Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polishing system
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Application No.: US15652436Application Date: 2017-07-18
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Publication No.: US10357867B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Shih-Chi Lin , Kun-Tai Wu , You-Hua Chou , Chih-Tsung Lee , Min Hao Hong , Chih-Jen Wu , Chen-Ming Huang , Soon-Kang Huang , Chin-Hsiang Chang , Chih-Yuan Yang
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: B24B37/20
- IPC: B24B37/20 ; H01L21/673 ; H01L21/677 ; H01L21/66 ; H01L21/02

Abstract:
A polishing system includes a wafer support that holds a wafer, the wafer having a first diameter. The polishing system further includes a first polishing pad that polishes a first region of the wafer, the first polishing pad having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The polishing system further includes an auxiliary polishing system comprising at least one second polishing pad that polishes a second region of the wafer, wherein the second polishing pad has a third diameter less than the first diameter, and the wafer support is configured to support the wafer during use of the first polishing pad and the auxiliary polishing system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170312881A1 POLISHING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-11-02
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