Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Backside polisher with dry frontside design and method using the same
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Application No.: US15855839Application Date: 2017-12-27
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Publication No.: US10391608B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Chih-Hung Chen , Chia-Jung Hsu , Yi-An Lin
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: B24B37/30
- IPC: B24B37/30 ; B24B37/10 ; H01L21/67 ; H01L21/02 ; H01L21/321 ; H01L21/673 ; H01L21/683 ; B24B37/04

Abstract:
A wafer polishing apparatus is described herein. The wafer polishing apparatus includes a polish module configured to apply air pressure to a first surface of a wafer while performing a polishing process on a second surface of the wafer. In some implementations, the polish module is further configured to perform a cleaning process and/or a drying process on the second surface of the wafer, such that the same wafer polishing apparatus is configured to perform the polishing process, the cleaning process, and/or the drying process. In some implementations, the polishing module is further configured to air seal edges of the wafer during the polishing process, the cleaning process, and/or the drying process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180138052A1 Backside Polisher with Dry Frontside Design and Method Using The Same Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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