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Polishing apparatus and substrate processing apparatus

US7682225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 2005
Grant dateMar 23, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B21/002
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus for removing surface roughness produced at a peripheral portion of a substrate, or for removing a film formed on a peripheral portion of a substrate. The polishing apparatus includes a housing for forming a polishing chamber therein, a rotational table for holding and rotating a substrate, a polishing tape supply mechanism for supplying a polishing tape into the polishing chamber and taking up the polishing tape which has been supplied to the polishing chamber, a polishing head for pressing the polishing tape against a bevel portion of the substrate, a liquid supply for supplying a liquid to a front surface and a rear surface of the substrate, and a regulation mechanism for making an internal pressure of the polishing chamber being set to be lower than an external pressure of the polishing chamber.

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