IP Library Granted Patent US 8,092,281
Granted Patent B2
US 8,092,281 · App. 12/311,690 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Polishing head and polishing apparatus

Assignees: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.; Fujikoshi Machinery Corp.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,092,281
App. No.
12/311,690
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a polishing head provided with an annular rigid ring, a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with a uniform tension, a mid plate joined to the rigid ring and forming a space portion together with the rubber film and the rigid ring, and an annular template provided concentrically with the rigid ring in a peripheral portion on a lower face part of the rubber film and having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, in which a pressure of the space portion can be changed by a pressure adjustment mechanism, a back face of a work is held on the lower face part of the rubber film, and a surface of the work is brought into sliding contact with the polishing pad attached onto a turn table for performing polishing, and an inner diameter of the template is smaller than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, and a ratio between an inner diameter difference between the rigid ring and the template and a difference between the inner diameter and an outer diameter of the template is 26% or more and 45% or less. Thereby, a polishing head and the like that can obtain constant flatness stably can be provided.

Claims (16)

1. A polishing head provided at least with an annular rigid ring, a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with a uniform tension, a mid plate joined to the rigid ring and forming a space together with the rubber film and the rigid ring, and an annular template provided concentrically with the rigid ring in a peripheral portion on a lower face part of the rubber film and having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, in which a pressure of the space can be changed by a pressure adjustment mechanism, a back face of a work is held on the lower face part of the rubber film, and a surface of the work is brought into sliding contact with the polishing pad attached onto a turn table for performing polishing, wherein an inner diameter of the template is smaller than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, and a ratio between an inner diameter difference between the rigid ring and the template and a difference between the inner diameter and an outer diameter of the template is 26% or more and 45% or less.

2. The polishing head according to claim 1 , wherein the inner diameter of the template is larger than the outer diameter of the work by 0.5 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less, and the outer diameter of the template is larger than the outer diameter of the work by 10% or more and 20% or less.

3. The polishing head according to claim 1 , wherein the work to be polished is a silicon single crystal wafer with a diameter of 300 mm or more.

4. The polishing head according to claim 2 , wherein the work to be polished is a silicon single crystal wafer with a diameter of 300 mm or more.

5. The polishing head according to claim 1 , wherein, when the work is held by the polishing head, a thickness of the template is set so that a position of a lower face of the work is lower than a position of 60 μm above the lower face of the template and higher than a position of 5 μm below the lower face of the template.

6. The polishing head according to claim 2 , wherein, when the work is held by the polishing head, a thickness of the template is set so that a position of a lower face of the work is lower than a position of 60 μm above the lower face of the template and higher than a position of 5 μm below the lower face of the template.

7. The polishing head according to claim 3 , wherein, when the work is held by the polishing head, a thickness of the template is set so that a position of a lower face of the work is lower than a position of 60 μm above the lower face of the template and higher than a position of 5 μm below the lower face of the template.

8. The polishing head according to claim 4 , wherein, when the work is held by the polishing head, a thickness of the template is set so that a position of a lower face of the work is lower than a position of 60 μm above the lower face of the template and higher than a position of 5 μm below the lower face of the template.

9. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 1 as a polishing head for holding the work.

10. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 2 as a polishing head for holding the work.

11. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 3 as a polishing head for holding the work.

12. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 4 as a polishing head for holding the work.

13. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 5 as a polishing head for holding the work.

14. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 6 as a polishing head for holding the work.

15. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 7 as a polishing head for holding the work.

16. A polishing apparatus used when a surface of a work is polished and provided at least with a polishing pad attached onto a turn table, a polishing agent supply mechanism for supplying a polishing agent onto the polishing pad, and the polishing head according to claim 8 as a polishing head for holding the work.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2009
From: MASUMURA, HISASHI; KITAGAWA, KOJI; MORITA, KOUJI; KISHIDA, HIROMI; ARAKAWA, SATORU
To: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.; FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP.
Reel/Frame 022532/0985 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-293206 · Oct 27, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090291623A1 · Nov 26, 2009