical developer that cleans away tiny metal leftover bits from the chip's patterns.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/an-ren-zi

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