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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Adam Manzonie, Austin, TX (US);
Salman Akram, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a polishing pad that planarizes and cleans a semiconductor wafer in chemical-mechanical planarization processes. The polishing pad has a polishing body and a cleaning element positioned in the polishing body. The polishing body includes a planarizing surface, a basin formed in the body, and an opening at the planarizing surface defined by the basin. The cleaning element is positioned in the basin so that a cleaning surface of the cleaning element is positioned in the opening proximate to a plane defined by the planarizing surface. In operation, the cleaning surface periodically engages the wafer when the wafer is engaged with the pad to remove residual materials from the surface of the wafer.