IP Library Granted Patent US 7,887,609
Granted Patent B2
US 7,887,609 · App. 11/602,503 · Granted Feb 15, 2011

Polishing slurry for polishing aluminum film and polishing method for polishing aluminum film using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,887,609
App. No.
11/602,503
Granted
Feb 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film used for LSI or the like and a method for polishing an aluminum film using the same are provided. A polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film comprising a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a first stage acid dissociation exponent at 25° C. of 3 or lower, colloidal silica, and water, and having a pH from 2 to 4, and a polishing method for polishing an aluminum film using the polishing slurry.

Claims (12)

1. A polishing slurry consisting of a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a first stage acid dissociation exponent at 25° C. of 3 or lower, colloidal silica, and water, and having a pH from 2 to 4, wherein said polishing slurry is capable of polishing an aluminum film.

2. The polishing slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the polyvalent carboxylic acid is at least one selected from oxalic acid, malonic acid, and tartaric acid.

3. The polishing slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the average particle diameter of the secondary particles of the colloidal silica is from 5 to 100 nm.

4. A method for polishing an aluminum film comprising pressing a substrate having an aluminum film formed thereon against a polishing cloth on a polishing table, and moving the substrate and the polishing table while the polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film according to claim 1 is supplied between the aluminum film and the polishing cloth, thereby polishing the aluminum film.

5. A method for polishing an aluminum film comprising pressing a substrate having an aluminum film formed thereon against a polishing cloth on a polishing table, and moving the substrate and the polishing table while the polishing slurry according to claim 2 is supplied between the aluminum film and the polishing cloth, thereby polishing the aluminum film.

6. A method for polishing an aluminum film comprising pressing a substrate having an aluminum film formed thereon against a polishing cloth on a polishing table, and moving the substrate and the polishing table while the polishing slurry according to claim 3 is supplied between the aluminum film and the polishing cloth, thereby polishing the aluminum film.

7. A polishing slurry consisting of an oxidizing agent, a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a first stage acid dissociation exponent at 25° C. of 3 or lower, colloidal silica, and water, and having a pH from 2 to 4, wherein said polishing slurry is capable of polishing an aluminum film.

8. The polishing slurry according to claim 7 , wherein the oxidizing agent is at least one selected from hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, potassium periodate, hypochlorous acid, and ozone water.

9. The polishing slurry according to claim 7 , wherein the average particle diameter of the secondary particles of the colloidal silica is from 5 to 100 nm.

10. A method for polishing an aluminum film comprising pressing a substrate having an aluminum film formed thereon against a polishing cloth on a polishing table, and moving the substrate and the polishing table while the polishing slurry according to claim 7 is supplied between the aluminum film and the polishing cloth, thereby polishing the aluminum film.

11. A method for polishing an aluminum film comprising pressing a substrate having an aluminum film formed thereon against a polishing cloth on a polishing table, and moving the substrate and the polishing table while the polishing slurry according to claim 8 is supplied between the aluminum film and the polishing cloth, thereby polishing the aluminum film.

12. A method for polishing an aluminium film comprising pressing a substrate having an aluminium film formed thereon against a polishing cloth on a polishing table, and moving the substrate and the polishing table while the polishing slurry according to claim 9 is supplied between the aluminium film and the polishing cloth, thereby polishing the aluminum film.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062946/0125 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062917/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2007
From: ONO, HIROSHI; ASHIZAWA, TORANOSUKE; KAMIGATA, YASUO
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018921/0257 →