APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CMP TEMPERATURE CONTROL

A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a rotatable platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad during a polishing process, and a temperature control system including a source of heated or coolant fluid and a plenum having...

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Hauptverfasser: Soundararajan, Hari, Chen, Hui, Kumar, Surajit, Chang, Shou-Sung
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a rotatable platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad during a polishing process, and a temperature control system including a source of heated or coolant fluid and a plenum having a plurality of openings positioned over the platen and separated from the polishing pad for delivering the fluid onto the polishing pad, wherein at least some of the openings are each configured to deliver a different amount of the fluid onto the polishing pad.