IP Library Granted Patent US 6,896,602
Granted Patent B2
US 6,896,602 · App. 10/398,600 · Granted May 24, 2005

Wafer holding ring for chemical and mechanical polisher

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Patent No.
US 6,896,602
App. No.
10/398,600
Granted
May 24, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a wafer-holding ring adapted for holding a wafer on a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, which can prevent damage to a wafer, possesses excellent abrasion resistance, and can reduce replacement work and consequently can realize mass production of polished wafers. In the wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, the surface of the wafer-holding ring at least in its portion, which can come into contact with a wafer, is formed of a resin composition comprising not less than 30% by weight of polybenzimidazole.

Claims (9)

1. A wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, adapted for holding a wafer on the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, wherein the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion, which can come into contact with a wafer, is formed of a resin composition comprising not less than 30% by weight of polybenzimidazole and not more than 70% by weight of polyarylene ketone.

2. The wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the resin composition further comprises not more than 40% by weight of a filler.

3. The wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the filler is a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, graphite, boron nitride, carbon black, titanium oxide, or silicon oxide.

4. The wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a surface resin layer formed of the resin composition is provided on the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion which can come into contact with a wafer and has a thickness of not less than 50 μm.

5. The wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a surface resin layer formed of the resin composition is provided on the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion which can come into contact with a wafer and has a thickness of not less than 50 μm.

6. The wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a surface resin layer formed of the resin composition is provided on the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion which can come into contact with a wafer and has a thickness of not less than 50 μm.

7. The wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the whole wafer-holding ring is formed of the resin composition.

8. A wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, adapted for holding a wafer on the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, wherein the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion, which can come into contact with a wafer, is formed of a resin composition comprising not less than 30% by weight of polybenzimidazole, not more than 70% by weight of polyarylene ketone and not more than 40% by weight of a filler.

9. A wafer-holding ring for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, adapted for holding a wafer on the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, wherein the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion, which can come into contact with a wafer, is formed of a resin composition comprising not less than 30% by weight of polybenzimidazole and not more than 70% by weight of polyarylene ketone, wherein a surface resin layer formed of the resin composition is provided on the surface of said wafer-holding ring at least in its portion which can come into contact with a wafer and has a thickness of not less than 50 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS USA CORP.
To: PBI ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021976/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2005
From: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
To: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS USA CORP.
Reel/Frame 015788/0348 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2003
From: OSHITA, TETSUYA; AIZAWA, MASAMI; SAKAMOTO, KATSUYUKI
To: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 014412/0742 →