Memc Electronic Materials, Inc.

Vepa Krishna

Michael S Wisnieski

Lois Illig

A method of rough polishing a semiconductor wafer to reduce roughness on a surface of the wafer prior to finish polishing the wafer by applying a polishing solution to a polishing material, contacting the polishing material and the polishing solution with the surface of the wafer as the wafer moves relative to the polishing material to reduce low frequency surface roughness of the wafer, applying a second polishing solution to the polishing material, and contacting the polishing material and the second polishing solution with the surface of the wafer as the wafer moves relative to the polishing material to further reduce the low frequency surface roughness, wherein the wafer has an average surface roughness not greater than 1.0 nm Ra, as measured on a 1 mm.times.1 mm scan with an optical interferometer, after being rough polished.

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St. Charles, MO, United States of America

Vepa Krishna