Abrading – Abrading process – Glass or stone abrading
Patent
1999-08-12
2000-10-17
Eley, Timothy V.
Abrading
Abrading process
Glass or stone abrading
451287, 451388, B24B 100
Patent
active
061322954
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor wafer fabrication apparatus includes a carrier head for holding a wafer and distributing a downward pressure across a back surface of the wafer. The apparatus also includes a wafer processing station disposed near the carrier head. The station includes a grinding wheel and a flat fluid bearing. The fluid bearing provides an upward pressure against a front surface of the wafer to substantially flatten the front surface of the wafer and conform it to the flatness of the bearing surface. The face of the wafer can move with very little friction across the bearing surface. The grinding wheel can be raised into contact with the front surface of the wafer and rotated to grind the front surface while the fluid bearing provides the upward pressure and the carrier head distributes the downward pressure. The technique can be used to planarize a wafer having one or more previously-formed layers despite variations in thickness of the wafer or warpage of the wafer.
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Tietz James V.
White John M.
Applied Materials Inc.
Eley Timothy V.
Nguyen Dung Van
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