Method and device for the injection of CMP slurry

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8845395
APP PUB NO 20120220206A1
SERIAL NO

13466641

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Disclosed is an apparatus for injecting slurry onto the polishing pad surface of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) tool. The disclosed apparatus includes a rectilinear shaped injector bottom, where multiple slots are created in the top surface of the injector bottom, allowing the injector bottom to flex and to conform to the polishing pad profile. CMP slurry or components thereof are introduced through one or more top surface openings, travel through the injector body, and exit through a slit or bottom surface opening. The slurry is spread into a thin film by the injector, and is introduced at the gap between the surface of the polishing pad and the wafer, along the leading edge of the wafer, in quantities small enough that all or most of the slurry is introduced between the wafer and the polishing pad.

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ARACA INC2550 EAST RIVER ROAD APT 12204 TUCSON AS 85718

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Borucki, Leonard John Mesa, US 3 22
Philipossian, Ara Tucson, US 36 607
Sampurno, Yasa Adi Tucson, US 4 23

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