Patent ID: 6294059
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: C25D,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for plating and then polishing a substrate, comprising:a first plating unit to form a first layer on a surface of a substrate;a first chemical mechanical polishing unit to chemically mechanically polish the substrate to remove unwanted portions of the first layer from the surface of the substrate;a cleaning unit to clean the substrate after the substrate is chemically mechanically polished;a drying unit to dry the substrate after the substrate is cleaned; anda substrate transfer device to transfer the substrate to and from each of the first plating unit, the first chemical mechanical polishing unit, the cleaning unit, and the drying unit; wherein said first plating unit, said first chemical mechanical polishing unit, said cleaning unit, said drying unit, and said substrate transfer device form a unitary arrangement.