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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
Mikio Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An elastic polishing pad is adhered to the top face of a rotatable table. Above the table is provided a substrate holding apparatus for holding a substrate. The substrate holding apparatus comprises a rotary shaft, a substrate holding head in the form of a disc which is provided integrally with the lower edge of the rotary shaft, a sealing member in the form of a ring which is made of an elastic material and fastened to the peripheral portion of the lower face of the substrate holding head, and a guiding member in the form of a ring which is fastened to the back face of the substrate holding head to be located outside the sealing member. A fluid under pressure is introduced into a fluid flow path formed in the rotary shaft from one end thereof and supplied to a space from the other end of the fluid flow path so as to press the substrate against the polishing pad.