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Chemical mechanical polishing method, chemical mechanical polishing system, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device

US7234998B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2005
Grant dateJun 26, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B49/03
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Setting a polishing rate and a polishing time in chemical mechanical polishing can be performed with high accuracy by considering a product wafer of an object to be polished, and an instrumental error between apparatuses to be used, etc. By using, as a calculating formula, a formula well approximating a portion of a curve representing a state of chemical mechanical polishing on a side showing a target polishing amount, the polishing rate and the polishing time can be set with high accuracy according to a state of chemical mechanical polishing for actually polishing a product wafer. In the calculating formula, a parameter “A” relating to a film property of a film of an object to be polished, a parameter “B” relating to a roughness state of a film surface, and a parameter “C” relating to an instrumental error differential between apparatuses of a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus are joined by operators.

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