摘要:
A polishing pad, polishing system, method of making a polishing pad and method of using a polishing pad. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polishing surface, a backing layer with an aperture and a first portion that is permeable to liquid, and a sealant that penetrates a second portion of the backing layer adjacent to and surrounding the aperture such that the second portion is substantially impermeable to liquid. The aperture is positioned below a substantially fluid-impermeable element.
摘要:
A polishing pad, polishing system, method of making a polishing pad and method of using a polishing pad. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polishing surface, a backing layer with an aperture and a first portion that is permeable to liquid, and a sealant that penetrates a second portion of the backing layer adjacent to and surrounding the aperture such that the second portion is substantially impermeable to liquid. The aperture is positioned below a substantially fluid-impermeable element.
摘要:
A polishing pad, polishing system, method of making a polishing pad and method of using a polishing pad. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polishing surface, a backing layer with an aperture and a first portion that is permeable to liquid, and a sealant that penetrates a second portion of the backing layer adjacent to and surrounding the aperture such that the second portion is substantially impermeable to liquid. The aperture is positioned below a substantially fluid-impermeable element.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad includes a polishing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The pad includes an aperture having a first opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The top surface is a polishing surface. The pad includes a window that includes a first portion made of soft plastic and a crystalline or glass like second portion. The window is transparent to white light. The window is situated in the aperture so that the first portion plugs the aperture and the second portion is on a bottom side of the first portion, wherein the first portion acts a slurry-tight barrier.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for spectrum-based endpointing. An endpointing method includes selecting a reference spectrum. The reference spectrum is a spectrum of white light reflected from a film of interest on a first substrate and has a thickness greater than a target thickness. The reference spectrum is empirically selected for particular spectrum-based endpoint determination logic so that the target thickness is achieved when endpoint is called by applying the particular spectrum-based endpoint logic. The method includes obtaining a current spectrum. The current spectrum is a spectrum of white light reflected from a film of interest on a second substrate when the film of interest is being subjected to a polishing step and has a current thickness that is greater than the target thickness. The method includes determining, for the second substrate, when an endpoint of the polishing step has been achieved. The determining is based on the reference and current spectra.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad includes a polishing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The pad includes an aperture having a first opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The top surface is a polishing surface. The pad includes a window that includes a first portion made of soft plastic and a crystalline or glass like second portion. The window is transparent to white light. The window is situated in the aperture so that the first portion plugs the aperture and the second portion is on a bottom side of the first portion, wherein the first portion acts a slurry-tight barrier.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad includes a polishing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The pad includes an aperture having a first opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The top surface is a polishing surface. The pad includes a window that includes a first portion made of soft plastic and a crystalline or glass like second portion. The window is transparent to white light. The window is situated in the aperture so that the first portion plugs the aperture and the second portion is on a bottom side of the first portion, wherein the first portion acts a slurry-tight barrier.
摘要:
A polishing system includes a platen having a top surface to receive a polishing pad, a recess in the top surface, and a cavity inside the platen spaced from the recess, a carrier head to hold a surface of a substrate against the polishing pad on the platen, a monitoring module located in the cavity, the monitoring module including a light source and a detector, an optical head removably mounted in the recess in the top surface platen, and an optical fiber having a proximate end coupled to the monitoring module and a distal end held by the optical head holding the distal end of the optical fiber in a position to direct light through a window in the polishing pad to the surface of the substrate and receive reflected light from the surface of the substrate.
摘要:
A polishing system includes a platen, a carrier head to hold a surface of a substrate against a polishing pad on the platen, a monitoring module including a light source and a detector, an optical fiber having a proximate end coupled to the monitoring module and a distal end, and an optical head removably mounted in the platen. The optical head holds the distal end of the optical fiber to direct light through a window in the polishing pad to the surface of the substrate and receive reflected light from the surface of the substrate, and the optical head is configured to adjust a distance from the distal end of the fiber to the window.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for providing a flushing system for flushing a top surface of an optical head. The flushing system includes a source of gas configured to provide a flow of gas, a delivery nozzle, a delivery line that connects the source of gas to the delivery nozzle, a vacuum source configured to provide a vacuum, a vacuum nozzle, and a vacuum line that connects the vacuum source to the vacuum nozzle. The source of gas and the delivery nozzle are configured to direct a flow of gas across the top surface of the optical head. The vacuum nozzle and vacuum sources are configured so that the flow if gas is laminar.