Wafer polishing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9017146
APP PUB NO 20140154958A1
SERIAL NO

14096226

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The wafer polishing apparatus comprises a polishing plate, a polishing head capable of holding a wafer, and a slurry supplying section. The polishing plate includes: a plurality of concentric polishing zones, each of which has a prescribed width for polishing the wafer and on each of which a polishing cloth is adhered; and a groove for discharging slurry being formed between the polishing zones. A head cleaning section, which cleans the polishing head, or a wafer cleaning section, which cleans the polished wafer, is provided to a center part of the polishing plate and located on the inner side of the innermost polishing zone.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY3-1 KASUMIGASEKI 1- CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1008921
FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP1650 KIYONO MATSUSHIRO-MACHI NAGANO-SHI NAGANO 381-1233

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fuse, Takayuki Nagano, JP 6 19
Hara, Shiro Tsukuba, JP 32 324
Ikeda, Shinichi Tsukuba, JP 69 214
Khumpuang, Sommawan Tsukuba, JP 16 17
Nakamura, Yoshio Nagano, JP 134 1806
Okubo, Takashi Nagano, JP 25 173
Otsuka, Yoshio Nagano, JP 14 314
Shibuya, Kazutaka Nagano, JP 27 122

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