摘要:
A polishing pad with a polishing layer having a macro-texture and a micro-texture wherein the polishing layer is formed by solidifying a flowable material, the polishing layer further comprising hard domains and soft domains, each domain having an average size less than 100 microns.
摘要:
A fixed abrasive, chemical-mechanical polishing system which is particularly well suited for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, memory disks or the like.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for polishing the surface of a semiconductor wafer is provided in which the polishing pad has on its surface a multiplicity of nanoasperities which are particles having an imputed radius (of curvature) of about 0.5 to about 0.1 microns and sufficient resiliency to permanently deform by less than 10% which contact the wafer surface in combination with a reactive liquid solution.
摘要:
This invention provides polishing pad tiles which, by virtue of their geometry and surface features, can be arranged to form mosaic pads having channels at the seams which facilitate the flow of polishing fluid during polishing of a workpiece.
摘要:
Polymer-based pads useful for polishing objects, particularly integrated circuits, having interconnected porosity which is uniform in all directions, and where the solid portion of said pad consists of a uniform continuously interconnected polymer material of greater than 50% of the gross volume of the article, are produced directly to final shape and dimension by pressure sintering powder compacts of thermoplastic polymer at a temperature above the glass transition temperature but not exceeding the melting point of the polymer and at a pressure in excess of 100 psi in a mold having the desired final pad dimensions. In a preferred version, a mixture of two polymer powders is used, where one polymer has a lower melting point than the other. When pressure sintered at a temperature not to exceed the melting point of the lower melting powder, the increased stiffness afforded by incorporation of the higher melting polymer component gives improved mechanical strength to the sintered product. Conditions for producing the pads of this invention are such that the polymer powder particles from which the pads are produced essentially retain their original shape and are point bonded to form the pad.
摘要:
The invention involves a method of preparing an alkaline-earth metal oxide-containing polishing pad useful for polishing at least one of semiconductor, magnetic and optical substrates. The method includes introducing a feed stream of gas-filled polymeric microelements into a gas jet, the polymeric microelements having varied density, varied wall thickness and varied particle size. The method passes the polymeric microelements in the gas jet adjacent a Coanda block, the Coanda block having a curved wall for separating the polymeric microelements with Coanda effect, inertia and gas flow resistance. Then it separates various alkaline earth metal oxide constituents from the curved wall of the Coanda block to clean the polymeric microelements.
摘要:
The polishing pad is useful for polishing at least one of magnetic, optical and semiconductor substrates. A porous polishing layer includes a dual porosity structure within a polyurethane matrix. The dual porosity structure has a primary set of pores having pore walls with a thickness of 15 to 55 μm and a storage modulus of 10 to 60 MPa measured at 25° C. In addition, pore walls contain a secondary set of pores having an average pore size of 5 to 30 μm. The porous polishing layer is either fixed to a polymeric film or sheet substrate or formed into a woven or non-woven structure to form the polishing pad.
摘要:
The polishing pad is useful for polishing at least one of magnetic, optical and semiconductor substrates. A porous polishing layer includes a dual porosity structure within a polyurethane matrix. The dual porosity structure has a primary set of pores having pore walls with a thickness of 15 to 55 μm and a storage modulus of 10 to 60 MPa measured at 25° C. In addition, pore walls contain a secondary set of pores having an average pore size of 5 to 30 μm. The porous polishing layer is either fixed to a polymeric film or sheet substrate or formed into a woven or non-woven structure to form the polishing pad.
摘要:
The chemical mechanical polishing pad is suitable for polishing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a polymeric matrix with an elastomeric polymer distributed within the polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix has a glass transition above room temperature; and the elastomeric polymer has an average length of at least 0.1 μm in at least one direction, represents 1 to 45 volume percent of polishing pad and has a glass transition temperature below room temperature. The polishing pad has an increased diamond conditioner cut rate in comparison to a polishing pad formed from the polymeric matrix without the elastomeric polymer.
摘要:
This invention describes improved polishing pads useful in the manufacture ofsemiconductor devices or the like. The pads of the present invention may have an advantageous hydrophilic polishing material and are sufficiently thin to generally improve predictability and polishing performance.