KR20160104252A - Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
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- B24B49/10—Measuring or gauging equipment for controlling the feed movement of the grinding tool or work; Arrangements of indicating or measuring equipment, e.g. for indicating the start of the grinding operation involving electrical means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
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The present invention relates to a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, and more particularly, to a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus that more accurately introduces a conditioning load introduced by a conditioner that reforms a polishing pad during a chemical mechanical polishing process.
BACKGROUND ART In general, a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process is known as a standard process for polishing a surface of a wafer by relatively rotating between a wafer such as a wafer for manufacturing a semiconductor provided with a polishing layer and a polishing table.
1 is a view schematically showing a conventional chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. A polishing table 10 having a
The polishing table 10 is provided with a
The
The
To this end, the
However, since the pressing force for pressing the
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims at introducing more precisely the conditioning load introduced by a conditioner that reforms a polishing pad during a chemical mechanical polishing process in order to solve the problems as described above.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to improve the polishing quality of the wafer by accurately controlling the height deviation of the polishing pad while maintaining a high modification efficiency of the polishing pad during the chemical mechanical polishing process.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus for performing a chemical mechanical polishing process of a wafer, comprising: a polishing pad rotating in contact with a polishing surface of the wafer during a chemical mechanical polishing process; A conditioner for modifying the surface of the polishing pad while pressing the polishing pad while rotating; A load sensor positioned outside the polishing pad and measuring a pressing force of the conditioner; The present invention also provides a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus comprising:
This is because the conventional structure for measuring the load by the load cell built in the conditioner during the chemical mechanical polishing has an advantage that the conditioning load can be measured in real time but there is a problem that only the pressing force component can not be measured accurately in the reciprocating motion As described above, by placing the load sensor outside the polishing pad and measuring the pressing force of the conditioner in the stopped state, it is possible to precisely introduce the chemical mechanical polishing process under the condition that the pressing force is accurately introduced in a state in which the parts of the conditioner are completely fixed .
After the pressure force applied by the conditioner is measured by the load sensor located outside the polishing pad and the actual pressing force introduced into the conditioner by the pressing force measurement is checked to see whether the pressing force matches the predetermined pressing force, By modifying the pad, an accurate pressing force can be introduced into the polishing pad to improve the quality of the modification.
The pressing force measurement process of the conditioner may be performed by measuring the pressing force introduced into the conditioner with the load sensor while the conditioner is positioned on the load sensor at the time of the malfunction of the chemical mechanical polishing process on the wafer, Can be used to check for malfunction of the system.
The pressing force measurement step of the conditioner may include a step of measuring a pressing force introduced into the conditioner while the conditioner is positioned on the load sensor during a waiting time before starting the chemical mechanical polishing process on the wafer, Can be used to preliminarily check the normal operation of the conditioner, as measured by a load sensor.
Particularly, the present invention controls the pressing force applying unit introduced by the conditioner during the process of measuring the pressing force introduced by the conditioner by the load sensor, so that the pressing force introduced into the polishing pad during the chemical mechanical polishing process by the conditioner becomes a predetermined value Can be corrected. Accordingly, the present invention can obtain the effect that the pressing force for introducing the polishing pad by the conditioner can be accurately introduced according to the position of the polishing pad.
That is, the pressing force of the conditioner can be corrected by a pressing force to be introduced by the conditioner while the conditioner is positioned on the load sensor.
Meanwhile, the conditioner includes: an arm installed to be rotatable about an axis and extended to have a radial component of the polishing pad; A conditioning disk rotating in contact with the polishing pad and receiving a pressing force; And the conditioner is brought to the measurement position by the load sensor by the rotation of the arm so that the pressing force of the conditioner can be accurately measured by the load sensor located outside the polishing pad and the pressing force can be corrected.
The conditioning disk may be fixed to any one position of the arm and move to various positions of the polishing pad by reciprocating rotation of the arm. However, the conditioning disk may be installed to be movable along the arm, So that it is possible to obtain an advantageous effect that the distribution of the pressing force introduced into the polishing pad can be accurately introduced by a simple operation control.
The terms 'pressing force' and 'conditioning load' and similar terms in the present specification and claims are defined as forces introduced into the polishing pad through a conditioning disk.
According to the present invention, by providing a load sensor on the outside of the polishing pad and measuring the pressing force of the conditioner in a stationary state, the pressing force introduced into the polishing pad by the conditioner in a state in which the conditioner component is fully mounted can be accurately measured Can be obtained.
The pressing force measurement process of the conditioner as described above may be applied to check the pressing force error of the conditioner at the time of the malfunction of the chemical mechanical polishing process for the wafer and may be used to preliminarily check the normal operation of the conditioner, It is possible to obtain an effect of more accurately ensuring the operating condition of the conditioner during the mechanical polishing process.
Particularly, the present invention controls the pressing force applying unit introduced by the conditioner during the process of measuring the pressing force introduced by the conditioner by the load sensor, so that the pressing force introduced into the polishing pad during the chemical mechanical polishing process by the conditioner becomes a predetermined value Can be corrected. Accordingly, the present invention can obtain the effect that the pressing force for introducing the polishing pad by the conditioner can be accurately introduced according to the position of the polishing pad.
As such, the present invention can more accurately introduce the conditioning load introduced by the conditioner that reforms the polishing pad during the chemical mechanical polishing process, thereby reliably maintaining the modification efficiency of the polishing pad during the chemical mechanical polishing process, It is possible to obtain an advantageous effect of improving the polishing quality of the wafer by accurately controlling the height deviation of the wafer.
1 is a plan view showing the construction of a general chemical mechanical polishing apparatus,
Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1,
3 is a plan view showing a configuration of a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the conditioner and the load sensor of Fig. 3,
Fig. 5 is a view showing a pressing force variation position on the polishing pad of the conditioner of Fig. 3,
FIG. 6 is a flowchart sequentially showing control methods of the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus of FIG. 3;
Hereinafter, a chemical
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the construction of a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the conditioner and the load sensor of FIG. 3, Fig. 6 is a flowchart sequentially showing the control method of the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus of Fig. 3; Fig.
As shown in the drawing, a chemical
The
The
The wafer W placed on the lower side is pressed against the
The
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The
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The pressing
The conditioning load value corrected by the pressing
The measurement by the
This allows the
The operation principle of the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention constructed as above will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
Step 1 : To preliminarily preliminarily check the pressing force applied to the
Since the
Step 2 : The pressurizing
Here, the
Step 3 : The
If the pressing force acting through the
Here, the conditioning load value measured and corrected by the
Step 4 : When the correction of the pressing force introduced downward through the
As described above, the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the
As described above, since the conditioning load can be more accurately introduced from the
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Modified, modified, or improved.
W: wafer 100: chemical mechanical polishing apparatus
11: Polishing pad 20: Polishing head
40: slurry supply unit 110: load sensor
120: control unit 130: conditioner
131: conditioning disk 135: arm
138: pressing actuator 140: pressing force correcting section
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A polishing pad rotating in contact with the polishing surface of the wafer during a chemical mechanical polishing process;
A conditioner for modifying the surface of the polishing pad while pressing the polishing pad while rotating;
A load sensor positioned outside the polishing pad and measuring a pressing force of the conditioner;
Wherein the polishing pad is a polishing pad.
Wherein the pressing force introduced into the conditioner is measured by the load sensor while the conditioner is positioned on the load sensor at the time of malfunction of the chemical mechanical polishing process for the wafer.
Wherein the pressing force introduced into the conditioner is measured by the load sensor while the conditioner is placed on the load sensor during a standby time before starting the chemical mechanical polishing process on the wafer. Device.
Wherein the pressing force is measured in a state in which the pressing force is transmitted to the load sensor while rotating the conditioning disk.
An arm rotatably mounted about an axis and extending to have a radial component of the polishing pad;
A conditioning disk rotating in contact with the polishing pad and receiving a pressing force;
Wherein the rotation of the arm causes the conditioner to reach a measurement position by the load sensor.
A pressing force correcting unit for correcting a pressing force of the conditioner with a pressing force to be introduced by the conditioner while the conditioner is positioned on the load sensor; Wherein the polishing pad is a polishing pad.
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