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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
David Berkstresser, Los Gatos, CA (US);
In Kwon Jeong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oriol, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus according to the principles of the present invention includes a rotatable platen, a rigid plate member with a top surface and a bottom surface, includes pin members coupled to the rigid plate member which can be inserted into guide openings positioned within the rotatable platen, and a vacuum channel formed within the platen that enables removable mounting the rigid plate member to a top surface of the rotatable platen. The vacuum channel includes a cavity in the top surface of the platen. The rigid plate member adhesively holds the polishing pad to form a rigid plate assembly. A vacuum source coupled to the vacuum channel can be activated to create a vacuum within the vacuum channel to attract the rigid plate member to the platen. The platen can then used to polish work pieces contacting the polishing pad on the top surface of the rigid plate member.