AU4999600A - Optical endpoint detection during chemical mechanical planarization - Google Patents

Optical endpoint detection during chemical mechanical planarization

Info

Publication number
AU4999600A
AU4999600A AU49996/00A AU4999600A AU4999600A AU 4999600 A AU4999600 A AU 4999600A AU 49996/00 A AU49996/00 A AU 49996/00A AU 4999600 A AU4999600 A AU 4999600A AU 4999600 A AU4999600 A AU 4999600A
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
chemical mechanical
mechanical planarization
endpoint detection
during chemical
detection during
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU49996/00A
Inventor
John A. Adams
Thomas Frederick Allen Bibby Jr.
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Speedfam IPEC Corp
Original Assignee
Speedfam IPEC Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Speedfam IPEC Corp filed Critical Speedfam IPEC Corp
Publication of AU4999600A publication Critical patent/AU4999600A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • 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
    • B24B37/00—Lapping machines or devices; Accessories
    • B24B37/005—Control means for lapping machines or devices
    • B24B37/013—Devices or means for detecting lapping completion
    • 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
    • B24B37/00—Lapping machines or devices; Accessories
    • B24B37/04—Lapping machines or devices; Accessories designed for working plane surfaces
    • 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
    • B24B49/00—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
    • B24B49/12—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 optical means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/02—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness
    • G01B11/06—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness for measuring thickness ; e.g. of sheet material
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L22/00—Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment; Reliability measurements, i.e. testing of parts without further processing to modify the parts as such; Structural arrangements therefor
    • H01L22/20—Sequence of activities consisting of a plurality of measurements, corrections, marking or sorting steps
    • H01L22/26—Acting in response to an ongoing measurement without interruption of processing, e.g. endpoint detection, in-situ thickness measurement

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Treatment Of Semiconductor (AREA)
AU49996/00A 1999-05-10 2000-05-10 Optical endpoint detection during chemical mechanical planarization Abandoned AU4999600A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US30799599A 1999-05-10 1999-05-10
US09307995 1999-05-10
PCT/US2000/012776 WO2000067951A1 (en) 1999-05-10 2000-05-10 Optical endpoint detection during chemical mechanical planarization

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU4999600A true AU4999600A (en) 2000-11-21

Family

ID=23192076

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
AU49996/00A Abandoned AU4999600A (en) 1999-05-10 2000-05-10 Optical endpoint detection during chemical mechanical planarization

Country Status (2)

Country Link
AU (1) AU4999600A (en)
WO (1) WO2000067951A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6930782B1 (en) 2003-03-28 2005-08-16 Lam Research Corporation End point detection with imaging matching in semiconductor processing
JP7023063B2 (en) * 2017-08-08 2022-02-21 株式会社荏原製作所 Substrate polishing equipment and method
US11951588B2 (en) * 2020-10-06 2024-04-09 Ebara Corporation Optical film-thickness measuring apparatus and polishing apparatus

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP3313505B2 (en) * 1994-04-14 2002-08-12 株式会社日立製作所 Polishing method
US5872633A (en) * 1996-07-26 1999-02-16 Speedfam Corporation Methods and apparatus for detecting removal of thin film layers during planarization

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2000067951A9 (en) 2002-07-11
WO2000067951A1 (en) 2000-11-16

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
AU5480700A (en) Optical view port for chemical mechanical planarization endpoint detection
AU7735400A (en) Method for chemical mechanical polishing
AU6801300A (en) Rotationally stabilized contact lenses
AU3897600A (en) Method and apparatus for endpoint detection for chemical mechanical polishing
AU1074801A (en) Virtual endpoint
AU6007699A (en) Showerhead
AU3072501A (en) Hydrogen-based ecosystem
AU5776099A (en) Mobile robotic snake
AU4309601A (en) Chemical-mechanical polishing method
AU7840200A (en) Recyclable retaining ring assembly for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus
AU4050200A (en) Ferrofluidic finishing
AU2730000A (en) Optical sensor
AU5719300A (en) Cleaning means
AU1784001A (en) Abrasives for chemical mechanical polishing
SG90707A1 (en) Chemical mechanical polish (cmp) endpoint detection by colorimetry
AU2001253379A1 (en) Methods of endpoint detection for wafer planarization
AU4999600A (en) Optical endpoint detection during chemical mechanical planarization
AU4034200A (en) Optical endpoint detection system for rotational chemical mechanical polishing
AU6008000A (en) Chemical compounds-ii
AUPQ319799A0 (en) Chemical methods
AUPQ009199A0 (en) Wetsuit
AU3709800A (en) Contact lenses
AU6006000A (en) Chemical compounds-iii
AU2002347876A1 (en) Chemical mechanical polishing endpoint detection
AU7707000A (en) Underwater maneuvering device

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase