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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Siltronic Ag, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Vladimir Dutschke, Lengefeld, DE;
Assignee:
SILTRONIC AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 37/04 (2012.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 37/042 (2013.01); H01L 21/30625 (2013.01);
Abstract
Semiconductor wafers are polished on both sides between polishing pads of a Shore A hardness of at least 80 and a compressibility of less than 3%, attached to upper and lower polishing plates, the polishing pads attached to the upper and lower polishing plates by bonding the polishing pads to the plates, and positioning an intermediate pad having a compressibility of at least 3% between the two bonded polishing pads as an intermediate layer and then pressing together the two polishing pads with the intermediate pad situated therebetween for a period of time.