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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Applicant:
Alan Strasbaugh, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alan Strasbaugh, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Strasbaugh, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wafer carrier with a back pressure applicator system adapted to provide high resolution back pressure control. A plurality of millimeter scale distensible elements are disposed between the wafer carrier pressure plate and a process wafer, and selectively distended to provide excess backpressure to select small areas of a wafer known to exhibit resistance to removal vis-à-vis the surrounding wafer surface. Distensible elements may be in the form of expandable pneumatic chambers or electro-mechanical elements such as solenoids, shape memory elements, electrostatic plates, etc.