WORKPIECE POLISHING APPARATUS
    61.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190001463A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16123383

    申请日:2018-09-06

    IPC分类号: B24B37/20 B24B37/32

    摘要: A workpiece polishing apparatus including a polishing pad to polish a workpiece, a polishing agent supplying mechanism to supply a polishing agent, and a polishing head to hold the workpiece such that a back surface of the workpiece is held by a backing pad and an edge of the workpiece is held by an annular template. This apparatus polishes the workpiece by pressing the workpiece and the template against the polishing pad and thereby bringing the workpiece into sliding contact with the polishing pad. The template is made of a resin containing filler or woven fabric and has fine depressions created by filler or woven fabric exposed on the surface on the side that presses the polishing pad. This apparatus can stabilize the polishing rate of the outer circumferential portion of the workpiece and thereby polish the workpiece into a very flat workpiece.

    Machining apparatus for workpiece
    62.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10166649B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-01

    申请号:US15523817

    申请日:2015-10-21

    摘要: A machining apparatus for a workpieces includes an upper turn table support mechanism supporting an upper turn table from above to be vertically movable by a cylinder extending along a rotational axis direction of the table, a horizontal plate fixed to the cylinder so that a main surface thereof becomes perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder, at least three displacement sensors which measure horizontal plate surface height positions when the upper turn table has moved down to a fixed position, and a control apparatus to calculate a relative upper turn table height position and an angle formed between the upper turn table rotational axis and the cylinder longitudinal axis from the horizontal plate surface height positions measured by the displacement sensors. A workpiece holding abnormality can be accurately and quickly detected before machining the workpiece to avoid damage, and an cylinder eccentric angle can be detected during machining.

    POLISHING METHOD
    63.
    发明申请
    POLISHING METHOD 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180369984A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US15777745

    申请日:2016-11-29

    摘要: A polishing method including polishing to polish a surface of a wafer by sliding the wafer held by a polishing head on a surface of a polishing pad while supplying a polishing slurry to the polishing pad attached to a turntable, the method including correlation derivation to obtain a correlation between a surface temperature of the polishing pad and a haze level of a wafer polished with the use of the polishing pad in advance before performing the polishing, and also the wafer is polished in the polishing while controlling the surface temperature of the polishing pad based on the correlation between the surface temperature of the polishing pad and the haze level of the wafer polished with the use of the polishing pad. Consequently, the polishing method can control a haze in polishing a wafer and thereby prolong the service life of the polishing pad.

    Sizing device, polishing apparatus, and polishing method

    公开(公告)号:US10147656B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15576120

    申请日:2016-03-17

    摘要: A sizing device in a polishing apparatus for measuring a thickness of a wafer in course of polishing by laser beam interference, includes: a light-source for irradiating the wafer in course of polishing with a laser beam, a light-receiving portion for receiving reflected light from the wafer in course of polishing irradiated with the laser beam from the light-source, a calculating part for calculating a measured value of the thickness of the wafer in course of polishing irradiated with the laser beam based on the reflected light received through the light-receiving portion. The calculating part can calculate the wafer thickness in course of polishing by calculating a measuring error value of the wafer thickness in course of polishing from resistivity of the wafer in course of polishing based on a previously determined correlation between wafer resistivity and measuring error value of wafer thickness, and by compensating the measuring error value.

    Method for growing silicon single crystal

    公开(公告)号:US10100430B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US14420806

    申请日:2013-08-05

    摘要: A method for growing a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method, includes: conducting preliminary examination of growth conditions under which crystal collapse does not occur, the preliminary examination being based on a correlation between presence or absence of the crystal collapse in the silicon single crystal and a position at which an internal stress in the crystal when the silicon single crystal is grown will exceed a prescribed threshold, the position being away from a crystal growth interface; and growing the silicon single crystal in accordance with the growth conditions under which the crystal collapse does not occur, the growth conditions being determined from the preliminary examination. The method can grow a silicon single crystal while crystal collapse is effectively prevented.

    METHOD FOR POLISHING WAFER AND POLISHING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20180290261A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US15768970

    申请日:2016-10-17

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for polishing a wafer including, after unloading and before loading to hold, a next wafer to be polished: measurement to measure a depth PDt of a concave portion of a template after taking out a polished wafer; calculation to calculate a difference ΔPD between the measured depth PDt of the concave portion and a depth PD0 of the concave portion of the template before being used for polishing; and adjustment to adjust polishing conditions for a next wafer to be polished in accordance with the calculated difference ΔPD. Consequently, there are provided the method for polishing a wafer and a polishing apparatus which enable adjusting a fluctuation in flatness of each wafer caused due to a fluctuation in numerical value of a pocket depth of a template.

    Method for heat treatment of silicon single crystal wafer

    公开(公告)号:US10066322B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-04

    申请号:US15680949

    申请日:2017-08-18

    摘要: A method for a heat treatment of a silicon single crystal wafer in an oxidizing ambient, including: performing the heat treatment based on a condition determined by a tripartite correlation between a heat treatment temperature during the heat treatment, an oxygen concentration in the silicon single crystal wafer before the heat treatment, and a growth condition of a silicon single crystal from which the silicon single crystal wafer is cut out. This provides a method for a heat treatment of a silicon single crystal wafer which can annihilate void defects or micro oxide precipitate nuclei in a silicon single crystal wafer with low cost, efficiently, and securely by a heat treatment in an oxidizing ambient.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON WAFER
    69.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180247830A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-30

    申请号:US15544359

    申请日:2016-01-07

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a silicon wafer having a denuded zone in a surface layer by performing a heat treatment to a silicon wafer, including: a step A, performing a first rapid heat treatment of 0.01 msec or more and 100 msec or less to an upper surface layer alone of the silicon wafer to be treated at 1300° C. or more and a silicon melting point or less by using a first heat source which heats the silicon wafer to be treated from above; and a step B, holding the silicon wafer to be treated at 1100° C. or more and less than 1300° C. for one second or more and 100 seconds or less by a second rapid heat treatment using a second heat source which heats the silicon wafer to be heated, and decreasing the temperature at a falling rate of 30° C./sec or more and 150° C./sec or less.