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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. 05, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M. Boyd, Atascadero, CA (US);
Katrina A. Mikhaylich, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 ; B24B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 ; B24B 2/100 ;
Abstract
A system for conditioning a pad is provided. The system includes a pad conditioning media, a feed-roll containing a supply of the pad conditioning media, and a take-up roll for receiving an end of the pad conditioning media. Further included in the system is a pressure application member defined between the feed-roll and the take-up roll. The pressure application member is designed to apply pressure onto the pad conditioning media as the pad conditioning media is applied against the pad to cause a conditioning of a surface of the pad.