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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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E. Steere, Jr., Boonton, NJ (US);
Robert E. Steere, III, Boonton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
TSK America, Inc., Oakland, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 ;
Abstract
The notch polishing machine employs a plurality of polishing tapes which can be sequentially introduced into the notch of a wafer to polish both sides of the notch, i.e. the top and bottom surfaces. Each tape is pulled off a supply reel and passed into a mounting block sized to fit into the wafer notch. Each block is also mounted to be oscillated to effect a polishing action. Also, all the blocks are mounted in common to be pivoted between a position angularly disposed relative to the top of the top of the wafer and a position angularly disposed relative to the bottom of the wafer.