公开(公告)号：US20240253183A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18401306

申请日：2023-12-29

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Priscilla Michelle Diep LAROSA ,  Haosheng WU ,  Jimin ZHANG ,  Taketo SEKINE ,  Chen-Wei CHANG ,  Jianshe TANG ,  Brian J. BROWN ,  Wei LU ,  Ekaterina A. MIKHAYLICHENKO ,  Huanbo ZHANG ,  Jeonghoon OH ,  Eric LAU ,  Andrew NAGENGAST ,  Takashi FUJIKAWA ,  Thomas H. OSTERHELD ,  Steven M. ZUNIGA

IPC: B24B57/02 ,  B24B37/015 ,  B24B53/017

CPC classification number: B24B57/02 ,  B24B37/015 ,  B24B53/017

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing polishing fluids and onto a polishing pad within a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system are disclosed herein. In particular, embodiments herein relate to a CMP system with a first fluid delivery arm and a second fluid delivery arm disposed over the polishing pad to dispense fluid, such as a polishing fluid or water, and/or provide a vacuum pressure. The second fluid delivery arm is configured to dispense a fluid or vacuum pressure onto the polishing pad to effect the polishing rate at the edge of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20240051081A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US17888007

申请日：2022-08-15

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Jay GURUSAMY ,  Steven M. ZUNIGA ,  Takashi FUJIKAWA ,  Jeonghoon OH

IPC: B24B37/20

CPC classification number: B24B37/20

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multiple disk pad conditioner and methods of using the multiple disk pad conditioner during a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The multiple disk pad conditioner has a plurality of conditioning heads having conditioning disks affixed thereto. The multiple disk pad conditioner can include a conditioning arm, and a plurality of conditioning heads attached to the conditioning arm. Each of the plurality of conditioning heads has a conditioning disk affixed thereto. In some embodiments, each of the conditioning heads include a rotational axis, wherein each of the rotational axes is disposed a distance apart in a first direction that extends along the length of the conditioning arm.