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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Kei-Wei Chen, Tainan, TW;
Chih Hung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of cleaning and polishing a backside surface of a semiconductor wafer is provided. The method includes placing an abrasive brush, comprising an abrasive tape wound around an outer surface of a brush member of the abrasive brush, on the backside surface of the semiconductor wafer. The method also includes rotating the brush member to polish the backside surface of the semiconductor wafer by abrasive grains formed on the abrasive tape and to clean the backside surface of the semiconductor wafer by the brush member which is not covered by the abrasive tape.