Wafer polishing method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5498199
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08276158

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A wafer polishing apparatus includes a wafer polishing assembly having a plurality of wafer carriers for substantially simultaneously polishing a plurality of wafers against a rotating polishing surface. A plurality of wafers to be polished are substantially simultaneously loaded into the plurality of wafer carriers by wafer holding apparatus of an index table. Similarly, a plurality of polished wafers are substantially simultaneously unloaded from the plurality of wafer carriers into wafer holding apparatus of the index table. The wafer carriers are individually computer controlled for exact polishing and different polishing requirements can be met at the same time by different wafer carriers.

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SPEEDFAM-IPEC CORPORATION305 N 54TH STREET CHANDLER AS 85226

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Karlsrud, Chris E Chandler, AZ 8 501
Nagahashi, Isao Fujisawa, JP 10 597
Odagiri, Shigeru Yokohama, JP 4 429
Preston, Spencer Chandler, AZ 8 274
Van, Woerkom Anthony G Chandler, AZ 5 586

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