摘要:
Provided is a polishing composition which is used in a step upstream of a final polishing step of a silicon substrate and can effectively realize a high-quality surface after the final polishing step. According to the present invention, there is provided an intermediate polishing composition to be used in the intermediate polishing step in a silicon substrate polishing process including both of the intermediate polishing step and the final polishing step. The intermediate polishing composition includes an abrasive A1, a basic compound B1, and a surface protective agent S1. The surface protective agent S1 includes a water-soluble polymer P1 having a weight average molecular weight of higher than 30×104 and a dispersant D1, and has a dispersibility parameter α1 of less than 80%.
摘要:
To perform polishing while reducing an LPD and preventing contamination with metals, particularly nickel and copper, in final polishing of a silicon wafer. A polishing composition contains abrasives, a water-soluble polymer, a basic compound, a chelating agent, and water, in which, when the particle diameter equivalent to a particle diameter at a cumulative volume of 10% from a smaller particle diameter side is defined as D10, the particle diameter equivalent to a particle diameter at a cumulative volume of 50% from the smaller particle diameter side is defined as D50, and the particle diameter equivalent to a particle diameter at a cumulative volume of 90% from the smaller particle diameter side is defined as D90 in a particle size distribution of particles present in the polishing composition, a value of a coarse particle frequency parameter A defined by (Expression 1) illustrated below is less than 1.7, A=(D90−D50)/(D50−D10) and the polishing composition is used for final polishing in silicon wafer polishing.
摘要:
There is provided a polishing method capable of more reducing defects on a silicon wafer surface. A polishing method of a silicon wafer, which includes a polishing step and a surface treatment step conducted after the polishing step and in which the number of abrasives in a surface treatment composition used in the surface treatment step is 1.0×1010 particles/mL or more and 1.0×1013 particles/mL or less by calculating from (1 [mL]×specific gravity of the composition [g/mL]×concentration of the abrasives [wt %])/((4/3)π×(average secondary particle diameter×10−7 [cm]/2)3 [/particle]×specific gravity of the abrasives [g/cm3]), using concentration of the abrasives in the surface treatment composition and an average secondary particle diameter measured by dynamic light scattering method, provided that all of the abrasives in the surface treatment composition used in the surface treatment step are assumed to have the average secondary particle diameter.
摘要:
Provided are a polishing composition comprising a water-soluble polymer that has a molecular structure comprising a plurality of repeat unit species having different SP values and a polishing composition exhibiting an etching rate and an abrasive adsorption in prescribed ranges when determined by prescribed methods. Also provided is a method for producing a polishing composition, using an abrasive, a basic compound, a water-soluble polymer having an alkaline-hydrolytic functional group, and water. The method comprises a step of obtaining an agent A comprising at least the basic compound and a step of obtaining an agent B comprising at least the water-soluble polymer H.
摘要:
Provided is a method for filtering an additive-containing liquid that can achieve a polishing composition exhibiting excellent defect reducing capability while maintaining a practical filter life. The method for filtering a polishing additive-containing liquid provided by the present invention includes the step of: filtering the polishing additive-containing liquid with a filter that satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2). (1) The average pore diameter P measured by a palm porometer is 0.15 μm or less. (2) The pore diameter gradient (Sin/Sout), which is the ratio of the inlet-side average pore diameter (SO to the outlet-side average pore diameter (Sout), both diameters being measured through observation with an SEM, is 3 or less.
摘要:
Provided is a polishing composition which contains a water-soluble polymer and is suitable for reducing LPDs. The polishing composition provided in this application includes an abrasive, a water-soluble polymer, and a basic compound. In the polishing composition, the content of a reaction product of a polymerization initiator and a polymerization inhibitor is 0.1 ppb or less of the polishing composition on a weight basis.
摘要:
There is provided a polishing method capable of more reducing defects on a silicon wafer surface. A polishing method of a silicon wafer, which includes a polishing step and a surface treatment step conducted after the polishing step and in which the number of abrasives in a surface treatment composition used in the surface treatment step is 1.0×1010 particles/mL or more and 1.0×1013 particles/mL or less.
摘要:
This invention provides a silicon wafer polishing composition used in the presence of an abrasive. The composition comprises a silicon wafer polishing accelerator, an amide group-containing polymer, and water. The amide group-containing polymer has a building unit A in its main chain. The building unit A comprises a main chain carbon atom constituting the main chain of the amide group-containing polymer and a secondary amide group or a tertiary amide group. The carbonyl carbon atom constituting the secondary amide group or tertiary amide group is directly coupled to the main chain carbon atom.
摘要:
To provide a polyvinyl alcohol composition effectively suppressed in generation of an aggregated product, in a method for producing a wetting agent for a semiconductor, containing a polyvinyl alcohol composition. A method for producing a wetting agent for a semiconductor, containing a polyvinyl alcohol composition, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol composition is obtained through an addition-in-liquid step of adding into the inside of any one solution of a first liquid containing polyvinyl alcohol and water and a second liquid other than the first liquid, the other liquid of the first liquid and the second liquid.
摘要:
Provided are polishing compositions comprising a water-soluble polymer and water. The water-soluble polymer of an embodiment has a repeat unit that does not have any hydroxyl groups, and the water-soluble polymer has a hydroxyl group content in a range of 4 mmol/g or higher and 21 mmol/g or lower. The water-soluble polymer of another embodiment has a repeat unit A that has a hydroxyl group and a repeat unit B, and the number of moles of the repeat unit B in the total number of moles of all the repeat units of the water-soluble polymer is 5% or greater.