Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Renesas Electronics Corporation

Jun Matsuzawa

Hiroki Terazaki

Yasushi Kurata

Masato Yoshida

Toranosuke Ashizawa

Kiyohito Tanno

Yuuto Ootuki

Yoshio Honma

Yasuo Kamigata

Tetsuya Hoshino

Seiichi Kondoh

Kiyotaka Mashita

Isamu Hattori

Masashi Shitara

Kazuyoshi Shike

Seizou Mishima

Yoshiyuki Mukoyama

Etsuji Iwami

Akinori Hanawa

Kazuyuki Tanaka

Mitsuo Yokota

Hiroki Terasaki

Keizou Hirai

Yuuto Ootsuki

Norihiko Shibata

Atsushi Sugimoto

To polish polishing target surfaces of SiOinsulating films or the like at a high rate without scratching the surface, the present invention provides an abrasive comprising a slurry comprising a medium and dispersed therein at least one of i) cerium oxide particles constituted of at least two crystallites and having crystal grain boundaries or having a bulk density of not higher than 6.5 g/cmand ii) abrasive grains having pores. Also provided are a method of polishing a target member and a process for producing a semiconductor which make use of this abrasive.

Abrasive, method of polishing target member and process for producing semiconductor device

An abrasive liquid for a metal comprising (1) an oxidizing agent for a metal, (2) a dissolving agent for an oxidized metal, (3) a first protecting film-forming agent such as an amino acid or an azole which adsorbs physically on the surface of the metal and/or forms a chemical bond, to thereby form a protecting film, (4) a second protecting film-forming agent such as polyacrylic acid, polyamido acid or a salt thereof which assists the first protecting film-forming agent in forming a protecting film and (5) water; and a method for polishing.

Abrasive liquid for metal and method for polishing

To polish polishing target surfaces of SiOinsulating films or the like at a high rate without scratching the surface, the present invention provides an abrasive comprising a slurry comprising a medium and dispersed therein at least one of i) cerium oxide particles constituted of at least two crystallites and having crystal grain boundaries or having a bulk density of not higher than 6.5 g/cmand ii) abrasive grains having pores. Also provided are a method of polishing a target member and a process for producing a semiconductor device which make use of this abrasive.

A cerium oxide abrasive slurry having, dispersed in a medium, cerium oxide particles whose primary particles have a median diameter of from 30 nm to 250 nm, a maximum particle diameter of 600 nm or smaller, and a specific surface area of from 7 to 45 m./g, and slurry particles have a median diameter of from 150 nm to 600 nm. The cerium oxide particles have structural parameter Y, representing an isotropic microstrain obtained by an X-ray Rietveld method (with RIETAN-94), of from 0.01 to 0.70, and structural parameter X, representing a primary particle diameter obtained by an X-ray Rietveld method (with RIETAN-94), of from 0.08 to 0.3. The cerium oxide abrasive slurry is made by a method of obtaining particles by firing at a temperature of from 600&#xb0; C. to 900&#xb0; C. and then pulverizing, then dispersing the resulting cerium oxide particles in a medium.

Cerium oxide abrasive and method of polishing substrates

An abrasive liquid for a metal comprising (1) an oxidizing agent for a metal, (2) a dissolving agent for an oxidized metal, (3) a first protecting film-forming agent such as an amino acid or an azole which adsorbs physically on the surface of the metal and/or forms a chemical bond, to thereby form a protecting film, (4) a second protecting film-forming agent such as polyacrylic acid, polyamido acid or a salt thereof which assists the first protecting film-forming agent informing a protecting film and (5) water; and a method for polishing.

A cerium oxide abrasive slurry having, dispersed in a medium, cerium oxide particles whose primary particles have a median diameter of from 30 nm to 250 nm, a maximum particle diameter of 600 nm or smaller, and a specific surface area of from 7 to 45 m/g, and slurry particles have a median diameter of from 150 nm to 600 nm. The cerium oxide particles have structural parameter Y, representing an isotropic microstrain obtained by an X-ray Rietvelt method (with RIETAN-94), of from 0.01 to 0.70, and structural parameter X, representing a primary particle diameter obtained by an X-ray Rietvelt method (with RIETAN-94), of from 0.08 to 0.3. The cerium oxide abrasive slurry is made by a method of obtaining particles by firing at a temperature of from 600&#xb0; C. to 900&#xb0; C. and then pulverizing, then dispersing the resulting cerium oxide particles in a medium.

The present invention provides a method for producing cerium oxide comprising rapid heating of cerium salts to a calcining temperature to calcine them, a cerium oxide abrasive containing the cerium oxide produced by the method and pure water, an abrasive containing a slurry in which cerium oxide particles having an intensity ratio of an area of a primary peak appearing at 27 to 30&deg; to that of a secondary peak appearing at 32 to 35&deg; (primary peak/secondary peak) in a powder X-ray diffraction chart of 3.20 or more are dispersed in a medium, an abrasive containing a slurry in which cerium oxide particles whose bulk density is 6.5 g/cm or less are dispersed into a medium, an abrasive containing a slurry in which abrasive grains having pores are dispersed into a medium, a method for polishing a substrate comprising polishing a predetermined substrate using the abrasive; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor comprising the step of polishing by the abrasive.

Method for producing cerium oxide, cerium oxide abrasive, method for polishing substrate using the same and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

The invention relates to an abrasive containing a slurry of the cerium oxide grains dispersed in water. The Cerium oxide grains are obtained by adding hydrogen peroxide to an aqueous dispersion of cerium carbonate. The Cerium oxide grains are obtained by oxidizing a precipitate, which is formed through addition of ammonium hydrogencarbonate to an aqueous solution of cerium nitrate, with hydrogen peroxide. The Cerium oxide grains are obtained by neutralizing or alkallfying an aqueous solution of cerium ammonium nitrate.

Cerium oxide abrasive for polishing insulating films formed on substrate and methods for using the same

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