IP Library Granted Patent US 12,247,140
Granted Patent B2
US 12,247,140 · App. 17/278,974 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Slurry and polishing method

Inventors: Tomohiro Iwano (Tokyo, JP); Takaaki Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP); Tomomi Kukita (Tokyo, JP); Tomoyasu Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
C09G1/02C01F17/235C09K3/1409C09K3/1454H01L21/304C01P2004/62
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Patent No.
US 12,247,140
App. No.
17/278,974
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slurry for polishing a carbon-containing silicon oxide, the slurry containing abrasive grains and a liquid medium, in which the abrasive grains include first particles and second particles in contact with the first particles, a particle size of the second particles is smaller than a particle size of the first particles, the first particles contain cerium oxide, and the second particles contain a cerium compound.

Claims (28)

1. A slurry for polishing a carbon-containing silicon oxide, the slurry comprising:

abrasive grains and a liquid medium, wherein

the abrasive grains include first particles and second particles in contact with the first particles,

a particle size of the second particles is smaller than a particle size of the first particles,

the first particles contain cerium oxide,

the second particles contain a cerium compound, and

the cerium compound includes a compound different from cerium oxide.

2. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where a content of the abrasive grains is 0.1% by mass, an absorbance for light having a wavelength of 380 nm in a liquid phase obtained when the slurry is subjected to centrifugal separation for 5 minutes at a centrifugal acceleration of 5.8×10 4 G exceeds 0.

3. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein the cerium compound contains cerium hydroxide.

4. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the abrasive grains is 0.01 to 10% by mass.

5. A polishing method comprising a step of polishing a surface to be polished by using the slurry according to claim 1 .

6. The polishing method according to claim 5 , wherein the surface to be polished comprises a carbon-containing silicon oxide.

7. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size of the first particles is 100 nm or more.

8. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size of the second particles is 30 nm or less.

9. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size of the abrasive grains is 120 nm or more.

10. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a content of cerium oxide in the abrasive grains is 50 to 95% by mass on the basis of the entire abrasive grains.

11. The slurry according to claim 3 , wherein a content of cerium hydroxide in the abrasive grains is 5 to 50% by mass on the basis of the entire abrasive grains.

12. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the abrasive grains is 0.01 to 0.5% by mass.

13. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein a light transmittance for light having a wavelength of 500 nm in a liquid phase obtained when the slurry is subjected to centrifugal separation for 5 minutes at a centrifugal acceleration of 5.8×10 4 G is 50%/cm or more.

14. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein pH is 2.0 to 7.0.

15. The slurry according to claim 1 , wherein pH is 3.0 to 5.0.

16. A slurry for polishing a carbon-containing silicon oxide, the slurry comprising:

abrasive grains and a liquid medium, wherein

the abrasive grains include first particles and second particles in contact with the first particles,

a particle size of the second particles is smaller than a particle size of the first particles,

the first particles contain cerium oxide,

the second particles contain a cerium compound, and

a content of cerium oxide in the abrasive grains is 50 to 95% by mass on the basis of the entire abrasive grains.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062992/0805 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2021
From: IWANO, TOMOHIRO; MATSUMOTO, TAKAAKI; KUKITA, TOMOMI; HASEGAWA, TOMOYASU
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055690/0177 →