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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2004
Applicants:

Alpay Yilmaz, San Jose, CA (US);

Simon Yavelberg, Cupertino, CA (US);

Toshikazu Tomita, Narita, JP;

Hui Chen, Burlingame, CA (US);

Noel Manto, American Canyon, CA (US);

David J. Lischka, San Jose, CA (US);

Hung Chih Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alpay Yilmaz, San Jose, CA (US);

Simon Yavelberg, Cupertino, CA (US);

Toshikazu Tomita, Narita, JP;

Hui Chen, Burlingame, CA (US);

Noel Manto, American Canyon, CA (US);

David J. Lischka, San Jose, CA (US);

Hung Chih Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of a load cup for transferring a substrate are provided. The load cup includes a pedestal assembly having a substrate support and a de-chucking nozzle. The de-chucking nozzle is positioned to flow a fluid between the polishing head and the back side of a substrate during transfer of the substrate from the polishing head to the substrate support.


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