摘要:
A grinding wheel having a tool portion formed by firmly fixing diamond grains to an end face of a cup-shaped core by brazing. A circumferentially continuous groove is formed in a substantially central portion of the end face of the core. The abrasive grains are firmly fixed to an end face portion excluding regions near an outer rim and near an inner rim of the end face and near the boundaries with the groove under the condition that, with respect to all the abrasive grains, skirts of a brazing material layer for holding the abrasive grains have a length one or more times an average grain size of the abrasive grains. The provision of the groove in the end face of the core can enhance the capability of ejecting chips that occur during machining; besides, chips can be captured in the groove to preclude the occurrence of scratches resulting from the chips. Moreover, sufficient lengths of skirts of the brazing material layer are secured for all the abrasive grains arranged on the end face of the core, which improves the force for holding the abrasive grains and avoids grain fall-out during machining.
摘要:
Disclosed is a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus for polishing a surface of a wafer using a mechanical friction as well as a chemical polishing agent. The chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a polishing head for absorbing a wafer and a polishing means for polishing the wafer. The polishing apparatus may include a platen composed of at least three segments formed in conformity with polishing zones, a polishing pad provided on each of the segments, and a support for supporting the segments such that the segments are separately adjustable in the height depending on the polishing zones and are rotatable.
摘要:
An abrasive polishing pad for planarizing a substrate. In one embodiment, the abrasive polishing pad has a planarizing surface with a first planarizing region and a second planarizing region. The first planarizing region has a first abrasiveness and the second planarizing region has a second abrasiveness different than the first abrasiveness of the first region. The polishing pad preferably has a plurality of abrasive elements at the planarizing surface in at least one of the first or second planarizing regions. The abrasive elements may be abrasive particles fixedly suspended in a suspension medium, contact/non-contact regions on the pad, or other elements that mechanically remove material from the wafer. In operation of a preferred embodiment, the lesser abrasive of the first and second planarizing regions contacts a first area of the wafer where the relative velocity between the wafer and the polishing pad is relatively high, and the more abrasive of the first and second planarizing regions contacts a second area of the wafer where the relative velocity between the wafer and the polishing pad is relatively low. The different abrasivenesses of the first and second planarizing regions compensate for variations in relative velocities across the face of the wafer to more uniformly planarize the wafer.
摘要:
A combination sawing and grinding instrumentality supported on a single arbor for the cutting and grinding of specimens into thin sections for microscopic analysis. An abrasive periphery of the saw is supported against dishing during cutting operations by cooperating plate and grinder means oppositely disposed on the blade. Importantly, the offset grinder means additionally serves to abrade the specimen to the required 30 micron thickness all in one operation without the use of a separate machine and without re-mounting of the slide mounted specimen.
摘要:
A method of detecting a polishing endpoint includes storing a plurality of library spectra, measuring a sequence of spectra from the substrate in-situ during polishing, and for each measured spectrum of the sequence of spectra, finding a best matching library spectrum from the plurality of library spectra to generate a sequence of best matching library spectra. Each library spectrum has a stored associated value representing a degree of progress through a polishing process, and the stored associated value for the best matching library spectrum is determined for each best matching library spectrum to generate a sequence of values representing a progression of polishing of the substrate. The sequence of values is compared to a target value, and a polishing endpoint is triggered when the sequence of values reaches the target value.
摘要:
Dynamic regulation of contact pressures in a blade sharpening system is provided. An example multiphase grinding wheel has a grinding face with one or more abrasive concentric rings for sharpening the cutting blade of the log saw machine, and one or more padded concentric rings consisting of fiber padding. Sharpening with the multiphase grinding wheel improves cut quality, increases blade life, removes glues and varnishes from the cutting blade, reduces blade deformation, and hones the edge of the cutting blade. A pneumatic tensioning system uses air bladders to apply dynamic cushioning and processor-controlled contact pressure between the grinding wheels and the cutting blade during sharpening. The fiber-padded grinding wheels and the air bladder tensioner provide improved sharpness of the cutting blade and longer life for the mechanical components.