Method and apparatus for conditioning a polishing pad

Method and apparatus for conditioning a polishing pad

A method (60) for conditioning a polishing pad (20) used for polishing semiconductor wafers (14). The degradation in conditioning performance of a conditioning device (28) is accounted for by controlling at least one of the conditioning velocity (64), conditioning down force (66) and conditioning ti...

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Hauptverfasser: RODRIQUEZ JOSE OMAR, STOREY CHARLES A, SCHULTZ LAURENCE DARNELL
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES
FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
GRINDING
MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POLISHING
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A method (60) for conditioning a polishing pad (20) used for polishing semiconductor wafers (14). The degradation in conditioning performance of a conditioning device (28) is accounted for by controlling at least one of the conditioning velocity (64), conditioning down force (66) and conditioning time (68). The amount of the degradation of conditioning performance during consecutive uses of a conditioning device (28) may be determined by measuring the friction force (72) between the conditioning device (28) and the polishing pad (20), or it may be predicted on the basis of an algorithm (82) developed from data obtained from a plurality of representative conditioning devices (80).