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PURPOSE: A rapping device for a retain ring of a leveling equipment is provided to stably and conveniently obtain a leveled surface at a contacting surface of the retain ring. CONSTITUTION: Sources of a deionized water supply unit(60), a nitrogen supply unit(80), and a vacuum unit(90) are located at outside of a chamber(20). Moreover, a deionized water supply line, a nitrogen supply line, and a vacuum line are formed from the sources to the chamber. Deionized water is supplied to a polishing surface through the supply line. Nitrogen is supplied to the chamber through the nitrogen supply line. Then, vacuum degree of the chamber is adjusted through the vacuum line. The deionized water is discharged to outside through a wastewater discharge line. Therefore, rapping condition of the chamber and a polishing unit(30) are adjusted. Herein, a control unit(100) controls a rapping device(10) for adjusting the rapping condition.
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PURPOSE: A method for polishing a semiconductor device is provided to minimize damage to a wafer when measured data gets out of a predetermined standard, by performing a measurement process during a chemical mechanical polishing process in the same apparatus and by automatically stopping driving the apparatus. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor wafer is polished. The wafer is cleaned to eliminate particles on the wafer. Particles and scratch on the surface of the wafer are measured, and the measure data is outputted. The measured data is received and stored. Polishing and cleaning processes are stopped when the measured data gets out of the predetermined standard, and an alarm is given.
Abstract:
반도체 소자의 건식 식각 방법이 개시되어 있다. 본 발명에 따른 건식 식각 방법에서는 반도체 소자에 사용되는 도전층 패턴을 형성하기 위하여 패시베이션 가스로서 O 2 /Cl 2 가스를 공급한다. 본 발명에 의하면, 환경 오염에 따른 문제를 방지할 수 있고, 웨이퍼당 공정 진행 시간이 단축될 수 있으며, 애싱 및 스트립 공정시 비교적 짧은 시간이 소요된다.
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PURPOSE: Slurry composition is provided to reliability of chemical mechanical polishing process including phase change material, and to control the etching rate of an etching object membrane to moderate level. CONSTITUTION: A slurry composition of chemical mechanical polishing process comprises abrasive particles(44), and a non-ionic surfactant(46). The concentration of the non-ionic surfactant in the slurry composition is 100-300 ppb. A forming method of a phase change memory device comprises a step of forming a phase change material film on a substrate(100), and a step of chemical mechanical polishing the phase change material film by using the slurry composition.
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PURPOSE: Polishing slurry is provided to prevent the corrosion of an aluminum film, to minimize the surface scratch, and to reduce the abrasion ratio of an aluminum film to an insulation film, thereby preventing the dishing or the settlement of an aluminum foil generated during a damascene process, etc. CONSTITUTION: Polishing slurry comprises an abrasive, an oxidizer, an antti-corrosive agent, and an anionic compound as a abrasion speed reducing agent, which has negative charge in the slurry. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor device comprises: a step of forming an insulative layer having trench inside on a substrate; a step of forming an aluminum layer arranged on the insulative layer with burying the trench; and a step of polishing the aluminum film to expose the insulative layer by using the slurry.
Abstract:
화학적 기계적 연마 설비가 설치된 제 1 영역과 제 2 영역을 독립시키기 위해서 웨이퍼의 턴 오버 기능을 로봇에 대행시키고, 이와 같이 웨이퍼를 턴 오버시킬 수 있는 로봇을 제 1 및 제 2 영역 각각에 한 대씩 설치한다. 따라서, 제 1 영역과 제 2 영역에 설치된 각각의 화학적 기계적 연마설비들이 웨이퍼 턴 오버 장치를 공유하여 사용할 필요가 없음으로, 제 1 및 제 2 영역에 설치된 화학적 기계적 연마 설비 중 어느 하나의 화학적 기계적 연마 설비에 고장이 발생되어도 나머지 하나의 화학적 기계적 연마 설비는 사용 가능토록 하여 설비 가동시간을 증가시킬 수 있다. 또한, 웨이퍼를 로딩, 언로딩시키는 로봇에 구애받지 않고 제 1 영역에 설치된 화학적 기계적 연마 설비와, 제 2 영역에 설치된 화학적 기계적 연마 설비가 서로 독립적으로 웨이퍼 연마 공정을 진행함으로써, 웨이퍼의 로딩, 언로딩 시간이 줄어들 제품의 생산성이 향상될 수 있다.
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PURPOSE: CMP(Chemical Mechanical Polishing) equipment for a semiconductor wafer is provided to improve the efficiency of a polishing pad and enhance the productivity of a polishing process by carrying out the polishing process on a plurality of semiconductor wafers using only one polishing pad. CONSTITUTION: CMP equipment(40) for a semiconductor wafer is provided with a head frame capable of being selectively located opposite to a polishing pad or a buffer, and a head(46) supported by the head frame for loading a plurality of semiconductor wafers opposite to the polishing pad and moving the plurality of semiconductor wafers up and down. The CMP equipment further includes a controller for controlling each part.
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PURPOSE: A chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) apparatus is to provide each robot, transferring a wafer from a wafer cassette to a desired unit, with a function of wafer turnover, thereby improving an operating efficiency of the CMP apparatus. CONSTITUTION: A CMP apparatus comprises a wafer cassette loader(110) with a wafer cassette(15) being laid thereon, a wafer cleaning unit(140), a slurry removing unit(130), a polisher(120), and a wafer turnover robot(160) for turnover the unloaded wafer from the wafer cassette, transferring the wafer to the polisher, and loading the completed wafer on the wafer cassette. The wafer turnover robot includes a transferring rail(162), provided from the polisher to a wafer cassette loader(112), for moving the wafer turnover robot along the rail, a robot body(164), a rotating body(166) mounted on the robot body and being movable by a cylinder and a motor, and a pair of robot arms mounted on the rotating body.
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PURPOSE: A wafer polishing device having a wafer carrier, which a ring-shaped projection is formed on the bottom, is provided to secure the stable polishing conditions while the difference of the layer removing rate by polishing in the central part or the edge part of a wafer is removed and made even. CONSTITUTION: A wafer polishing device comprises; a polishing table(160) which a polishing pad(150) is bonded to on the top; a wafer carrier(120) which has the bottom to press a wafer(110) so that the wafer is bonded to the polishing pad when the wafer is fixed with a fixture; a guide ring(130) which fixes the wafer by surrounding to prevent the detachment of the wafer from the wafer carrier; and a ring-shaped projection part(125) which is projected from the bottom of the wafer carrier, and elongated from the bottom as much as the certain width to expose the center part(120c) of the bottom. The ring-shaped projection part is 2-7mm away from a bottom edge(120a) of the wafer carrier. In case of need, a backing film(140) is equipped in between the wafer carrier and the wafer so that the state of bond between the wafer and the polishing pad is maintained.
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PURPOSE: A carrier apparatus is provided to reduce impact upon contacting with a semiconductor wafer. CONSTITUTION: A carrier apparatus comprises a base plate(209), a supporting plate(210), a holding member(207) and a compressing member(205). The supporting plate is placed between the base plate and a semiconductor wafer, contacting with the semiconductor wafer to face the holding side of the semiconductor wafer downward. The holding member has a depth as much as holding the semiconductor wafer on the circumference of the base plate. The holding side of the semiconductor wafer is made of a polyphenylene sulfide material. The compressing member is installed on the outer circumference of the holding member to stick the holding member. Thus, the loss of the semiconductor wafer is reduced by absorbing impact upon contacting with the carrier apparatus.