Apparatus for polishing wafer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5618227
SERIAL NO

08522527

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There is disclosed a wafer-polishing apparatus suitably designed to carry out a chemical mechanical polishing operation. The apparatus includes a lower polishing plate assembly, a first rotating mechanism for rotating the first polishing plate assembly, an upper polishing plate assembly, a second rotating mechanism for rotating the upper polishing plate assembly, a pressing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a discharging mechanism. The lower polishing plate assembly includes a lower polishing plate, a polishing pad, a porous sheet interposed between the lower polishing plate and the polishing pad. The porous sheet has a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm, and is formed of a foaming resin. The upper polishing plate assembly includes an upper polishing plate, a plate-like chuck and a backing pad, a pressure reducing unit, and a cleaning unit.

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  • MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION;MITSUBISHI MATERIALS SILICON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kumabe, Shigeo Tokyo, JP 3 81
Takahashi, Keisuke Tokyo, JP 77 474
Tsutsumi, Yukio Tokyo, JP 6 156

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