Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Differential fluid etching apparatus – With microwave gas energizing means
Patent
1997-06-19
2000-02-29
Breneman, R. Bruce
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Differential fluid etching apparatus
With microwave gas energizing means
451444, B24B 100
Patent
active
060304871
ABSTRACT:
A wafer carrier assembly including a subassembly for in-situ nondestructive pad conditioning, characterized by continuously cleansing the pad surface with an energized fluid. The fluid may be abrasive in nature, such as a slurry, or non-abrasive, such as DeIonized (DI) water. In addition, the fluid may be of a type known to assist in removing slurry and/or residual materials from a pad surface and followed by a DI water rinse. The chemical may be either liquid or gas.
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Fisher, Jr. Thomas R.
Gustafson Carol E.
Lofaro Michael F.
Breneman R. Bruce
International Business Machines - Corporation
MacArthur Sylvia R.
Mortinger Alison D.
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