Spin Memory, Inc.

Spin Transfer Technologies, Inc.

Arindom Datta

Mustafa Pinarbasi

Marcin Gajek

Jacob Anthony Hernandez

Parshuram Balkrishna Zantye

Described embodiments can be used in semiconductor manufacturing and employ materials with high and low polish rates to help determine a precise polish end point that is consistent throughout a wafer and that can cease polishing prior to damaging semiconductor elements. The height of the low polish rate material between the semiconductor elements is used as the polishing endpoint. Because the low polish rate material slows down the polishing process, it is easy to determine an end point and avoid damage to the semiconductor elements. An additional or alternative etch end point can be a thin layer of material that provides a very clear spectroscopy signal when it has been exposed, allowing the etch process to cease.

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Arindom Datta