IP Library Granted Patent US 9,748,090
Granted Patent B2
US 9,748,090 · App. 14/740,414 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,748,090
App. No.
14/740,414
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first cleaner and a second cleaner. The first cleaner polishes a semiconductor substrate or a polishing target material on the semiconductor substrate with an abrasive and then cleans a top face of the semiconductor substrate or of the polishing target material while the semiconductor substrate is rotated. The second cleaner rubs an end portion of the semiconductor substrate with a physical contact according to rotation of the semiconductor substrate.

Claims (37)

1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a first cleaner cleaning a top face of a semiconductor substrate or of a polishing target material while the semiconductor substrate is rotated, after polishing the semiconductor substrate or the polishing target material on the semiconductor substrate with an abrasive; and

a second cleaner rubbing an end portion of the semiconductor substrate with a physical contact according to rotation of the semiconductor substrate, wherein

the second cleaner comprises a first portion configured to be in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a third portion facing the first portion,

the first portion comprises a foamed resin, and

the first portion and the third portion rub an end portion of the semiconductor substrate in a state of sandwiching the end portion therebetween.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises a resin foamed as a micronic mesh structure.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein chemical binding of the resin of the first portion is weaker than that of the semiconductor substrate or the polishing target material.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first portion comprises a melamine resin.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first portion comprises a melamine-formaldehyde resin.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second cleaner further comprises a second portion supporting the first portion, and

the second portion comprises an elastic material softer than the semiconductor substrate and the polishing target material.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second portion comprises a polyurethane resin or a nonwoven fabric.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second cleaner is capable of rotating on a center of the second cleaner as an axis.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second cleaner is capable of rotating on a center of the second cleaner as an axis.

10. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a first cleaner cleaning a top face of a semiconductor substrate or of a polishing target material while the semiconductor substrate is rotated, after polishing the semiconductor substrate or the polishing target material on the semiconductor substrate with an abrasive;

a second cleaner rubbing an end portion of the semiconductor substrate with a physical contact according to rotation of the semiconductor substrate, the second cleaner comprising a first portion being in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second portion supporting the first portion, the first portion comprising a foamed resin, and the second portion comprising an elastic material softer than the semiconductor substrate and the polishing target material,

a first motor rotating the semiconductor substrate;

a first measuring part measuring a torque or a current consumption of the first motor; and

a first operating part determining whether the second portion is exposed based on a measurement value of the torque or the current consumption of the first motor.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a second motor rotating the second cleaner;

a second measuring part measuring a torque or a current consumption of the second motor; and

a second operating part determining whether the second portion is exposed based on a measurement value of the torque or the current consumption of the second motor.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second cleaner is arranged in such a manner that a contact face with the semiconductor substrate in the first portion is inclined with respect to a surface of the semiconductor substrate.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second cleaner is arranged in such a manner that a contact face with the semiconductor substrate in the first portion is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the semiconductor substrate.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second cleaner can move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to move a contact position in the first portion between the contact face and the semiconductor substrate.

15. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising a first cleaner cleaning a top face of a semiconductor substrate or of a polishing target material on the semiconductor substrate, a second cleaner cleaning an end portion of the semiconductor substrate, a motor rotating the semiconductor substrate, a measuring part measuring a torque or a current consumption of the motor, and an operating part connected to the measuring part, the second cleaner comprising a first portion being in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second portion supporting the first portion,

the method comprising:

polishing the polishing target material with an abrasive; and

cleaning the top face of the semiconductor substrate or of the polishing target material with the first cleaner while the semiconductor substrate is rotated, and rubbing the end portion of the semiconductor substrate with a physical contact of the second cleaner according to rotation of the semiconductor substrate;

measuring the torque or the current consumption of the motor rotating the semiconductor substrate; and

determining whether the second portion is exposed based on a measurement value of the torque or the current consumption of the motor.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second cleaner rotates on a center of the second cleaner as an axis.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein a first portion of the second cleaner being in contact with the semiconductor substrate is a melamine resin.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043052/0218 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2015
From: HIRASAWA, SHINICHI; FUKUSHIMA, DAI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 035843/0649 →