Polishing apparatus

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1978-08-30

1980-03-18

Smith, Gary L.

Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition

With carbohydrate or reaction product thereof

51 4, 511315, 51235, B24B 700

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041932269

ABSTRACT:
The polishing apparatus utilizes a pressure head that imparts rotary motion to a wafer to be polished during the polishing operation and is of such a structure so as to eliminate the need for the use of any bonding agent for holding the wafer in intimate contact therewith. In this apparatus, the head picks up a single, thin, flat wafer of a semiconductive material in a manually loaded pickup station, holds the wafer thereon as it is selectively moved into one of two polishing stations and then into a receiving station. The pickup and holding of the wafer on the head as it is moved from one station to another and positioned therein is accomplished with a vacuum applied to the head. Two separate polishing surfaces are used, one being for primary stock removal and the other for cosmetic or secondary polishing. Means is provided which enables the operator to selectively control the cycle time, the pressure applied to the wafer, the rate of flow of polishing agents, etc. This control can also be programmed to vary or change the cycle. The pressure head is automatically cleaned after completion of each cycle, to assure proper contact with the next wafer to be processed.

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