Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Chemical etching – Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means
Patent
1997-04-07
1998-11-10
Breneman, R. Bruce
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Chemical etching
Combined with the removal of material by nonchemical means
438692, 451 21, H01L 21461
Patent
active
058343776
ABSTRACT:
Several quantities related to pad wear during chemical mechanical polishing have been improved by measuring the emissivity of the pad within the annulus of wear. This emissivity value is shown to relate directly to the amount of wear in the pad and is used to control the pressure on a conditioner that is employed to compensate for pad wear. By using multiple conditioners, each of which presses on the pad with a force that is related to the pad emissivity in its annulus of wear, the uniformity of material removal, both in time and space, is improved.
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Chen Hsueh-Chung
Chen Lai-Juh
Ackerman Stephen B.
Breneman R. Bruce
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Saile George O.
Weingart Thomas W.
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