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Wafer manufacturing method, polishing apparatus, and wafer

US7582221B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2001
Grant dateSep 1, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B37/345
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a wafer manufacturing method and a wafer polishing apparatus which enable control of sags in a periphery of a wafer and improvement of nanotopology values thereof that is strongly required recently, and a wafer. In a polishing process for making a mirror surface of the wafer, a back surface of the wafer is polished to produce a reference plane thereof.

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