Abrading – Precision device or process - or with condition responsive... – With feeding of tool or work holder
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-25
2005-10-25
Wilson, Lee D. (Department: 3723)
Abrading
Precision device or process - or with condition responsive...
With feeding of tool or work holder
C451S041000, C451S287000, C451S494000, C451S905000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06958001
ABSTRACT:
Carrier assemblies, planarizing machines with carrier assemblies, and methods for mechanical and/or chemical-mechanical planarization of micro-device workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the carrier assembly includes a head having a chamber, a magnetic field source carried by the head, and a fluid with magnetic elements in the chamber. The magnetic field source has a first member that induces a magnetic field in the head. The fluid and/or the magnetic elements move within the chamber under the influence of the magnetic field source to exert a force against a portion of the micro-device workpiece. In a further aspect of this embodiment, the carrier assembly includes a flexible member in the chamber. The magnetic field source can be any device that induces a magnetic field, such as a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, or an electrically conductive coil.
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