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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Tatsutoshi Suzuki, Yokaichi, JP;
Eisuke Suzuki, Yokaichi, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsutoshi Suzuki, Yokaichi, JP;
Eisuke Suzuki, Yokaichi, JP;
Assignee:
Toho Engineering, Yokaichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of regenerating a polishing pad for polishing semiconductor wafers is described wherein the polishing pad is removably stacked, aligned and fixed by a fitting ring to a polishing pad supporting surface of a polishing pad sub plate mounted on a central surface of a sub plate main body on an upper surface of a polisher rotation table and wherein the regeneration may include dressing, as well as cleaning, or regrooving the polishing pad surface.