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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Bulent M. Basol, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Homayoun Talieh, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bulent M. Basol, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Homayoun Talieh, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novellus Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F 3/22 (2006.01); B23H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for electropolishing a conductive surface of a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus includes a polisher having at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode separated from one another by an isolation region. A moving mechanism rotates the wafer while the conductive surface of the wafer is moved linearly and parallel to a first direction, which varies an exposure of the relative surface areas of the conductive surface to the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode.