IP Library Granted Patent US 11,136,474
Granted Patent B2
US 11,136,474 · App. 16/484,157 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Polishing liquid and polishing method

Inventors: Hiroshi Ono (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Mizutani (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
C09G1/02B24B37/044C09G1/00C09G1/04C09G1/06C09K3/1454C09K3/1463C09K13/06H01L21/30625H01L21/3212H01L21/7684
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Patent No.
US 11,136,474
App. No.
16/484,157
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polishing liquid for polishing a surface to be polished containing a tungsten material, the polishing liquid comprising abrasive grains; a polymer having a cationic group at the terminal; an oxidizing agent; a metal oxide-dissolving agent; and water, in which the polymer has a structural unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, a weight average molecular weight of the polymer is 20000 or less, and a pH is less than 5.0.

Claims (14)

1. A polishing liquid for polishing a surface to be polished containing a tungsten material, the polishing liquid comprising:

abrasive grains; a polymer comprising structural units derived from one or more of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, the polymer comprising a cationic group at a terminal; an oxidizing agent; a metal oxide-dissolving agent; and water, wherein

a weight average molecular weight of the polymer is 20000 or less, and

a pH is less than 5.0.

2. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, and a copolymer of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.

3. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing agent contains hydrogen peroxide.

4. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasive grains contain at least one selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, ceria, titania, zirconia, germania, and modified products thereof.

5. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide-dissolving agent contains an organic acid.

6. The polishing liquid according to claim 5 , wherein the organic acid includes at least one selected from the group consisting of formic acid, malonic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, salicylic acid, and adipic acid.

7. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises, as the cationic group, a cationic group derived from 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropionamidine)dihydrochloride.

8. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises, as the cationic group, a cationic group derived from 2,2′-azobis[2-(5-methyl-2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane]dihydrochloride.

9. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic group is an amino group.

10. The polishing liquid according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer is dissolved in the polishing liquid.

11. A polishing method of polishing a surface to be polished containing a tungsten material using the polishing liquid according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062992/0805 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056830/0608 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2020
From: ONO, HIROSHI; MIZUTANI, MAKOTO
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052163/0957 →