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Abstract

Disclosed is an improved method of polishing a semiconductor wafer, which involves mounting the wafer to a wafer carrier comprising at least two materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion and regulating the temperature of the carrier, to thereby impart a convex (or concave) bias to the wafer. This provides an increased polishing action at the wafer center (or edges), so as to compensate for otherwise non-uniform radial polishing action across the wafer surface. Also disclosed, is an apparatus which incorporates the unique wafer carrier and temperature regulating means for achieving the desired degree of radial curvature of the wafer carrier.

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