Patent ID: 9550270
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B24B,H01L

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a fluid reservoir for storing a liquid; a nozzle for dispensing the liquid onto a polishing pad of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system; a first fluid pathway from the fluid reservoir to the nozzle; a second fluid pathway from the fluid reservoir to the nozzle; a first valve disposed within the first fluid pathway; a second valve disposed within the second fluid pathway; a liquid heater component disposed within the second fluid pathway between the fluid reservoir and the second valve, the liquid heater component comprising a quartz heater configured to heat the liquid to generate heated liquid, wherein the heated liquid is supplied to the polishing pad upon which a semiconductor wafer is to be polished to generate a heated polishing pad having a heated polishing pad temperature; and a polishing component configured to: