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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2006
Applicants:

Terence M. Thomas, Newark, DE (US);

Qianqiu YE, Newark, DE (US);

Inventors:

Terence M. Thomas, Newark, DE (US);

Qianqiu Ye, Newark, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The aqueous slurry is useful for chemical mechanical polishing semiconductor substrates having copper interconnects. The aqueous slurry includes by weight percent, 0.01 to 25 oxidizing agent, 0.1 to 50 abrasive particles, 0.001 to 3 polyvinyl pyrrolidone, 0.01 to 10 inhibitor for decreasing static etch of the copper interconnects, 0.001 to 5 phosphorus-containing compound for increasing removal rate of the copper interconnects, 0.001 to 10 complexing agent formed during polishing and balance water; and the aqueous slurry has a pH of at least 8.


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