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公开(公告)号:US20240316598A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18123746
申请日:2023-03-20
发明人: Clinton P. SAKATA
CPC分类号: B08B1/10 , B08B1/20 , B08B13/00 , B24B37/20 , H01L21/67219
摘要: Embodiments of the disclosure include an apparatus and method of cleaning a substrate. A method of cleaning a substrate, includes rotating, a substrate table by first motor, delivering a fluid to a surface of a substrate positioned on a supporting surface of the substrate table of a cleaning module, rotating a cleaning pad at a cleaning speed, and sensing an initial torque value generated by a second motor with a controller, lowering the cleaning pad with a lift actuator assembly until the controller senses a contact torque generated by the second motor. The contact torque is when a pad processing surface of the cleaning pad contacts a surface of the substrate at a contact point. The method includes translating the cleaning pad a cleaning distance towards the substrate by a command from the controller. The cleaning pad is compressed by the translation of the cleaning pad the cleaning distance. The pad processing surface of the cleaning pad is then translated across the substrate supporting surface.
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公开(公告)号:US12090601B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US17711239
申请日:2022-04-01
发明人: Junggun Nam , Seungik Kang , Seungbae Kang , Pungseok Kim , Heesung Yang , Keunwoo Lee , Woojin Cho , Byoungkwon Choo
CPC分类号: B24B37/07 , B32B38/0012 , B24B37/20 , B32B2038/0064 , B32B2457/20
摘要: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a moving part including a belt that circulates, a roller that circulates the belt, and at least one meandering prevention portion that moves in a first direction parallel to a direction of a rotation shaft of the roller and prevents meandering of the belt, and a polishing head disposed corresponding to the moving part, the polishing head polishing a surface of a base material disposed on a first surface of the belt. A part of the at least one meandering prevention portion faces a second surface of the belt, the second surface being a side surface of the belt.
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公开(公告)号:US20240269798A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-15
申请号:US18402471
申请日:2024-01-02
发明人: Hyuntae Lee , Domin Kim , Sungyong Park , Jubong Lee , Jaemin Jung , Hoseop Choi
IPC分类号: B24B37/20
CPC分类号: B24B37/20
摘要: A conditioning apparatus includes an arm configured to be rotated by an actuator, a gimbaling part disposed at one end of the arm and disposed such that a lower end thereof protrudes outwardly of the arm and an abrasive disc is installed thereon, a frame unit connected to the gimbaling part, a rotation driving unit connected to the gimbaling part and configured to transfer driving force for rotating the abrasive disc, a load applying unit connected to the frame unit and configured to elevate the frame unit, and a universal joint connecting the gimbaling part to the rotation driving unit, wherein the universal joint separates a center of gravity of the rotation driving unit from a center of gravity of the gimbaling part.
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公开(公告)号:US20240253177A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18404519
申请日:2024-01-04
发明人: Yu-Chung SU , Lee Melbourne COOK , Hyunjin KIM
IPC分类号: B24B37/20
CPC分类号: B24B37/205
摘要: A polishing pad for chemical mechanical polishing comprises a polishing layer having a top polishing surface, a sub-pad located opposite from the top polishing surface, the sub-pad comprising a sub-pad material and having a bottom sub-pad surface defining a bottom surface of the polishing pad, and a window for transmitting a signal wave through the polishing pad to a substrate to be polished and back through the polishing pad for endpoint detection, the window having a top window surface, a bottom window surface, and side edges, wherein the top window surface is recessed from the top polishing surface, the bottom window surface is substantially coplanar with the bottom sub-pad surface, and the side edges are in contact with the polishing material and the sub-pad material.
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公开(公告)号:US20240082983A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US18550884
申请日:2022-03-14
发明人: Akio KOMURA , Takafumi KUWANO , Hajime TOMIZAWA
摘要: A polishing head includes a head housing having a first flange part that extends outward from an upper position of a circumferential surface of a cylindrical body and a second flange part that extends outward from a lower position of the circumferential surface, a membrane support ring that is sized to surround an outer circumference of the second flange part and has a third flange part that is formed at an upper end part thereof and located between the first flange part and the second flange part, a membrane that covers a lower end-side opening part of the membrane support ring and holds the wafer with a backing film pasted to a front surface thereof interposed therebetween, a retainer ring formed in a shape to surround an outer circumference of the substrate, and driving means that integrally horizontally rotates the head housing, the membrane support ring, and the retainer ring.
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公开(公告)号:US11904430B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US16511649
申请日:2019-07-15
发明人: Kei-Wei Chen , Chih Hung Chen
IPC分类号: B24B37/015 , B24B37/20 , B24B37/30 , B24B53/017
CPC分类号: B24B37/015 , B24B37/20 , B24B37/30 , B24B53/017
摘要: A method includes polishing a wafer on a polishing pad, performing conditioning on the polishing pad using a disk of a pad conditioner, and conducting a heat-exchange media into the disk. The heat-exchange media conducted into the disk has a temperature different from a temperature of the polishing pad.
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公开(公告)号:US11883922B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-30
申请号:US16201546
申请日:2018-11-27
申请人: EBARA CORPORATION
发明人: Yuki Watanabe , Keita Yagi
IPC分类号: B24B37/005 , B24B37/32 , B24B37/013 , B24B37/20
CPC分类号: B24B37/005 , B24B37/013 , B24B37/205 , B24B37/32
摘要: A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing head defining plural pressure chambers D1 to D5 for pressing a wafer W on a polishing pad 42, a pressure control unit performing pressure feedback control by individually controlling pressures in the pressure chambers D1 to D5, a film thickness measurement unit measuring a film thickness distribution of the wafer W being polished, a storage unit storing multiple pieces of information on a preset pressure of the pressure chambers D1 to D5, and a response characteristic acquisition unit changing the preset pressure every time a predetermined condition is satisfied during polishing of the wafer W, measuring a polishing rate applied to the wafer W, and acquiring a response characteristic of the polishing of the wafer W. The response characteristic indicates responsiveness of the polishing of the wafer W to the pressure feedback. The response characteristic is acquired based on the obtained polishing rates.
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公开(公告)号:US20240009801A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US18358804
申请日:2023-07-25
发明人: Wen Yen KUNG
IPC分类号: B24B53/017 , B24B37/20 , B24B53/013
CPC分类号: B24B53/017 , B24B37/20 , B24B53/013
摘要: A method of conditioning a polishing pad includes conditioning the polishing pad using a conditioner. The method includes detecting a roughness of the polishing pad following the conditioning. The method further includes tracking a number of iterations of the conditioning of the polishing pad. The method further includes outputting a signal for replacing the polishing pad in response to the number of iterations reaching an iteration limit. The method further includes repeating the conditioning in response to the detected roughness of the polishing pad being outside of a threshold roughness range and the number of iterations failing to reach the iteration limit.
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公开(公告)号:US11850704B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US17877320
申请日:2022-07-29
发明人: Chih-Chieh Chang , Yen-Ting Chen , Hui-Chi Huang , Kei-Wei Chen
IPC分类号: B24B53/017 , B24B37/20
CPC分类号: B24B53/017 , B24B37/20
摘要: Provided herein are chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) systems and methods to reduce metal particle pollution on dressing disks and polishing pads. Such methods may include contacting a dressing disk and at least one conductive element with an electrolyte solution and applying direct current (DC) power to the dressing disk and the at least one conductive element.
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公开(公告)号:US11850702B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US17685760
申请日:2022-03-03
发明人: Cheng-Ping Chen , Ren-Dou Lee , Sheng-Tai Peng , Tsung-Lung Lai , Tzi-Yi Shieh , Chien-Wei Chang
IPC分类号: B24B37/32 , B24B37/015 , B24B37/20 , H01L21/321
CPC分类号: B24B37/32 , B24B37/015 , B24B37/20 , H01L21/3212
摘要: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) tool. The CMP tool includes a carrier and a malleable membrane coupled to the carrier and having a lower surface facing away from the carrier. The lower surface of the malleable membrane includes a first malleable material within a central region of the lower surface and a second malleable material within a peripheral region of the lower surface, which surrounds the central region. The first malleable material provides the central region of the lower surface with a first stiffness and the second malleable material provides the peripheral region of the lower surface with a second stiffness that is different than the first stiffness.
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