Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Chemical etching – Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-24
2007-07-24
Vinh, Lan (Department: 1765)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Chemical etching
Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means
C438S691000, C438S693000, C252S079100, C134S001200
Reexamination Certificate
active
10690623
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to chemical mechanical polishing of substrates using an abrasive and a fluid composition, wherein certain organosulfonic acid compounds are used as oxidizers, and particularly relates to a method of polishing substrates comprising copper, tungsten, titanium, and/or polysilicon using a chemical-mechanical polishing system comprising organosulfonic acids having an electrochemical oxidation potential greater than 0.2V as an oxidizer.
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Carter Melvin K.
Frey Donald W.
Shang Xiaowei Cass
Small Robert J.
Dupont Air Products Nanomaterials LLC
Morgan & Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Vinh Lan
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