IP Library Granted Patent US 7,150,677
Granted Patent B2
US 7,150,677 · App. 11/231,545 · Granted Dec 19, 2006

CMP conditioner

Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,150,677
App. No.
11/231,545
Granted
Dec 19, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CMP conditioner is provided in which diamond grit that is adhered to a conditioning surface so as to face and be in contact with a polishing pad of a CMP apparatus is adhered such that 111 surfaces of crystal surfaces of the diamond grit are substantially parallel with the conditioning surface and face in a direction faced by the conditioning surface.

Claims (9)

1. A CMP conditioner in which diamond grit is adhered to a conditioning surface that faces and is in contact with a polishing pad of a CMP apparatus, wherein

the diamond grit is adhered such that 111 surfaces of crystal surfaces of the diamond grit are substantially parallel with the conditioning surface and face in a direction faced by the conditioning surface.

2. The CMP conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein, on the conditioning surface, a ratio of an X-ray diffraction intensity of the 111 crystal surfaces to a sum of the X-ray diffraction intensity of all measured crystal surfaces when an X-ray diffraction intensity of crystal surfaces of the diamond grit is measured at a plurality of measurement positions on the conditioning surface averages 70% or more at the plurality of measurement positions.

3. The CMP conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of projections are formed on the conditioning surface and the diamond grit is adhered to the projections.

4. The CMP conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of projections are formed on the conditioning surface and the diamond grit is adhered to the projections.

5. The CMP conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a tetrafluoride organic compound is coated on the conditioning surface.

6. The CMP conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein a tetrafluoride organic compound is coated on the conditioning surface.

7. The CMP conditioner according to claim 3 , wherein a tetrafluoride organic compound is coated on the conditioning surface.

8. The CMP conditioner according to claim 4 , wherein a tetrafluoride organic compound is coated on the conditioning surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2005
From: YAMASHITA, TETSUJI; KIMURA, TAKASHI; HATA, HANAKO
To: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-274912 · Sep 22, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060079162A1 · Apr 13, 2006