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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventor:

Wen-Kuei Liu, Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/321 (2006.01); B24B 37/005 (2012.01); B24B 37/04 (2012.01); C09G 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3212 (2013.01); B24B 37/005 (2013.01); B24B 37/042 (2013.01); B24B 37/044 (2013.01); C09G 1/02 (2013.01); H01L 21/30625 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure describes an apparatus and a method for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process that recycles used slurry as another slurry supply. The apparatus includes a pad on a rotation platen, a first feeder and a second feeder where each of the first and the second feeder is fluidly connected to a respective flow regulator and configured to dispense a first and a second slurry on the pad, a flotation module configured to provide a recycled slurry, and a detection module configured to detect a polishing characteristic associated with polishing the substrate. The flotation module further includes an inlet configured to provide a fluid sprayed from the pad and a tank configured to store chemicals that include a frother and a collector configured to chemically bond with the fluid.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Liu, Wen-Kuei. (2022). Slurry recycling for chemical mechanical polishing system (U.S. Patent No. 11244834). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11244834

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