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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/100 ; B01D 6/158 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/100 ; B01D 6/158 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method recycles the abrasive fluid or slurry effluent used in the polishing step in the manufacture of semiconductors. Agglomerations of abrasive grains built up in the slurry effluent are crushed using a mill, ultrasonic oscillation, or pressurized circulation. The slurry effluent is then regenerated and reused.