Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Toranosuke Ashizawa

Masato Yoshida

Yasushi Kurata

Jun Matsuzawa

Hiroki Terazaki

Kiyohito Tanno

Yuuto Ootuki

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Seiji Tai

Seikichi Tanno

Takeshi Nojiri

Keiji Sumiya

Naoyuki Koyama

Naoki Kimura

Shozo Yamana

Kazuya Satou

Minoru Ishihara

Shuichiro Shimoda

Keizou Hirai

Hideji Kuwajima

Kouji Haga

Toshihiko Akahori

Keizo Hirai

Yoshiyuki Horibe

Eiji Fujita

Mariko Shimamura

Youiti Machii

Miho Kurihara

Yasuo Kamigata

Masato Fukasawa

Ikuo Mukai

Youichi Machii

Hiroshi Ono

Hiroki Terasaki

Takao Nakada

Yuuto Ootsuki

Hidegi Kuwajima

Mamoru Kamimura

Atsushi Sugimoto

Kouji Namekawa-Ryo 210 Haga

Masato Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd Yoshida

Hiroki Teresaki

Jun Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd Matsuzawa

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

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 polishing slurry containing a slurry dispersing particles of tetravalent metal hydroxide in a medium therein and an additive, characterized in that the additive is a polymer containing at least one kind of monomer component selected from a group of monomers represented with a general formulae (I) and (II) below (In the general formulae (I) and (II), Rdenotes hydrogen, a methyl group, a phenyl group, a benzil group, a chlorine group, a difluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethyl group or a cyano group, Rand Rdenote hydrogen or an alkyl chain having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a methylol group, an acetyl group or a diacetonyl group, and a case where both are hydrogen is not included. Rdenotes a morpholino group, a thiomorpholino group, a pyrrolidinyl group or a piperidino group.) The invention provides a polishing slurry in which particles form a chemical reaction layer with a polishing film to be removed with a very small mechanical action of the particles and mechanical removal by a pad without scratches and the additive realizes high planarity. 

Polishing slurry and polishing method

The present invention discloses a CMP abrasive comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, an organic polymer having an atom or a structure capable of forming a hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl group present on a surface of a film to be polished and water, a method for polishing a substrate comprising polishing a film to be polished by moving a substrate on which the film to be polished is formed and a polishing platen while pressing the substrate against the polishing platen and a polishing cloth and supplying the CMP abrasive between the film to be polished and the polishing cloth, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of the above-mentioned polishing method, and an additive for a CMP abrasive comprising an organic polymer having an atom or a structure capable of forming a hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl group present on a surface of a film to be polished, and water.

CMP abrasive, method for polishing substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same, and additive for CMP abrasive

A polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film used for LSI or the like and a method for polishing an aluminum film using the same are provided. A polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film comprising a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a first stage acid dissociation exponent at 25&#xb0; C. of 3 or lower, colloidal silica, and water, and having a pH from 2 to 4, and a polishing method for polishing an aluminum film using the polishing slurry.

Polishing slurry for polishing aluminum film and polishing method for polishing aluminum film using the same

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

Abrasive compound for CMP, method for polishing substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same, and additive for CMP abrasive compound

A CMP abrasive comprising a cerium oxide slurry containing cerium oxide particles, a dispersant and water, and a liquid additive containing a dispersant and water; and a liquid additive for the CMP abrasive. A method for polishing a substrate which comprises holding a substrate having, formed thereon, a film to be polished against a polishing pad of a polishing platen, followed by pressing, and moving the substrate and the polishing platen while supplying the above CMP abrasive in between the film to be polished and the polishing pad to thereby polish the film to be polished. The CMP abrasive and the method for polishing can be used for polishing a surface to be polished such as a silicone oxide film or a silicon nitride film without contaminating the surface to be polished with an alkali metal such as sodium ions and with no flaws, and the CMP abrasive is excellent in storage stability.

CMP abrasive, liquid additive for CMP abrasive and method for polishing substrate

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.

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