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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Ebara Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasumasa Hiroo, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Yagi, Tokyo, JP;
EBARA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A polishing apparatus comprises a dresser that can adjust swing speed in the scanning areas set on a polishing member along a swing direction, a height detection section that measures a surface height of the polishing member in a plurality of monitoring areas set on the polishing member along the swing direction of the dresser, a dress model matrix creation section that creates a dress model matrix defined from a plurality of monitoring areas, scanning areas and a dress model, an evaluation index creation section that calculates a height profile predicted value using the dress model, the swing speed in each scanning area or a staying time and sets evaluation index based on a difference from a target value of height profile of the polishing member and a moving speed calculation section that calculates the swing speed in each scanning area of the dresser based on the evaluation index.