Cerium oxide powder, method for preparing the same, and CMP slurry comprising the same
US8388710B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2982
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is cerium oxide powder for a CMP abrasive, which can improve polishing selectivity of a silicon oxide layer to a silicon nitride layer and/or within-wafer non-uniformity (WIWNU) during chemical mechanical polishing in a semiconductor fabricating process. More particularly, the cerium oxide powder is obtained by using cerium carbonate having a hexagonal crystal structure as a precursor. Also, CMP slurry comprising the cerium oxide powder as an abrasive, and a shallow trench isolation method for a semiconductor device using the CMP slurry as polishing slurry are disclosed.
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