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Polishing machine

US6152805A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 16, 1998
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/888
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a polishing machine in which the polishing face of the polishing pad is made to contact the polishing object face of the wafer with efficient supply of the polishing agent on the polishing object face of the processing object in the polishing process, the polishing object face of the wafer being polishing by allowing at least either one of them to rotate, wherein the wafer is polished by repeatedly making a contact and non-contact between the polishing pad and wafer during the polishing process in the polishing agent accommodated in the vessel.

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