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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cuc K. Huynh, Jericho, VT (US);
Harold G. Linde, Richmond, VT (US);
Patricia E. Marmillion, Colchester, VT (US);
Anthony M. Palagonia, Underhill, VT (US);
Bernadette A. Pierson, South Hero, VT (US);
Matthew J. Rutten, Milton, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/02 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for polishing a semiconductor wafer. This invention describes a novel in situ method for eliminating residual slurry and slurry abrasive particles on the wafer. A reactant is added to the slurry during the end of the Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP) process to dissolve the slurry and etch the abrasive particles.