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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Ebara Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toshifumi Kimba, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuyuki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masaki Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

EBARA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/06 (2006.01); B24B 37/005 (2012.01); B24B 49/12 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B24B 37/34 (2012.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/0633 (2013.01); B24B 37/005 (2013.01); B24B 37/34 (2013.01); B24B 49/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/266 (2013.01); H01L 21/67092 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01); G02B 6/3506 (2013.01);
Abstract

A polishing apparatus capable of accurately measuring a film thickness by regulating a quantity of light illuminating a wafer is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes: a light source; an illuminating fiber having distal ends arranged at different locations in the polishing table; and a light-receiving fiber having distal ends arranged at the different locations in the polishing table. The illuminating fiber includes a first illuminating fiber and a second illuminating fiber. A first dimmer is attached to the first illuminating fiber and the second illuminating fiber, and a second dimmer is attached to at least one of the first illuminating fiber and the second illuminating fiber.


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