Patent ID: 11951590
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A polishing pad, comprising:
a plurality of polishing elements, each polishing element comprising:
a plurality of individual posts, each individual post comprising:
an individual surface that forms a portion of a polishing surface of the polishing pad; and
one or more sidewalls extending downwardly from the individual surface; and

a plurality of grooves disposed between adjacent polishing elements of the plurality of polishing elements, wherein
each polishing element of the plurality of polishing elements has a width of 5 mm or less, and
the sidewalls of the plurality of individual posts define a plurality of pores between adjacent individual posts of the plurality of individual posts, each pore of the plurality of pores having a width of 120 μm or less.