Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Jung-Tsan Tsai

Hsin-Hsien Lu

Ting-Kui Chang

Hui-Chi Huang

I-Shuo Liu

Chien-Ping Lee

A wafer cleaning apparatus includes a polishing unit used in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a wafer and a cleaning dispensing unit arranged to direct cleaning fluids toward a far edge of the wafer after the CMP of the wafer. A wafer cleaning method includes CMP of a wafer by a polishing unit and directing cleaning fluids toward a far edge of the wafer after the CMP of the wafer by a cleaning dispensing unit. Another method can include CMP, applying deionized water, and applying pH adjuster having a pH range from about 2 to about 13.

Apparatus and method for wafer cleaning

Apparatus, method, and composition for far edge wafer cleaning

Systems and methods are provided for performing chemical-mechanical planarization on an article. An example system for performing chemical-mechanical planarization on an article includes a polishing head configured to perform a chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) on an article, a polishing pad configured to support the article, a light source configured to emit an incident light, a polishing fluid including a plurality of emitter particles capable of emitting a fluorescent light in response to the incident light, a fluorescence light detector configured to detect the fluorescent light, and at least one processor configured to control the polishing head based on the detected fluorescent light.

Systems and methods for chemical mechanical planarization with fluorescence detection

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Jung-Tsan Tsai