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Chemical mechanical polishing composition and method of polishing a substrate

US6143662A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1999
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76229
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing method for the planarization of shallow trench isolation structure and other integrated circuit structures. The method of the invention comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a plurality of patterned regions and polishing the substrate with a chemical mechanical polishing slurry comprising small abrasive particles having a mean diameter of between about 2 and 30 nm and large abrasive particles having a mean diameter of between 2 and 10 times larger than the mean diameter of the small abrasive particles. The chemical mechanical polishing slurries can also include viscosity additives and etchants for use in the invention.

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