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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:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Gregory C. Lee, Belmont, CA (US);
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A composite polishing pad for use in a linear chemical-mechanical polishing apparatus is provided. The pad comprises a hard polishing pad having a polishing surface and an attachment surface opposite the polishing surface, the attachment surface comprising a border comprising an adhesive, the border surrounding a cavity, the cavity being sized and shaped to receive a soft polishing pad. The soft polishing pad is disposed completely in the cavity and completely fills the cavity, and the soft polishing pad has a first side adhered in the cavity of the hard polishing pad, and a second side comprising an adhesive, whereby the attachment surface of the hard polishing pad and the second side of the soft polishing pad are substantially in a common plane. Other composite polishing pads are also provided, as are methods for making composite pads and methods for preventing composite pads from splitting apart into their component pads.
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