Patent Publication Number: US-10786885-B2

Title: Thin plastic polishing article for CMP applications

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/555,605, filed Sep. 7, 2017, and U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/448,747, filed Jan. 20, 2017, which are both herein incorporated by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     Field 
     Implementations described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for polishing of substrates or wafers, more particularly, to a polishing article and a method of manufacturing and using a polishing article. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is a conventional process used in many different industries to planarize surfaces of substrates. In the semiconductor industry, uniformity of polishing and planarization has become increasingly important as device feature sizes continue to decrease. During a CMP process, a substrate, such as a silicon wafer, is mounted on a carrier head with the device surface placed against a moving polishing pad. The carrier head provides a controllable load on the substrate to push the device surface of the substrate against the polishing pad. A polishing liquid, such as a slurry containing fine abrasive particles in a chemical agent designed to react with the substrate to be polished, is supplied to the surface of the moving polishing pad and carrier head. The polishing slurry is typically supplied to the polishing pad to provide an abrasive chemical solution at the interface between the polishing pad and the substrate. The polishing slurry typically forms a thin boundary layer between the substrate and the polishing pad. Despite the presence of the thin boundary layer formed by the polishing slurry, the polishing pad and substrate make intimate sliding contact. The polishing pad and carrier head apply mechanical energy to the substrate, while the pad also helps to control the transport of slurry, which interacts with the substrate during the polishing process. An effective CMP process not only provides a high polishing rate, but also provides a substrate surface which lacks small-scale roughness, contains minimal defects and is flat, i.e., lacks large scale topography. 
     CMP processes performed in a polishing system will typically include multiple polishing pads that perform different parts of the full polishing process. The polishing system typically includes a first polishing pad that is disposed on a first platen, which produces a first material removal rate and a first surface finish and a first flatness on the surface of the substrate. The first polishing process is typically known as a rough polish step, and is generally performed at a high polishing rate. The system will also typically include at least one additional polishing pad that is disposed on at least an additional platen, which produces a second material removal rate and a second surface finish and flatness on the surface of the substrate. The second polishing step is typically known as a fine polish step, which is generally performed at a slower rate than the rough polishing step. In some configurations, the system may also include a third polishing pad that is disposed on a third platen, which produces a third removal rate and a third surface finish and flatness on the surface of the substrate. The third polishing step is typically known as a material clearing or buffing step. In some configurations, the buffing step is performed on a separate tool. The multiple-pad polishing process can be used in a multi-step process in which the pads have different polishing characteristics and the substrates are subjected to progressively finer polishing or the polishing characteristics are adjusted to compensate for different layers that are encountered during polishing, for example, metal lines underlying an oxide surface. 
     CMP polishing pads have historically been made of polyurethane with various fillers and porosity to provide the desired surface and mechanical structure required for polishing semiconductor wafers. These polishing pads typically comprise a hard top pad that is positioned over and permanently joined to a softer underlying pad to form a “stacked pad.” The polishing pad typically has surface grooving, which plays a role in slurry transport as well as collecting pad debris during pad conditioning. The function of the stacked polishing pad in a CMP process is at least twofold. First, the polishing pad imparts and distributes the mechanical load applied to the substrate during polishing. Second, the polishing pad transports and distributes chemistry and slurry particles at the substrate and polishing pad interface. 
     A recurring problem in CMP is non-uniformity of the polishing rate across the surface of the substrate. Additionally, conventional polishing pads generally deteriorate naturally during polishing due to wear and/or accumulation of polishing by-products on the pad surface. During repeated or continuous polishing a conventional polishing pad becomes worn or “glazed” after polishing a certain number of substrates, and then needs to be replaced or reconditioned. Glazing occurs when the conventional polishing pad is heated and compressed in regions where the substrate is pressed against the pad. Due to the generated heat and applied forces, the high-points on the conventional polishing pad are compressed and are spread-out such that the points between the high-points are filled up, thus making the conventional polishing pad surface become smoother and less abrasive. In addition to becoming smoother and less abrasive, as the conventional polishing pad becomes glazed the conventional polishing pad may also increase in hydrophobicity, which decreases the ability of slurry to stick to the polishing pad. As a result, the polishing time increases. Therefore, the polishing surface of the conventional polishing pad is periodically returned to an abrasive condition, or “conditioned”, to return the conventional polishing pad to its hydrophilic state and maintain a high polishing rate. Conventionally, an abrasive conditioning disk is used to essentially “scratch” or “abrade” the top layer of the polishing surface of the conventional polishing pad into a state so that desirable polishing results can once again be achieved on the substrate. 
     Abrasive pad conditioning is a multi-variable complex process. The application of conditioning, typically through diamond disks, removes material from the polishing surface of the conventional polishing pad thereby exposing new pad material over time. Abrasive pad conditioning generates surface asperities that play a strong role in polishing performance. The act of abrasive pad conditioning changes the polishing properties of the conventional polishing pad dramatically, and thus the polishing process results for substrates run just prior to pad conditioning have different polishing results versus the substrates run after pad conditioning. In addition, polishing results for substrates run on a new pad versus substrates run on the same pad that has been exposed to abrasive conditioning will differ due to the difference in pad thickness and damage created to the surface of the conventional pad by the pad conditioning process. Thus, abrasive pad conditioning contributes to non-uniformity of polishing rates between substrates and the generation of particles that can scratch the surface of the substrate during polishing. 
     Therefore, there is a need for an improved CMP polishing pad and methods of using the improved CMP polishing pad that address some of the aforementioned concerns. 
     SUMMARY 
     Implementations described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for polishing of substrates and/or wafers. More particularly, implementations described herein generally relate to a polishing article and a method of manufacturing and using a polishing article. In one implementation, a polishing article that is used to polish a surface of a substrate is provided. The polishing article generally comprises a polymeric sheet having a polishing surface and an opposing bottom surface. In one implementation, the polishing article is formed from a solid material that is pore free and thus has no significant amount of porosity or pore volume at the surface and/or within the thickness of the material. The polishing surface of the polishing article includes a plurality of discrete elements formed on the polishing surface and extending upward from the polishing surface. 
     In another implementation, a polishing module is provided. The polishing module comprises a platen assembly, a polishing article, and a carrier head for retaining and urging a substrate toward the polishing article. The polishing article comprises a polymeric sheet having a polishing surface and an opposing bottom surface. The polishing surface includes a plurality of discrete elements formed on the polishing surface and extending upward from the polishing surface. 
     In yet another implementation, a method of removing material from a substrate is provided. The method comprises urging a substrate toward a polymeric sheet disposed on a platen. The polymeric sheet is disposed between a supply roll and a take-up roll. The polymeric sheet has a polishing surface including a plurality of uniform discrete elements formed on and extending upward from the polishing surface. The method further comprises rotating the platen and the supply roll and the take-up roll, relative to the substrate. The method further comprises removing material from a surface of the substrate and advancing the polymeric sheet relative to the platen after removing material from the substrate. 
     Embodiments of the disclosure may provide a polishing article that includes a polymeric sheet that includes a thickness that is defined between a polishing surface and an opposing bottom surface, a length that extends in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the polishing surface, a width that extends in a second direction, which is substantially parallel to the polishing surface and is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the width is at least two times smaller than the length, a solid polymeric material that is substantially pore free, a plurality of discrete elements that are formed on the polishing surface, and an array of grooves that are formed in the polishing surface, wherein the array of grooves are aligned relative to the first direction or the second direction. The grooves in the array of grooves may extend from the polishing surface to a depth below the polishing surface, and the thickness may be less than or equal to about 0.48 mm. The opposing bottom surface may also include a surface roughness that has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) from 0.05 micrometers to 5.08 micrometers. 
     Embodiments of the disclosure may further provide a polishing article that includes a polymeric sheet having a pad body that comprises a solid polymeric material that is substantially pore free, a thickness that is defined between a polishing surface and an opposing bottom surface, and the thickness is less that about 0.46 mm, and a plurality of discrete elements that are formed in the polishing surface, wherein the discrete elements formed in the polishing surface have a feature span of less than 40 μm, and an arithmetical mean height (Sa) from 2 to 7 μm. The opposing bottom surface may include a surface roughness that has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) from 2 micro-inches (0.05 micrometers) to 200 micro-inches (5.08 micrometers). The discrete elements formed in the polishing surface may further comprise an interfacial area ratio of 45% to 65%, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, a maximum peak height (Sp) of 30 to 50 μm, and a maximum pit height (Sv) of 30 to 80 μm. 
     Embodiments of the disclosure may further provide a supporting element that is configured to support a polishing article disposed over a platen during a polishing process, comprising a platen interface body comprising a polymeric material that has a thickness that is defined between a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the opposing second surface of the platen interface body is positioned over and is facing a surface of the platen, and a releasable bonding layer that is disposed on the first surface, wherein the releasable bonding layer has an interface surface that is on a side of the releasable bonding layer that is opposite to the first surface and is configured to support the polishing article during the polishing processing. The interface surface may have a static friction coefficient of greater than 1.51, and wherein the static friction coefficient is measured by urging a surface of the polishing article that has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 5.08 micrometers against the interface surface. The interface surface may have an adhesive bond strength that is less than about 25 ounces per lateral inch. The releasable bonding layer may include a material selected from a group consisting of styrene butadiene (SBR), polyacrylics, polyvinyl acetate (PVA) and silicone. The fibrous mat may have a basis weight of between about 2 and about 8 ounces per square yard (OSY) and a thickness of about 0.13 mm to about 1.3 mm. 
     Embodiments of the disclosure may further provide a method of removing material from a substrate using a polishing article that includes positioning a back surface of a polishing article on a surface of a releasable bonding layer of a platen interface body, wherein the back surface of the polishing article is on a side of the polishing article that is opposite to a polishing surface of the polishing article. Then polishing a surface of a first substrate by urging the first substrate against the polishing surface of the polishing article. Separating the back surface of the polishing article from the surface of the releasable bonding layer, and then repositioning the polishing article relative to the surface of the releasable bonding layer, wherein repositioning the polishing article comprises translating the polishing article a first distance in a first direction. Then positioning the back surface of the polishing article on the surface of the releasable bonding layer after repositioning the polishing article, and then polishing a surface of a second substrate by urging the second substrate against the polishing surface of the repositioned polishing article. The first distance is between about 0.1 mm and about 20 mm. The surface of the releasable bonding layer may have a static friction coefficient of greater than 1.51, and wherein the static friction coefficient is measured by urging a surface of an object that has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 5.08 micrometers against the interface surface. The surface of the releasable bonding layer may have an adhesive bond strength that is less than about 25 ounces per lateral inch. 
     Embodiments of the disclosure may further provide a method of removing material from a substrate using a polishing article, comprising positioning a polishing article comprising a polymeric sheet over a platen, wherein the polymeric sheet is positioned between a supply roll and a take-up roll and comprises a solid polymeric material that is substantially pore free, a thickness that is defined between a polishing surface and an opposing bottom surface, and the thickness is less that about 0.025 inches; and a plurality of discrete elements that are formed in the polishing surface, wherein the discrete elements formed in the polishing surface have a feature span of less than 40 μm, and an arithmetical mean height (Sa) from 2 to 7 μm. Then rotating the polishing article, platen, supply roll and take-up roll after the polishing article is positioned over a platen about a central axis. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the implementations, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to implementations, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical implementations of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the disclosure may admit to other equally effective implementations. 
         FIG. 1  is a plan view of an exemplary chemical mechanical polishing module having an advanced polishing article, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic sectional view of an exemplary processing station of the module of  FIG. 1 , according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 3A  is a schematic sectional view of another exemplary processing station which may be use with the module of  FIG. 1 , according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 3B  is a schematic sectional view of a portion of a polishing head and polishing article configuration that are positioned in the polishing station illustrated in  FIG. 3A , according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 4A  is an enlarged schematic side view of one implementation of an advanced polishing article, according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 4B  is an enlarged schematic side view of one implementation of an advanced polishing article, according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 4C  is an enlarged schematic side view of the advanced polishing article that has been separated from the platen interface material(s) to allow the advanced polishing article to be advanced, according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 4D  is an enlarged schematic side view of a region of the advanced polishing article illustrated in  FIG. 4C , according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 4E  is an enlarged schematic side view of a region of the advanced polishing article illustrated in  FIG. 4A , according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 5A  is an enlarged schematic side view of another implementation of an advanced polishing article, according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 5B  is an enlarged schematic side view of a region of the advanced polishing article illustrated in  FIG. 5A , according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIGS. 6A and 6B  are schematic top views of polishing article designs having textured surfaces with grooves formed therein according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 6C  is schematic top view of a polishing article design having textured surfaces that has grooves formed therein which are aligned relative to a desired direction according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 6D  is schematic top view of a polishing article design having textured surfaces that has grooves formed therein which are aligned relative to a desired direction according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 6E  is schematic top view of a polishing article design having textured surfaces that has grooves formed therein which are aligned relative to a desired direction according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 6F  is schematic top view of a polishing article design having textured surfaces that has grooves formed therein which are aligned relative to a desired direction according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 6G  is an exploded schematic top view of a portion of the polishing article of  FIG. 6F  according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 7A  is a flow chart depicting a method of polishing with an advanced polishing article according to one or more implementations described herein; 
         FIG. 7B  is a schematic sectional view of an exemplary processing station of the module of  FIG. 1  in a first configurational position, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 7C  is a schematic sectional view of an exemplary processing station of the module of  FIG. 1  in a second configurational position, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 7D  is a schematic isometric view of a configuration of the processing station of the module of  FIG. 1 , according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 7E  is a schematic side cross-sectional view of the processing station illustrated in  FIG. 7D  in a first configurational position, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 7F  is a schematic side cross-sectional view of the processing station illustrated in  FIG. 7D  in a second configurational position, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 7G  is a close-up side cross-sectional view of a portion of the processing station illustrated in  FIG. 7F , according to one or more implementations disclosed herein; 
         FIG. 8  illustrates a plot of displacement versus stress for materials that can be used in the advanced polishing article, according to one or more implementations described herein; and 
         FIG. 9  illustrates another plot of displacement versus stress for a material that can be used in the advanced polishing article according to one or more implementations described herein versus a material used in currently available polishing articles. 
     
    
    
     To facilitate understanding, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements that are common to the figures. It is contemplated that elements and features of one implementation may be beneficially incorporated in other implementations without further recitation. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Implementations described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for polishing of substrates or wafers. More particularly, implementations described herein generally relate to a polishing article and a method of manufacturing and using a polishing article. Implementations of the disclosure may generally include advanced polishing articles for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) that include a polymeric sheet, wherein the advanced polishing article includes a textured polishing surface. In some implementations, the advanced polishing article is formed from a thin solid material that is pore free and thus has no significant amount of porosity or pore volume at the surface and/or within the thickness of the material. Implementations of the disclosure may also provide methods and systems for using these advanced polishing articles. 
     Certain details are set forth in the following description and in  FIGS. 1-9  to provide a thorough understanding of various implementations of the disclosure. Other details describing well-known structures and systems often associated with polishing processes and polishing article manufacturing are not set forth in the following disclosure to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the various implementations. Many of the details, dimensions, angles and other features shown in the Figures are merely illustrative of particular implementations. Accordingly, other implementations can have other details, components, dimensions, angles and features without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. In addition, further implementations of the disclosure can be practiced without several of the details described below. 
     It should be understood that although the polishing articles described herein are often referred to as polishing pads, the implementations describe herein are also applicable to other polishing articles including, for example, buffing pads. Further, although the polishing articles described herein are discussed in relation to a chemical mechanical polishing process, the polishing articles and methods of using the polishing articles described herein are also applicable to other polishing processes including polishing lenses and other processes including both abrasive and non-abrasive slurry systems. In addition, the polishing articles described herein may be used in at least the following industries: aerospace, ceramics, hard disk drive (HDD), MEMS and Nano-Tech, metalworking, optics and electro-optics, and semiconductor, among others. 
     According to one or more implementations of the present disclosure, an advanced polishing article has been developed, which does not require abrasive pad conditioning. In some implementations described herein, the advanced polishing article exhibits extended pad lifetime relative to conventional polishing articles due in part to minimal wear resulting from the polishing process and the lack of destructive erosion typically caused by abrasive pad conditioning. In some implementations of the present disclosure, the advanced polishing article comprises a polymeric sheet having a polishing surface with a raised surface texture or “micro-features” and/or a plurality of grooves or “macro-features” formed in the polishing surface. In some implementations, the raised surface texture is embossed, etched, machined or otherwise formed in the polishing surface prior to installing and using the advanced polishing article in a polishing system. In one implementation, the raised features have a height within one order of magnitude of the features removed from the substrate during polishing. For example, a raised feature of approximately 5 micrometers (μm) in height above the surface of the polishing article can be used to remove or planarize features on a substrate that are approximately 0.5 μm in height. Not to be bound by theory, but it is believed that the optimal size of the formed raised surface texture is related to maximizing the contact area and polishing slurry transfer between the polishing article and the wafer. For example, the smaller the lateral dimension of the raised surface texture the larger the contact area between the polishing article and the wafer that is being polished. The raised surface texture serves to “hold” the slurry to a degree on the surface of the polymeric sheet allowing the slurry to be dragged under the substrate during polishing. Not to be bound by theory but it is believed that a fine topography on the polishing article allows the slurry to cling to these formed raised surface texture features and remain in the valleys between the features after the retaining ring traverses across the polishing article surface. 
     Further, in some implementations, a raised surface texture pattern, such as an embossed pattern, that is formed on the surface of the polymeric sheet provides a surface texture (See  FIGS. 4E and 5B ) where substantially all of the tips of the raised features have a relatively uniform lateral spacing (e.g., feature span) and uniform peak height across the polishing article. The uniform nature of the lateral spacing and the relative peak height variation of the formed texture can result in relatively uniform mechanical loading of the tips of these formed features on the surface of the polishing article during polishing. Not to be bound by theory, but it is believed that the uniform loading provided by the uniform surface texture contributes to the slow rate of degradation/mechanical wearing of the non-porous polishing article surface and an improvement in the ability of the polishing article to maintain a consistent polishing rate over time. The formed surface texture or features described herein are unlike the random sized load bearing surface topography formed by conventional pad conditioning techniques that are required in conventional polishing processes. 
     In some implementations, the surface topography of the advanced polishing article described herein captures and delivers slurry to the interface between the advanced polishing article and substrate based primarily on the pattern of the formed raised surface texture (e.g., embossed texture). In some implementations, the raised surface texture includes a repeating series of features to enhance the slurry transport of the polishing article. In some implementations, the features are formed in a linear pattern across the length and width of the polishing article to create a consistent pattern. This contrasts with conventional polishing articles, which typically do not intentionally provide a raised surface texture and separately use radial patterns of grooves to provide variation in the polishing surface of a polishing article. In some implementations, the features are formed in a random pattern on a microscopic scale (e.g., regions of the polishing article smaller than the substrate size) but repeats on a larger macroscopic scale across the length and/or width of the formed polishing article. 
     In some implementations, the advanced polishing article includes a plurality of grooves formed in the polishing surface that allow for the transport and retention of slurry by the polishing article. In this configuration, the grooves formed in the polishing surface become local reservoirs for the polishing slurry, since the slurry is retained in the formed grooves. Not to be bound by theory, but it is believed that by controlling the pattern, shape and/or spacing of shallow grooves within the advanced polishing article will allow the boundary layer of polishing slurry to be equalized by allowing “excess slurry” to be routed into the grooves thereby allowing a more uniform boundary layer across the pad/substrate interface. While the advanced polishing article is under the substrate, the shallow groove depth allows the grooves to be substantially full of slurry during polishing. Thus, the shallow grooves of the advanced polishing article function as a reservoir that both distributes the slurry and accepts excess slurry. In some implementations, the shallow grooves of the advanced polishing article are designed to pass under the substrate thereby acting as a “free path” for slurry rather than trapping the slurry in small micro-reservoirs like the deeper grooves of conventional polishing pad. In contrast, the deep grooves in conventional polishing pads, which typically contain an array of deep concentric ring grooves, capture polishing slurry but due to their size and shape do not consistently supply slurry to the pad/wafer interface during polishing. Slurry captured in a deep groove will not interact with the pad or wafer at the interface between the two surfaces in the same way and/or the slurry is not supplied to the pad/wafer interface in the same way that a shallow groove provides slurry to the pad/wafer interface. Also, texture formed on a conventional polishing pad by destructive pad conditioning is not desirable because these texturized regions are formed in a non-uniform manner across the wafer, which leads to non-uniform and/or uncontrolled slurry transport. In addition, the act of pad conditioning would quickly erode the shallow groove away in the thin advanced polishing article described herein. For these reasons, where uniform slurry transport is desired, the combination of a micro-feature surface texture with shallow grooves without destructive pad conditioning as found in the advanced polishing article disclosed herein is desirable. 
     In addition, if a polishing pad has a pre-texture defined during the manufacturing process, and is then exposed to destructive pad conditioning, the texture created by destructive pad conditioning becomes the de facto texture during the polishing process. Thus, only by eliminating destructive pad conditioning can the pre-texture engineered into the polishing article during manufacturing become the texture that defines the long-term polishing condition during processing. 
     CMP Hardware Implementation Examples 
       FIG. 1  depicts a plan view of a polishing module  106  having an advanced polishing article  123  according to one or more implementations disclosed herein. The polishing module  106  may be a portion of a REFLEXION® Chemical Mechanical Polisher, such as the REFLEXION® WEBB™ system, the REFLEXION® LK CMP system, the REFLEXION® LK PRIME™ CMP system, all of which are manufactured by Applied Materials, Inc., located in Santa Clara, Calif. One or more of the implementations described herein may be used on these polishing systems. However, one skilled in the art may advantageously adapt implementations as taught and described herein to be employed on other types of polishing devices produced by other manufacturers that utilize polishing articles, and particularly polishing articles in a roll-to-roll or round polishing article format. The apparatus description described herein is illustrative and should not be construed or interpreted as limiting the scope of the implementations described herein. 
     The polishing module  106  generally comprises a loading robot  104 , a controller  108 , a transfer station  136 , a plurality of processing or polishing stations, such as platen assemblies  132 , a base  140  and a carousel  134  that supports a plurality of polishing or carrier heads  152  (only one is shown in  FIG. 1 ). Generally, the loading robot  104  is disposed proximate the polishing module  106  and a factory interface (not shown) to facilitate the transfer of substrates  122  therebetween. 
     The transfer station  136  generally includes a transfer robot  146 , an input buffer station  142 , an output buffer  144  and a load cup assembly  148 . The input buffer station  142  receives a substrate  122  from the loading robot  104 . The transfer robot  146  moves the substrate  122  from the input buffer station  142  to the load cup assembly  148  where the substrate  122  may be transferred to the carrier head  152 . 
     To facilitate control of the polishing module  106  as described above, the controller  108  comprises a central processing unit (CPU)  110 , support circuits  114  and memory  112 . The CPU  110 , or processor  110 , may be one of any form of computer processor that can be used in an industrial setting for controlling various polishers, drives, robots and sub-processors. The non-volatile memory  112  is coupled to the CPU  110 . The memory  112 , or computer-readable medium, may be one or more of readily available memory such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), floppy disk, hard disk, or any other form of digital storage, local or remote. The support circuits  114  are coupled to the CPU  110  for supporting the processor in a conventional manner. These circuits include cache, power supplies, clock circuits, input/output circuitry, subsystems, and the like. The controller  108  may include the central processing unit (CPU)  110  that is coupled to input/output (I/O) devices found in the support circuits  114  and the non-volatile memory  112 . The non-volatile memory  112  may include one or more software applications, such as a controlling software program. The memory  112  may also include stored media data that is used by the CPU  110  to perform one or more of the methods described herein. The CPU  110  may be a hardware unit or combination of hardware units capable of executing software applications and processing data. In some configurations, the CPU  110  includes a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and/or a combination of such units. The CPU  110  is generally configured to execute the one or more software applications and process the stored media data, which may be each included within the memory  112 . 
     Generally, the carousel  134  has a plurality of arms  150  that each support one of the carrier heads  152 . The carrier heads  152  are movable along the arm  150  via a track  107 . Two of the arms  150  depicted in  FIG. 1  are shown in phantom such that the transfer station and the advanced polishing article  123  disposed on or over one of the platen assemblies  132  may be seen. The carousel  134  is indexable such that the carrier heads  152  may be moved between the platen assemblies  132  and the transfer station  136 . In another implementation, the carousel  134  is replaced by a circular track and the carrier heads  152  and movable along the circular track. Typically, a chemical mechanical polishing process is performed at each platen assembly  132  by moving the substrate  122  retained in the carrier head  152  relative to the advanced polishing article  123  supported on the platen assembly  132 . 
     In some implementations, the advanced polishing article  123  may be positioned across the platen assembly  132 , and between a supply assembly  156  and a take-up assembly  158  so that a polishing process can be performed on surface of the advanced polishing article  123  on the platen assembly  132 . The supply assembly  156  and the take-up assembly  158  may provide an opposing bias to the advanced polishing article  123  in order to tighten and/or stretch an exposed portion of the advanced polishing article  123  disposed therebetween. In some implementations, the advanced polishing article  123  may generally have a flat or planar surface topology when stretched between the supply assembly  156  and the take-up assembly  158 . Additionally, the advanced polishing article  123  may be advanced across and/or be releasably fixed to the platen assembly  132  such that a new or unused area of the advanced polishing article  123  may be released from the supply assembly  156 . The advanced polishing article  123  may be releasably fixed by a vacuum pressure applied to a lower surface of the advanced polishing article  123 , mechanical clamps, or by other holding methods to the platen assembly  132 . 
     As will be discussed above and further below, a polishing article, such as the advanced polishing article  123  will include raised surface texture (e.g., embossed texture) formed on the polishing surface, such as the discrete extended elements, as, for example, illustrated in  FIGS. 4E and 5B . In some embodiments, the advanced polishing article  123  will additionally include macro-features (e.g., items  447  and  547  illustrated in  FIGS. 4A and 5A ) formed on the polishing surface of the advanced polishing article, which are discussed further below. As noted above and discussed further below, in one configuration, the body of the advanced polishing article  123 , such as pad body  430  ( FIG. 4 ), is formed from a solid non-porous polymeric material that includes a surface texture that is formed on at least one surface of the pad body. 
     The polishing process may utilize a slurry containing abrasive particles delivered to the polishing article&#39;s surface by fluid nozzles  154  to aid in polishing the substrate  122 . Alternatively, the fluid nozzles  154  may deliver de-ionized water (DIW) alone, or in combination with polishing chemicals. The fluid nozzles  154  may rotate in the direction shown to a position clear of the platen assemblies  132  as shown, to a position over each of the platen assemblies  132 . In one implementation, the fluid nozzles  154  track with the sweeping motion of the carrier head  152  so the slurry is deposited adjacent to the carrier head  152 . 
     In some implementations, the polishing module  106  further includes a corona discharge treatment module  160  for treating a surface of the advanced polishing article  123  to adjust its surface energy. In one implementation, the corona discharge treatment module treats the surface of the advanced polishing article  123  with ozone. In one implementation, the corona discharge treatment module uses atmospheric plasma that splits diatomic oxygen into negatively charged oxygen atoms, which bond with another oxygen molecule to produce ozone. Other suitable corona discharge techniques may be used to treat the surface of the advanced polishing article  123 . Not to be bound by theory but it is believed that the corona discharge treatment enhances the wettability of the surface of the advanced polishing article  123 . 
       FIG. 2  depicts a side view of the platen assembly  132  and an exemplary supply assembly  156  and a take-up assembly  158 , illustrating the position of the advanced polishing article  123  across a platen  230 . Generally, the supply assembly  156  includes the supply roll  254 , an upper guide member  204  and a lower guide member  205  that are disposed between a sidewall  203  of the platen assembly  132 . Generally, the take-up assembly  158  includes the take-up roll  252 , an upper guide member  214  and a lower guide member  216  that are all disposed between the sidewalls  203 . The take-up roll  252  generally contains a used portion of the advanced polishing article  123  and is configured to be easily replaced during a maintenance activity with an empty take-up roll once take-up roll  252  is filled with the used advanced polishing article  123 . The upper guide member  214  is positioned to lead the advanced polishing article  123  from the platen  230  to the lower guide member  216 . The lower guide member  216  leads the advanced polishing article  123  onto the take-up roll  252 . 
     The platen assembly  132  may also include an optical sensing device  220 , such as a laser, that is adapted to transmit and receive optical signals for detecting an endpoint to the polishing process performed on a substrate that is urged against the top surface of the advanced polishing article  123 . In some implementations, the optical sensing device  220  is configured to optically inspect a surface of a substrate through the thickness of the advanced polishing article  123 . In one configuration, an opening  220 A formed through the various advanced polishing article  123  supporting components (e.g., plate  236  and/or platen interface element  240 ) allows the optical sensing device  220  to optically inspect a substrate that is positioned on the top surface of the of the advanced polishing article  123 . In this configuration, the optical sensing device  220  projects radiation through the advanced polishing article  123  and receives at a detector (not shown) any radiation reflected from the surface of the substrate that passes back through the advanced polishing article  123 . In some implementations of the present disclosure, since the polymeric material of the advanced polishing article  123  is optically transparent within the desired wavelength range, optical monitoring of the surface of the substrate during polishing using the optical sensing device  220  is possible. 
     The supply roll  254  generally contains an unused portion of polishing article  123  and is configured so that it may easily be replaced with another supply roll  254  containing a new advanced polishing article  123  once the advanced polishing article  123  disposed on the supply roll  254  has been consumed by the polishing or planarizing process. In general, the total length of the advanced polishing article  123  includes an amount of material disposed on the supply roll  254 , an amount disposed on the take-up roll  252 , and an amount that extends between the supply roll  254  and the take-up roll  252 . The total length is typically larger than the size of the polished surface of multiple substrates  122  ( FIG. 1 ), and may be for example several meters to several tens of meters long. In general, the length of the advanced polishing article  123  is measured in a direction that is parallel to the polishing surface and the width of the advanced polishing article  123  is measured in a direction that is parallel to the polishing surface and is perpendicular to the length direction. In some embodiments, the width of the advanced polishing article  123  is between about 6 inches (150 millimeters (mm)) and about 50 inches (1,016 mm), such as between about 12 inches and about 40 inches. In one embodiment, the length of the advanced polishing article  123  is about 6.5 feet (1,981 mm) to about 100 feet (30,480 mm), such as between about 7 feet and about 100 feet. In another embodiment, the length of the advanced polishing article  123  is at least two times the width of the advanced polishing article  123 , or is at least 5 times the width, at least 10 times the width. 
     The advanced polishing article  123  is generally configured to controllably advance the advanced polishing article  123  in the X-direction across a platen interface assembly  226 . The advanced polishing article  123  is generally moved in relation to the platen  230  by balancing the forces between a motor  222  coupled to the supply assembly  156  and a motor  224  coupled to the take-up assembly  158 . Ratchet mechanisms and/or braking systems (not shown) may be coupled to one or both of the supply assembly  156  and the take-up assembly  158  to fix the lateral position of the advanced polishing article  123  relative to the platen interface assembly  226 . The platen  230  may be operably coupled to a rotary actuator  228  that rotates the platen assembly  132  about a central rotational axis  235  generally orthogonal to the lateral directions (X and/or Y directions). In some implementations, all of the elements shown in  FIG. 2  rotate about the rotational axis  235 . 
     A fluid management system  232  may be coupled between the rotary actuator  228  and the platen interface assembly  226 . The fluid management system  232  may be used to fix the position of the advanced polishing article  123  onto the platen  230 . The fluid management system  232  may include channels  234  formed in a plate  236  disposed below the platen interface assembly  226 . In one implementation, the platen interface assembly  226  may include a platen interface element  240  and a subplate  238 , each having openings  242  formed therethrough that are in fluid communication with the channels  234  and a fluid management system  232 . The fluid management system  232  is able to provide a gas to the channels  234  by use of a compressed gas or apply a vacuum to the channels  234  by use of a vacuum pump. 
     In some implementations, the subplate  238  may be positioned below the platen interface element  240 , as shown. The subplate  238  can include a material (e.g., metal, polymer, ceramic) that is more structurally and/or physically rigid than the platen interface element  240  so that the subplate  238  provides support for the platen interface element  240  and advanced polishing article  123  when a load is applied to a substrate disposed on the upper surface  221  of the advanced polishing article  123  during processing. The subplate  238  is configured to support and couple a surface of the platen interface element  240  to the platen  230 . 
     Generally, the hardness, thickness and durometer of the platen interface element  240  has desirable mechanical and material properties to produce a desirable polishing result on a substrate that is urged against the advanced polishing article  123 , platen interface element  240  and subplate  238  during processing. The platen interface element  240  generally maintains the upper surface  221  of the advanced polishing article  123  in a plane that is parallel to a plane (e.g. parallel to the X-Y plane) of a substrate (not shown) in order to promote global planarization of the substrate. As will be discussed further below, the platen interface element  240  includes one or more layers of material that are selected to promote desirable polishing results on the polished substrate. In one configuration, the platen interface element  240  is made of a polymeric material having a thickness from 1 mm to 2 mm, and hardness of about 50-65 Shore D. In some implementations, the platen interface element  240  is formed from a polymeric, elastomeric, woven fiber and/or plastic material. For example, the platen interface element  240  can be formed from one or more layers of material that may include, but is not limited to, polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polyamides (e.g., Nylon-66), polyurethane, or combinations thereof. In one implementation, the platen interface element  240  is formed from a woven fiber that includes polypropylene. In another implementation, the platen interface element  240  is formed from a material that has a desired porosity or pore volume throughout the thickness of the material, as measured in the Z-direction in  FIG. 2 . 
     In some alternate embodiments of the platen assembly  132  and advanced polishing article  123 , an integral interface layer  250  (shown in dashed lines) is formed on or bonded to a lower surface of the advanced polishing article  123 . The hardness, thickness and durometer of the integral interface layer  250  is selected so that it has desirable mechanical and material properties to produce a desirable polishing result on a substrate when used in combination with advanced polishing article  123 . In this configuration, the platen interface element  240  and subplate  238  need not be present or installed during processing, and thus the integral interface layer  250  is disposed on a rigid supporting plate (not shown) during processing. In some implementations, the integral interface layer  250  is made of a polymeric material having a thickness from 1 mm to 2 mm, and hardness of about 50-65 Shore D, and can be used in place of the platen interface element  240 . Exemplary polymeric materials for forming the integral interface layer  250  include but are not limited to polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polyamides (e.g., Nylon-66), polyurethane, or combinations thereof. 
     Alternately, in another configuration of the platen  230  and advanced polishing article  123 , the platen interface element  240  and the integral interface layer  250  of the advanced polishing article  123  can be used in combination during a polishing process. In one implementation, the platen interface element  240  and/or the integral interface layer  250  are each formed from woven fiber that includes polypropylene. In another implementation, the platen interface element  240  and/or the integral interface layer  250  are formed from a material that has desired porosity or pore volume throughout the thickness of the material, as measured in the Z-direction in  FIG. 2 . 
     The platen interface element  240  and/or the integral interface layer  250  may be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. Since most liquids do not compress well, it is typically preferable that the platen interface element  240  and/or the integral interface layer  250  be hydrophobic. However, if the platen interface element  240  and/or the integral interface layer  250  are hydrophilic, the platen interface element  240  and/or the integral interface layer  250  should be configured to absorb liquid in a uniform manner. 
     According to some implementations described herein, the advanced polishing article  123  is relatively thin and stiff, and the platen interface element  240  is utilized to provide the necessary mechanical compliance to improve and/or adjust the polishing performance of the advanced polishing article  123 , as will be discussed further below. In some implementations, the hardness (e.g., durometer) of the advanced polishing article  123  is greater than the platen interface element  240 . In some implementations, the platen interface element  240  increases the mechanical integrity of the advanced polishing article  123 . Additionally or alternatively, the hydrophobic or hydrophilic nature of the platen interface element  240  may retain and/or disperse slurry more uniformly. 
     In some implementations, the platen interface element  240  can have a variety of grooving formed across the surface that contacts the advanced polishing article  123 , including concentric grooves or an array of pillars having diameters of 30 micrometers to 200 micrometers with a varying pitch. In some configurations, the grooves are in communication with a vacuum source within the fluid management system  232  via the openings  242 , and thus may be used to help distribute the vacuum pressure applied to a lower surface of the advanced polishing article  123  during processing. In some configurations, the grooves are in communication with a positive pressure gas source disposed within the fluid management system  232  via the openings  242 , and thus may be used to help distribute the positive pressure gas to a lower surface of the advanced polishing article  123  before, during or after performing a polishing process. Delivering a positive pressure gas during a polishing process that is performed on a substrate can be used to help control polishing process results. 
     In another implementation, the platen interface element  240  includes a combination of two types of platen interface elements are used where a first platen interface is made of a polymeric material and has a thickness of 1-2 mm, a hardness less than 50 Shore D, and no grooving pattern. The polymeric material of the first platen interface element is different than the polymeric material of a second platen interface element. In some implementations, a single platen interface element may be used, or a combination of the first and second platen interface elements described above. The second platen interface may include a hardness of about 60 Shore A to about 30 Shore D and a thickness of 1-2 mm. This second platen interface element may be placed directly over the first platen interface element. As will discussed further below, in some embodiments, the advanced polishing article  123  can be subsequently disposed over and/or releasably adhered to the platen interface element. 
     Typically, conventional CMP polishing pads are made by molding, casting, extrusion, web coating, or sintering these materials. Conventional polishing pads maybe made one at a time or as a cake, which is subsequently sliced into individual pad substrates. These substrates may then be machined to a final thickness and grooves are further machined onto them. Typical polymer or polymer/fiber circular top pads have a thickness of about 0.050 inches to about 0.125 inches thick. Typical polymer or polymer/fiber circular pad stacks (e.g., combined top pad and bottom pad) have a thickness of about 0.1 inches to about 0.2 inches thick. 
     The conventional polymer based CMP polishing pads are typically adhered to a flat rotating circular table within a CMP machine using a PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive). Each of the layers found in a polishing pad, such as the polishing layer, intermediate adhesive bonding layer, sub-pad and pad-to-platen bonding adhesive layer typically found in a conventional pad, will have an effect on the polishing characteristics of a polishing pad used to polish a desired material disposed on a surface of a substrate. During processing a substrate is placed in contact with a conventional pad using a down-force of about 1 psi to about 6 psi in the presence of a chemically and mechanically active slurry, which results in removal of the film from the substrate. Conventional polishing pads are typically used in conjunction with pad conditioning to stabilize the film removal rate. When the pad surface has been abraded or loaded with polishing byproducts to an extent that can no longer sustain desirable and/or stable polishing performance, the pad must be removed and replaced with another new pad and the machine must be re-qualified for production. The pad material and the type of pad conditioning required to achieve a desired polishing performance are key to the availability of the polisher for use in the device fabrication factory. A short pad lifetime and frequent pad replacement reduces the availability of the polishing tool and also increases the cost of ownership of the polishing tool. As mentioned above, conventional CMP polishing pads need periodic conditioning to maintain acceptable removal rates, and conditioning may produce undesirable debris and/or shorten the lifetime of the pad. The debris is known to contribute to higher defect levels including micro-scratches. Additionally, in order to achieve the desired strength and improve other polishing related properties, conventional pads are relatively mechanically stiff (e.g., bending stiffness) and have a thick cross-section. This stiffness and thickness of conventional polishing pads does not make conventional polishing pads suitable for roll-to-roll applications. One or more of these drawbacks increases downtime and/or yield, which increases cost of ownership. 
     However, the advanced polishing article  123  as described herein is generally thinner than conventional CMP polishing pads while maintaining desirable polishing characteristics and material properties (e.g., wettability, strength) and does not require pad conditioning. In contrast to conventional polishing pad materials, the advanced polishing article  123  may not need conditioning beyond water rinsing with a water jet or water flow, and/or use of a soft brush in order to remove polishing byproducts. Thus, no destructive pad conditioning, as seen with diamond disks that are used with conventional polishing pads, is needed. 
     The polishing article  123  as described herein includes a thickness that is generally less than a conventional CMP polishing pad, which allows a longer length of the polishing article material to be disposed on the same sized supply roll. The polishing article&#39;s thickness is generally measured in a direction that is parallel to the direction that the force is applied to the polishing article  123  by the substrate when it is being polished. In some implementations, the polishing article  123  has a thickness (e.g., 0.001 to 0.025 inches (0.0254 mm to 0.635 mm), or 0.010 to 0.020 inches (0.254 mm to 0.508 mm), or 0.010 to 0.018 inches (0.254 mm to 0.460 mm)) that is less than the thickness (e.g., 0.050 to 0.125 inches) of just the polishing layer (e.g., upper pad) of a conventional polishing pad (e.g., Dow® IC1010™ pad). In some implementations, the polishing article  123  has a thickness that is five to ten times thinner than the thickness of the polishing layer (e.g., upper pad) of a conventional polishing pad (e.g., Dow® IC1010™ pad). In some configurations, the polishing article  123  is formed from a non-porous polymeric material, as will be discussed further below. A supply roll that has a longer useable length disposed thereon will extend the number of substrates that can be polished within a polishing tool over an extended period of time, since the overhead time required to replace and qualify a new length of a supply roll material each time the supply roll runs out of useable material is minimized. Additionally, the polishing article  123  as described herein includes sufficient mechanical integrity, is chemically resistive to the polishing chemicals (i.e., able to survive the aggressive slurry chemistries used in CMP polishing without degrading, delaminating, blistering or warping), and may be sufficiently hydrophilic such that aqueous-based abrasive containing slurry adequately wets the surface of the polishing article. In some implementations, the polishing article  123  may display a water on polishing article surface dynamic contact angle of about 10 degrees, such as between about 10 degrees to about 90 degrees, or between about 10 degrees to about 30 degrees, or between about 30 degrees to about 70 degrees, or between about 70 degrees to about 90 degrees. The polishing article  123  as described herein possesses a high strength to resist tearing during polishing, acceptable levels of hardness and modulus (depending on material being polished) for planarity, good abrasion resistance to prevent excessive polishing article wear during polishing, and retain mechanical properties when wet. 
     The advanced polishing article  123  as described herein may alleviate the need to condition the polishing article and thus maximize polisher availability and polisher performance. For example, the advanced polishing article  123  may be incrementally advanced a distance smaller than the size (e.g., diameter) of the substrate to present a portion of fresh polishing material in lieu of the need to perform abrasive conditioning. The incremental advancement of the advanced polishing article  123  may be performed before, during or after a substrate is polished thereon by use of one or more actuators coupled to the take-up roll  252  or supply roll  254  ( FIG. 2 ). In one implementation, the advanced polishing article is incrementally advanced from about 0.1 millimeters per wafer to about 10 millimeters per wafer (e.g., 1 millimeter per wafer to about 5 millimeters per wafer). 
       FIG. 3A  is a schematic sectional view of another exemplary polishing station  300 , which may be used with the module  106  of  FIG. 1 , having an advanced polishing article  323  formed according to the implementations described herein. The polishing station  300  may be positioned within a larger chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system that contains multiple polishing stations, such as module  106 . The polishing station  300  includes a platen  302 . The platen  302  may rotate about a central axis  304 . The advanced polishing article  323  may be placed on the platen  302 . While not intending to limit the disclosure provided herein, typically, the advanced polishing article  323  covers an upper surface  303  of the platen  302  which is at least one to two times larger than the size of the substrate  122  (e.g., substrate diameter) that is to be processed in the polishing station  300 . In one example, the advanced polishing article  323  and platen  302  are between about 6 inches (150 millimeters) and about 50 inches (1,016 millimeters) in diameter, such as between about 12 inches and about 40 inches. In another example, the advanced polishing article  323  and platen  302  are between about 20 inches (508 millimeters) and about 30 inches (762 millimeters) in diameter. In yet another example, the advanced polishing article  323  and platen  302  are between about 23 inches (584 millimeters) and about 26 inches (660 millimeters) in diameter. The advanced polishing article  323  includes a polishing surface  312  configured to contact and process one or more substrates  122 . In one implementation, the polishing surface  312  has a raised surface texture, grooves formed in the surface, or both a raised surface texture and grooves as described herein, for example, in  FIG. 4A-4C  and  FIG. 5A . 
     The platen  302  supports the advanced polishing article  323  and rotates the advanced polishing article  323  during polishing. A carrier head  308  may hold the substrate  122  being processed against the polishing surface  312  of the advanced polishing article  323 . A polishing interface  330  is formed between the polishing surface  312  and the substrate  122 . The carrier head  308  typically includes a flexible diaphragm  311  that is used to urge the substrate  122  against the advanced polishing article  323  and a retaining ring  309 . The flexible diaphragm  311  may be used to correct for any inherently non-uniform pressure distribution found across the substrate&#39;s surface during the polishing process. During processing, a substrate is placed in contact with an advanced polishing article  323  using a down-force of between about 0.5 psi to about 8 psi in the presence of a slurry, such as a down-force of between about 2 psi to about 6 psi. The carrier head  308  may rotate about a central axis  314  and/or move in a sweeping motion to generate relative motions between the substrate  122  and the advanced polishing article  323 . 
     During polishing, a polishing fluid  316 , such as an abrasive slurry or non-abrasive slurry, may be supplied to the polishing surface  312  by a delivery arm  318 . The polishing fluid  316  may contain abrasive particles, a pH adjuster and/or chemically active components to enable chemical mechanical polishing of the substrate. The slurry chemistry of  316  is designed to polish substrate surfaces and/or features that may include metals, metal oxides, and semimetal oxides. One will note that the surface topography of the advanced polishing article  323  is used to control the transport of the polishing fluid  316  (e.g., slurry) which interacts with the substrate  122  during the polishing process. For example, the surface topology of the advanced polishing article  323  may include raised surface texture (e.g., embossing) and optionally macro-features (e.g., macro-grooves, holes, channels or other protuberances), which may be disposed over, upon and within the advanced polishing article  323 . 
     During processing, the advanced polishing article  323  and the carrier head  308  apply mechanical energy to the substrate  122 , which in combination with the chemicals and abrasive components in the polishing fluid  316  cause the surface of the substrate  122  to become planarized. 
       FIG. 3B  is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of the carrier head  308  and an advanced polishing article  123 ,  323 . For clarity, the flexible diaphragm  311  and upper part of the carrier head  308  have been left out of  FIG. 3B . During operation the flexible diaphragm  311  ( FIG. 3A ) is positioned to urge the substrate  122  against the advanced polishing article  123 ,  323 , and a carrier head actuator (not shown) that is coupled to a mounting portion (not shown) of the carrier head  308  is configured to separately urge the carrier head  308  and the retaining ring  309  against the surface of the polishing article. As shown in  FIG. 3B , the flexible diaphragm (not shown) is configured to apply a pressure to the backside of the substrate  122 , which is illustrated by the applied force F 2 , and the carrier head actuator is configured to apply a force F 1  to the retaining ring  309 . In a conventional configuration, a substrate  122  is positioned within the carrier head  308  and over a portion of a conventional polishing article, which is positioned in place of the advanced polishing article  123 ,  323 , during a polishing process. It has been found that CMP processes that use conventional polishing articles versus the advanced polishing article design disclosed herein provide significantly different substrate polishing process results if the same polishing process parameters are used during processing. The differing polishing results, which are caused by differences in the mechanical properties of the conventional polishing pad versus the advanced polishing article  123 ,  323 ,  400 ,  500 ,  600   a ,  600   b ,  600   c ,  600   d ,  600   e ,  600   f &#39;s structure disclosed herein, can be used to solve some of the common problems plaguing conventional CMP processes, such as global planarization, planarization efficiency and dishing. In one example, the loading applied to a substrate  122  during polishing provides different edge effect results on the substrate  122  when a conventional polishing pad is used versus one or more of the implementations of the polishing article disclosed herein. In most CMP processes, to compensate for the edge effect during polishing, a force F 1  is applied to the retaining ring  309  to compensate for a larger inherent polishing non-uniformity commonly found at the edge of the substrate  122 . As illustrated in  FIG. 3B , in configurations where the polishing article includes a much thicker and/or compliant polishing article, a pad rebound or local pressure concentration ridge  307 A is formed when the force F 1  is applied by the retaining ring  309  to the thicker polishing articles, such as conventional polishing pad stacked (e.g., hard pad and platen interface stack) and single layer designs. The formation of the local pressure concentration ridge  307 A is generally related to the deformation  307 B of the polishing article due to the applied force F 1 , which causes the edge of the substrate to polish faster than the center of the substrate. The higher polishing rate at the edge of the substrate leads to a “global” CMP planarization non-uniformity (e.g., across the substrate non-uniformity). However, due to the thin nature of one or more of the implementations of a polishing article described herein, such as advanced polishing article  123 ,  323 , is not able to form a significant local pressure concentration ridge  307 A due to the decreased allowable deformation of the advanced polishing article  123 ,  323  due to its differing composite mechanical structure and performance of the advanced polishing article  123 ,  323  versus a conventional polishing article. 
       FIG. 4A  is an enlarged schematic side view of one implementation of an advanced polishing article  400  having a raised surface texture formed on a pad body  430 , according to one or more implementations described herein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  400  may form part of or be used as a substitute for either the advanced polishing article  123  or the advanced polishing article  323 . The advanced polishing article  400  includes a top pad  410  having a pad body  430  that is disposed over a platen interface assembly  420  that is positioned below the top pad  410 . The top pad  410  has a textured polishing surface  412  and the opposing bottom surface  414  that define at least part of the pad body  430 . The platen interface assembly  420  may form at least part of or be used as a substitute for the platen interface element  240  described above. The platen interface assembly  420  is typically coupled to the surface of a platen assembly (e.g., platen  230  or platen  302 ) through the subplate  238 . In one configuration of the platen assembly  132 , the top pad  410  is free to slide relative to the platen interface assembly  420  in one or more directions disposed within the X-Y plane. 
     In one implementation, the platen interface assembly  420  includes at least one of a first platen interface  450 , a second platen interface  460 , and a third platen interface  470  that is coupled to supporting elements within the platen assembly, such as plate  236  in  FIG. 2 , platen  302  in  FIG. 3  or platen support assembly  755  in  FIGS. 7B-7C . As depicted in  FIG. 4A , the platen interface assembly  420  is a multi-layer platen interface stack or “sandwich” stack. It should be understood that although depicted as a three layer platen interface stack, any number of platen interface layers, which achieve a desired compressibility and polishing properties, may be used. In one implementation, the platen interface assembly  420  includes at least one of a first platen interface  450 , a second platen interface  460 , and a third platen interface  470 . In configurations where multiple platen interface layers are used, the platen interfaces may be adhered together to form a single platen interface assembly by any suitable attachment methods (e.g., laminating, thermal bonding, gluing, double-sided tape, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc.). 
     The first platen interface  450  includes a first surface  452  and an opposing second surface  454  that define a platen interface body  456 . In one implementation, the first surface  452  of the first platen interface has a plurality of grooves (e.g., see item(s)  242  in  FIG. 2 ) formed in the first surface  452 . In another implementation, the first surface  452  of the first platen interface  450  has no grooving pattern. In one implementation, the first surface  452  is a microtextured surface. In one implementation, the microtexture is similar to the microtexture formed on the textured polishing surface  412 . 
     In some implementations, such as non-roll-to-roll configurations, the top pad  410  is adhered to the platen interface assembly  420 . In this configuration, the first surface  452  of the first platen interface  450  is fixedly attached to the bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410 . The first surface  452  of the first platen interface  450  may be adhered to the bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410  by any suitable attachment methods (e.g., laminating, thermal bonding, gluing, double-sided tape, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc.). 
     The platen interface body  456  of the first platen interface  450  is typically made of a polymeric material. In one implementation, the platen interface body  456  is a polypropylene sheet. The platen interface body  456  can have a thickness (Z-direction) of about 0.001 inches to about 0.030 inches (e.g., between about 0.005 inches and about 0.025 inches, between about 0.010 inches and about 0.025 inches, or between about 0.010 inches and about 0.020 inches). The platen interface body  456  can be formed from a material that has a hardness of about 50-65 Shore D. In one implementation, the platen interface body  456  of the first platen interface  450  includes a fibrous containing mat material that is composed of a polymeric material, such as a spun and/or molded polypropylene fiber mat material. 
     In one implementation, the platen interface assembly  420  optionally includes the second platen interface  460  that includes a first surface  462  and an opposing second surface  464  that define a platen interface body  466 . In this case, the first surface  462  is adhered to the second surface  454  of the first platen interface  450 . In one implementation, the platen interface body  466  of the second platen interface  460  is a fibrous mat material that is composed of a polymeric material. In one implementation, the platen interface body  466  is a spun and/or molded polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), or polyester fiber mat. In one implementation, the platen interface body  466  may have density, or basis weight, of between about 2 and about 8 ounces per square yard (OSY), such as a basis weight of between about 3.0 and about 4.0 OSY. In one implementation, the second platen interface  460  has a thickness (Z-direction) of about 0.005 inches to about 0.050 inches (e.g., between about 0.010 inches and about 0.040 inches, or between about 0.010 inches and about 0.030 inches). The second platen interface  460  generally has different physical and/or mechanical properties than the first platen interface  450 . In one example, the platen interface body  456  includes a first platen interface body that comprises a polymer sheet and a second platen interface body that comprises a fiber mat. In one example, the platen interface body  456  includes a polypropylene sheet and the platen interface body  466  includes a spun and/or molded polypropylene fiber mat. 
     In another implementation, the platen interface assembly  420  optionally includes the third platen interface  470 . The third platen interface includes a first surface  472  and an opposing second surface  474  that define a platen interface body  476 . In one implementation, the first surface  472  is adhered to the second surface  464  of the second platen interface  460 . The second surface  474  of the third platen interface  470  may be adhered to a platen or plate assembly. The platen interface body  476  of the third platen interface  470  is typically made of a polymeric material. In one implementation, the platen interface body  476  is a polypropylene sheet. In one implementation, the platen interface body  476  has a thickness (Z-direction) of about 0.005 inches to about 0.050 inches (e.g., between about 0.010 inches and about 0.040 inches, or between about 0.020 inches and about 0.030 inches). In one implementation, the first platen interface  450  and third platen interface  470  comprise the same polymeric material. The platen interface body  476  can be formed from a material that has a hardness of about 50-65 Shore D. In some implementations, the first platen interface  450  and the third platen interface  470  help keep the second platen interface  460  dry by sealing the second platen interface  460  away from water and polishing slurry. In one implementation, the first platen interface  450  and the third platen interface  470  are made of polypropylene that has a thickness of about 0.005 inches to about 0.040 inches and the second platen interface  460  is made of a spun polypropylene fiber mat having a basis weight of between 2.5 and 4.0 OSY and a thickness of about 0.010 inches to about 0.040 inches to provide desirable static and dynamic mechanical properties to a substrate that is being polished on the advance polishing pad. 
     In another implementation, the platen interface assembly  420  is a combination of a plurality of platen interfaces, wherein each platen interface has a different hardness than the other platen interfaces. In another implementation, the platen interface assembly  420  is a combination of a plurality of platen interfaces, wherein two or more of the platen interfaces in the plurality of platen interfaces have different mechanical properties (e.g., hardness, storage modulus E′, loss modulus E″, tan δ) than the other platen interfaces within the platen interface assembly  420 . In one implementation, the first platen interface has a hardness less than 50 Shore D and the second platen interface has a hardness of greater than 50-65 Shore D. In one implementation, the platen interface is made of a first polymeric material that has a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm (e.g., 1-2 mm), and a second platen interface is made of a second polymeric material that has a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm (e.g., 1-2 mm). In some implementations, a single platen interface may be used, or a combination of the first platen interface and the second platen interface, and may include a hardness of about 60 Shore A to about 30 Shore D. 
     In some configurations, as illustrated in  FIGS. 4B and 4C , the upper surface of the platen interface assembly  420  is releasably adhered to a bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410  by a releasable attachment layer, or also referred to herein as the releasable bonding layer  455 . In this configuration, the platen interface assembly  420  is fixedly attached, bonded (e.g., adhesively bonded) or adhered to the surface of the platen assembly components (e.g., plate  236  and/or platen  230 ) disposed below the platen interface assembly  420  through the subplate  238 . As illustrated in  FIG. 4B , the top pad  410  is supported by a platen interface assembly  420  that includes the releasable bonding layer  455  that is in contact with the bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410 , while a substrate  499  is being polished on the top surface (i.e., textured polishing surface  412 ) of the top pad  410 , and the top surface of the platen interface body  456 . The releasable bonding layer  455  is used to mechanically support and laterally retain the top pad  410  in a desired position on the platen interface assembly  420  during a polishing process. In some roll-to-roll implementations ( FIGS. 2 and 7B-7C ), where the advanced polishing article  400  is used in a web polishing system, the bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410  is configured to be separable from a top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  to allow the top pad  410  to be indexed relative to the platen interface assembly  420  in a direction A, as illustrated in  FIG. 4C . As will be discussed further below, in some embodiments, the top pad  410  can be separated from the platen interface assembly  420  by use of gas provided to the interface of the top pad  410  from the platen interface assembly  420  and/or by use of an actuator  771  ( FIG. 7B-7C ) that is able to overcome a “releasable bonding” force (e.g., weak adhesive forces, molecular adhesion type of forces, etc.) formed between the bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410  and the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  due to the surface properties (e.g., surface energy) of the top surface  455 A. Once the top pad  410  is separated from the top surface of the releasable bonding layer  455  and the top pad  410  has been indexed a distance relative to the platen interface assembly  420 , the top pad  410  and the platen interface assembly  420  can then be brought back into contact so that the surface properties of the releasable bonding layer  455  can be used to hold and support the top pad  410  during a subsequent polishing operation. During the indexing process, a gap  425  is formed between the top pad  410  and the platen interface assembly  420  to allow the top pad  410  to move freely relative to the platen interface assembly  420 . 
     In one embodiment, as illustrated in  FIG. 4D , the releasable bonding layer  455  includes an interface layer  457 A, which includes the top surface  455 A, and an adhesive layer  457 B, which adhesively bonds the interface layer  457 A to the platen interface body  456 . In this configuration, the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer  457 B to a surface of the interface layer  457 A and the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer  457 B to platen interface body  456  are both significantly higher than any releasable bond formed between the top surface  455 A of the interface layer  457 A and the bottom surface  414  of the top pad  410 . In some embodiments, the adhesive layer  457 B includes a pressure sensitive adhesive material, such as an acrylate polymer, rubber polymer, and/or synthetic thermoplastic elastomer. The significantly higher adhesive strength formed between the surfaces of the adhesive layer  457 B and platen interface body  456  and the interface layer  457 A are used to assure that the polishing process is consistent for all substrates that are processed in the polishing system. In this case, it is desirable for the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer  457 B to the platen interface body  456  and the interface layer  457 A to be greater than the releasable bond formed between the top pad  410  and the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455 , such as by about two times, about five times, or even greater than about 10 times. The higher adhesive bond strength between the releasable bonding layer  455  to the underlying platen interface body  456  will prevent portions of the releasable bonding layer  455  (e.g., adhesive layer  457 B and/or interface layer  457 A) from preferably attaching to the top pad  410 , and also detaching from the platen interface body  456 , when the releasable bonding layer  455  and top pad  410  are separated from each other during the process of indexing the top pad  410 . If portions of the releasable bonding layer  455  remain attached to the top pad  410  and other portions remain attached to the platen interface body  456 , during one or more polishing processes and subsequent indexing steps, wafer-to-wafer processing results issues can arise due to a variation in the stack-up of layers in various localized regions of the platen interface assembly  420  as the portions of the releasable bonding layer  455  attached to the top pad  410  are incrementally indexed across the platen interface assembly  420 . It has been found that the stack-up and/or variations in stack-up of the top pad  410  and the platen interface assembly  420  can have a substantial effect on the polishing process results (e.g., within wafer and wafer-to-wafer) and pad properties due to the thin nature of the top pad  410  of an advanced polishing article. 
     The preferential attachment of the releasable bonding layer  455  to the underlying platen interface body  456  versus to the surface  414  of the top pad  410  can also be controlled by the selection of the proper materials used to form both the platen interface body  456  and the top pad  410 , adjusting the surface properties of the surface  414  of the top pad  410  and the surface properties of the first surface  452  of the platen interface body  456 , and/or adjusting the properties of the surface of releasable bonding layer  455  that interfaces with the surface  414  of the top pad  410  and the first surface  452  of the platen interface body  456 . The surface properties of the surface  414  of the top pad  410  and the first surface  452  of the platen interface body  456  can be adjusted by use of a chemical or mechanical treatment that adjusts the surface energy or physical topography of the desired surfaces. 
     In some configurations, to assure that the releasable bonding layer  455  is separable from the surface  414  of the top pad  410  and yet also able to retain the top pad  410  in position during polishing, the releasable bonding layer  455  is configured to form an adhesive bond strength at the interface between the surface  414  of the top pad  410  and the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  that is equivalent to a bond strength of less than about 25 ounces per lateral inch when measured using an industry standard PSTC-1 testing method, such as a bond strength of between about 1 ounce/inch and 25 ounce/inches, or even a bond strength of between about 1 ounce/inch and 20 ounce/inches. In an effort to control the bond strength formed between the surface  414  of the top pad  410  and the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455 , the surface properties of the top pad material at the surface  414  can be adjusted to achieve a desired bond strength. In one configuration, the surface roughness of surface  414  of the top pad  410  is controlled to achieve a desired bond strength between the surface  414  and the releasable bonding layer  455 . In one configuration, surface  414  is purposely altered to achieve an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of between about 2 micro-inches and about 250 μ-in, such as an Sa surface roughness of from about 8 to about 200 μ-in, a surface roughness from about 85 to about 200 μ-in, or even a surface roughness from about 100 to about 180 μ-in, to achieve a desired bond strength. It has generally been found that the rougher the surface the lower the generated bond strength will tend to be between a surface of a solid PSA layer material and its mating contact surface (i.e., surface  414 ). 
     In some alternate embodiments of the platen interface assembly  420 , the interface layer  457 A is directly bonded to the material used to form platen interface body  456  by molecular scale mixing, chain entanglement and/or chemical bonding created at the interface of the interface layer  457 A and platen interface body  456  during a process used to directly attach the interface layer  457 A to the surface of the platen interface body  456 . In some embodiments, the materials used to form the interface layer  457 A and the platen interface body  456  are selected so that they are compatible with each other or have a similar monomer or polymer structure so that molecular scale mixing, chain entanglement and/or chemical bonding can occur between the materials used to form the interface layer  457 A and the platen interface body  456 . 
     In some implementations of the platen interface assembly  420 , the interface layer  457 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  includes a solid layer that may comprise a material such as silicone-based material, a natural rubber or a synthetic rubber. In one embodiment, the interface layer  457 A includes a material selected from styrene butadiene (SBR), polyacrylics, polyvinyl acetate (PVA), or silicone. In one example, the interface layer  457 A includes a silicone-based material that has a durometer of between 20-50 on the Shore A scale, such as a silicone material that has durometer of 40-50 on the Shore A scale. However, other suitable materials may be used in place of silicone to releasably couple the top surface  455 A of platen interface assembly  420  with the top pad  410 . It has been found that the hardness of the releasable bonding layer  455  can have a significant effect on the polishing process uniformity and global planarization due to its effect on the compressive static and dynamic mechanical properties of the stack-up of the top pad  410  and optional platen interface assembly  420 . In some configurations, the releasable bonding layer  455  has a thickness that is less than or equal to the thickness of the top pad  410  so that the mechanical properties of the releasable bonding layer  455  will not dominate the properties of the top pad  410 , releasable bonding layer  455  and other platen interface assembly  420  components stack-up. In one implementation, the releasable bonding layer  455  has a thickness that is less than or equal to 0.030 inches, such as less than or equal to about 0.010 inches. In some configurations, it is desirable for the releasable bonding layer  455  to have a thickness that is less than or equal to about 0.010 inches but is thick enough to completely cover the first surface  452  of the platen interface body  456  to assure that the polishing properties across the surface of the top pad  410  and platen interface assembly  420  stack-up is uniform. 
     It has been found that when a desirably configured advanced polishing article assembly, which includes a top pad  410 , platen interface assembly  420  and releasable bonding layer  455 , are placed in compression during polishing (e.g., forces F 1  and F 2  in  FIGS. 3B and 4B ), the surface properties (i.e., top surface  455 A) of the releasable bonding layer  455  can be selected so as to generate a significant static friction force F s  (See  FIG. 4B  (e.g., non-dynamic friction force)) which will prevent lateral movement or slip between the top pad  410  and platen interface assembly  420  during a polishing process. The static friction force F s =μ s ·N, where μ s  is the static coefficient of friction and N is the normal force applied to the surfaces at which the friction force is being generated. It has also been found that by forming a large enough static friction force F s  (i.e., reaction force F s  (i.e., lower friction force F s  in  FIG. 4B )) between the top pad  410  and the platen interface assembly  420  local ridges or creases can be prevented from being formed in the thin top pad  410  due to a generated shear stress formed at the polishing surface of the top pad  410  due to the friction forces (i.e., upper friction force F s  in  FIG. 4B ) created between the surface of the substrate and retaining ring and the top surface of the top pad  410  during a polishing process. The support supplied to the top pad  410  by the generated static friction force formed at the interface of the top pad  410  and the platen interface assembly  420  is an important factor in preventing damage to the polymer material(s) used to form the polishing surface  412  and pad body  430  of the top pad  410  due to the generated shear stress created by the movement of substrate and retaining ring against the top surface of the top pad  410  during a polishing process. Damage to the polymer materials can include yielding that can cause tearing or stretching of the material used to form the discrete extended elements  440  and pad body  430 . 
     In some embodiments, it is desirable to select the material and surface properties of the top pad  410  at the surface  414  and the material and surface properties of the interface layer  457 A at the top surface  455 A so that a static friction coefficient (μs) value of between about 1.51 and about 1.65 is achieved by these materials when measured per the ASTM 1894-14 standard. However, it is generally desirable for the measured static friction coefficient to be greater than about 1.51, such greater than 1.58 or even greater than 1.65. The roughness of the surface  414  used to achieve these measured static coefficients of friction had an arithmetical mean height (Sa) value of about 200 micro-inches (μ-in). The top pad  410  used to perform the static friction coefficient measurements included a 0.010 inch thick polypropylene sheet of material that was at a temperature of about 20° C. when measured. Therefore, in one example, it is desirable to select the material and surface properties of the top pad  410  at the surface  414  and the material and surface properties of the interface layer  457 A at the top surface  455 A so that a static friction force of between about 2.9 Newtons (N) and about 3.2 N be achieved when measured using a 200 gram (g) load as per the ASTM 1894-14 measurement standard. Varying the roughness of the surface  414  that is placed in contact with the top surface  455 A of the interface layer  457 A will cause the measured coefficients of friction and measured frictional forces to vary. For example, it is believed that smoother surface finish on the surface  414  will cause the measured coefficients of friction and measured frictional forces to increase, likely due to the increase in contact area between the mating surfaces. However, it is believed that the methodology provided herein provides a method of quantifying whether the surface energy of the top surface  455 A of the interface layer  457 A and/or coefficient of friction created by use of the interface layer  457 A is large enough to prevent sliding at the mating surfaces due to the frictional forces created or applied to the polishing surface  412  by the retaining ring and substrate during a normal polishing process. In other words, the frictional forces generated by the retaining ring and substrate during a normal polishing process will be less than the static friction forces that would be generated under the same load. 
     In one configuration, the surface roughness of surface  414  of the top pad  410  and/or the surface roughness of the surface  456 A ( FIG. 4B ) of the platen interface body  456  are controlled to achieve a large enough static friction force F s  between the surface  414  and the releasable bonding layer  455  to prevent lateral sliding movement between the surface  414  and the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455 . The static friction force can be enhanced by controlling (e.g., increasing) the adhesive strength of the releasable bond formed between the surface of the top pad  410  and the releasable bonding layer  455 . In one configuration, surface  456 A is purposely altered to achieve an arithmetical mean height (Sa) surface roughness of between about 32 micro-inches and about 1000 μ-in, such as an arithmetical mean height (Sa) from about 64 to about 500 μ-in, an Sa surface roughness of from about 125 to about 500 μ-in or even a Sa surface roughness from about 250 μ-in to about 500 μ-in, to achieve a large enough static friction force between the surface  414  and the releasable bonding layer  455 . In this configuration, the large roughness formed on the surface  456 A can be used to control the contact area of the releasable bonding layer  455  and the surface  414  due to the non-smooth topography of the releasable bonding layer  455  due to formed roughness on the surface  456 A, or protrusion of a portion of the roughness peaks through the releasable bonding layer  455 . 
     It has been found that vacuum forces generated by applying a vacuum pressure to the backside of the top pad is not completely effective in preventing the formation of local ridges or creases in the top pad  410  due to the lateral deformation in the X and/or Y directions of the top pad  410  due to the generated friction forces (i.e., upper friction force F s  in  FIG. 4B ) created during a polishing process. The unwanted lateral deformation of the top pad  410  during a substrate polishing process can cause damage to the textured polishing surface  412  of the top pad  410  and generate particles at the top pad  410 /substrate interface and generate scratches on the surface of the substrate that is being polished. The vacuum generated force created by the fluid management system  232  will also cause the components within the platen interface assembly  420  to compress due to the vacuum generated load, and thus limit their effectiveness in the stack of supporting elements during polishing. The compressed state of the platen interface assembly  420  due to the vacuum generated load can affect the static and dynamic properties of the platen interface assembly  420  due its preloaded state. 
     While the discussion provided herein generally describes the releasable bonding layer  455  as being preferentially bonded to the platen interface body  456  and thus releasably attached to a lower surface of the top pad  410 , this configuration is not intended to be limiting as to the scope of the disclosure provided herein since the releasable bonding layer  455  could alternately be bonded to the lower surface of the top pad  410  so that the releasable bonding layer  455  can alternately be releasably attached to the first surface  452  of the platen interface assembly  420  without limiting the scope of the disclosure provided herein. However, this alternate configuration of the advanced polishing article  123  can have a few drawbacks when it is used in a roll-to-roll configuration. For example, the exposed surface of the releasable bonding layer  455  will be exposed to the polishing environment prior to and after being placed in contact with the platen interface assembly  420  due to the unprotected length of the top pad  410  that extends between the supply and take-up rolls  254  and  252 . 
     Advanced Polish Article Configuration Examples 
     Referring back to  FIGS. 4A-4C , the advanced polishing article  400  includes a top pad  410  having a pad body  430  that is disposed over a platen interface assembly  420  during polishing. The top pad  410  has a textured polishing surface  412  and an opposing bottom surface  414  that define the pad body  430 .  FIG. 4E  is an enlarged schematic side view of a region of the textured polishing surface  412  of the advanced polishing article  400  that is illustrated in  FIG. 4A . The textured polishing surface  412  includes a plurality of micro-features or discrete extended elements  440  extending from the textured polishing surface  412  of the advanced polishing article  400 . In one implementation, the textured polishing surface  412  is formed by embossing, machining, additive manufacturing techniques, etching or other methods of forming a raised surface texture on a surface of the top pad  410 . In one implementation, the discrete extended elements  440  of the textured polishing surface  412  have an average height “h” from about 1 micron to about 50 microns (e.g., from about 5 microns to about 30 microns, from about 10 microns to about 20 microns, or from about 5 microns to about 10 microns). In some implementations, the texture formed by the raised surface texture has a uniform height across a plane that is parallel to the polishing surface of the top pad  410 . A uniform height of discrete extended elements  440  can be defined as substantially all of the discrete extended elements  440  falling within ±20% of an average reduced peak height (Spk), which is discussed further below. In one example, uniform discrete element heights will require substantially all of the discrete extended elements  440  to fall within a range of ±1.2 μm for a reduced peak height (Spk) of 6 μm. Additionally, in some implementations, the texture formed by the raised surface texture is spatially uniform or substantially spatially uniform in a plane that is parallel to the polishing surface of the top pad  410 . In some implementations, the discrete extended elements  440  are spatially varied or substantially spatially varied relative to each other in a plane that is parallel to the polishing surface of the top pad  410 . 
     In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a reduced peak height (Spk) of between about 1 μm and about 30 μm (e.g., between about 1 μm and about 20 μm, between about 1 μm and about 10 μm, between about 4 μm and about 7 μm, between about 5 μm and about 7 μm, between about 4 μm and about 6 μm, or between about 5 μm and about 10 μm). 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4A , the textured polishing surface  412  may optionally further includes a plurality of macro-features  447  that each include a protruding region  448  that is at least partially surrounded by a recessed region  449 . The optional macro-features  447  are significantly larger in height and lateral width than the discrete extended elements  440  formed on the polishing surface  412 , such as about two, three or four orders of magnitude larger. The optional macro-features  447  may be formed to enhance the channeling of slurry material during polishing across the polishing surface  412  and between adjacent grooves (e.g., grooves  632 ,  642 ,  654 ,  664 ,  674 , or  684  in  FIG. 6A-6G ) that are formed across the surface of an advanced polishing article. While  FIG. 4A  illustrates an advanced polishing article  400  that includes the macro-features  447  this configuration is not intended to limiting as to the disclosure provided herein since an advanced polishing article  400  need not contain the macro-features  447  and thus will have a generally planar polishing surface  412  that includes the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  formed thereon, as illustrated in  FIGS. 4B-4C . One will note that the textured polishing surface  412  of the advanced polishing article  400  illustrated in  FIGS. 4B-4C  similarly includes the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  illustrated in the close-up view of the polishing surface  412  shown in  FIG. 4E . 
     The top pad  410  is typically formed from synthetic materials. Non-limiting examples of suitable synthetic materials include films, such as polymeric or thermoplastic films, webs comprising sustainable polymers, and the like. Suitable precursor webs further include laminates or blends of these materials. In one implementation, the top pad  410  is a polymeric sheet or film. In some non-limiting implementations, the top pad  410  includes a non-porous polymeric material. Suitable polymeric films include thermoplastic films composed of polymeric materials such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (e.g., TEFLON), polyamides (e.g., nylon), polyurethane, or combinations thereof. Suitable polymeric films can include blends or mixtures of polymers. In one implementation, the top pad  410  is a polypropylene-based sheet. In one embodiment, the top pad  410  essentially comprises polypropylene (PP). 
     In some implementations, the advanced polishing article described herein may be formed from a polymeric material that is substantially transparent and thus is able to transmit at least about 25% (e.g., at least about 50%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, or at least about 95%) light transmission over the wavelength range of the light beam used by the end point detection system&#39;s optical detector. Typical optical end point detection wavelength ranges include the visible spectrum (e.g., from about 400 nm to about 800 nm), the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum (e.g., from about 280 nm to about 400 nm), and/or the infrared spectrum (e.g., from about 800 nm to about 1550 nm). In one implementation, the advanced polishing article is formed from a polymeric material that has a transmittance of &gt;35% at wavelengths between 280-800 nm. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article is formed from a polymeric material that has a transmittance of &gt;35% at wavelengths between 280-399 nm, and a transmittance of &gt;70% at wavelengths between 400-800 nm. In some implementations, the advanced polishing article is formed from a polymeric material that has a low refractive index that is about the same as that of the polishing slurry and has a high optical clarity to reduce reflections from the air/pad/water interface and improve transmission of the light through the advanced polishing article to and from the substrate. In some implementations, the advanced polishing article is formed from a polymeric material that that does not yellow or amber due to long term exposure to one or more wavelengths (e.g., UV wavelengths) of the optical inspection beam. 
     In some implementations, the thickness “T” of the pad body  430  of the top pad  410  will typically range from about 0.001 inches to about 0.035 inches. In some implementations, the thickness “T” of the pad body  430  will typically range from about 0.001 inches (0.0254 mm) to about 0.025 inches (0.635 mm) (e.g., from about 0.012 inches (0.305 mm) to about 0.025 inches, from about 0.015 inches (0.381 mm) to about 0.020 inches (0.508 mm), from about 0.003 inches (0.076 mm) to about 0.019 inches (0.483 mm), from about 0.006 inches (0.152 mm) to about 0.018 inches (0.460 mm), or from about 0.010 inches (0.254 mm) to about 0.017 inches (0.432 mm)). In other implementations, the thickness “T” of the pad body  430  is less than or equal to about 0.64 mm, less than or equal to about 0.51 mm, or less than or equal to about 0.48 mm, or even less than or equal to about 0.46 mm. Depending upon the desired properties of the top pad  410 , other suitable thicknesses may be used. 
     In one implementation, the top pad  410  includes a single layer of material that is formed in a sheet. In another implementation, the top pad  410  includes a laminate of two or more materials, and can be a co-extruded laminated assembly. For example, the top pad  410  can include two or more layers, such as the top pad  410  can include three layers, wherein the innermost layer is referred to as a core layer and the two outermost layers are referred to as skin layers. In one implementation, the top pad  410  includes a two layer coextruded laminate having an overall thickness ranging from about 0.001 inches to about 0.035 inches. In some implementations, the top pad  410  includes a two layer coextruded laminate having an overall thickness ranging from about 0.001 inches to about 0.025 inches, or from about 0.003 inches to about 0.018 inches, or from about 0.006 inches to about 0.018 inches, or from about 0.010 inches to about 0.017 inches, or from about 0.012 inches to about 0.016 inches. 
     In one implementation, the layers of the laminate version of the top pad  410  can include polymer layers or sheets that each have different mechanical properties, such as stress-strain, elastic properties and/or dynamic mechanical properties. The top pad  410  can be made using conventional procedures for producing polymeric films. The textured polishing surface  412  and an opposing bottom surface  414  of top pad  410  can each be textured using one or more procedures used to form these features (e.g., discrete extended elements  440 ), such as etching or a mechanical process, such as embossing of the surface of the polymeric films. 
     The plurality of discrete extended elements  440  are formed as protruded extensions of the top pad  410 , generally on the textured polishing surface  412  thereof. The number, size, and distribution of the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  on the textured polishing surface  412  can be predetermined based on the desired polishing characteristics of the top pad  410 . For most polishing applications, it can be desired that the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  protrude only from one surface (e.g., the top surface) of the top pad  410 . In some implementations, the top pad  410  includes a random, semi-random, or uniform (e.g., long range repeating) texture of micro-features (e.g., discrete extended elements  440 ) having substantially similar heights and a varying lateral spacing. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 4A-4C and 4E , in some implementations, the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  can be described as protruding from the polishing surface  412  of the pad body  430 . As such, the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  can be described as being integral with the pad body  430 . In some implementations, the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  are formed by permanent local plastic deformation of the pad body  430 . In some implementations, the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  are formed using molding manufacturing techniques. The plurality of discrete extended elements  440  can be described as having a sidewall(s)  442  defining an open proximal portion and an open or closed distal end  444 . The discrete extended elements  440  each have a height “h” ( FIG. 4E ) measured from a minimum amplitude “A min ” between adjacent extended elements to a maximum amplitude “A max ” at the open or closed distal end  444 . The plurality of discrete extended elements  440  can have a diameter “d,” which for a generally cylindrical structure is the outside diameter at a lateral cross-section. By “lateral” is meant generally parallel to the plane (i.e., X-Y plane in  FIG. 4A ) of the polishing surface  412 . For generally columnar discrete extended elements  440  having non-uniform lateral cross-sections, and/or non-cylindrical structures of discrete extended elements  440 , diameter “d” may be measured as the average lateral cross-sectional dimension at ½ the height “h” of the discrete extended element. Thus, for each discrete extended element, an aspect ratio, defined as h/d, can be determined. The discrete extended element can have an aspect ratio h/d of at least about 0.2, at least about 0.3, at least about 0.5, at least about 0.75, at least about 1, at least about 1.5, at least about 2, at least about 2.5, or at least about 3. In one implementation, the plurality of discrete extended elements  440  will typically have a height “h” of within one order of magnitude of the features removed from the substrate during polishing. The plurality of discrete extended elements  440  will typically have a height “h” of at least about 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers (e.g., from about 5 micrometers to about 50 micrometers, from about 5 micrometers to about 30 micrometers, from about 5 micrometers to about 20 micrometers, from about 5 micrometers to about 10 micrometers, or from about 1 micrometer to about 10 micrometers). The discrete extended elements  440  will typically have a diameter “d” of about 1 micrometer to about 1,000 micrometers, about 5 micrometers to about 500 micrometers, about 5 micrometers to about 200 micrometers, about 65 micrometers to about 100 micrometers, or about 75 micrometers to about 100 micrometers. 
     In general, because the actual height “h” of any individual discrete extended element can be difficult to determine, and because the actual height may vary, an average height “h avg ” of a plurality of discrete extended elements  440  can be determined by determining an average minimum amplitude “A min ” and an average maximum amplitude “A max ” over a predetermined area of the textured polishing surface  412 , where the dimensions are measured from a surface that is half of the average peak-to-peak (e.g., average peak-to-valley) variation of the surface. Such average height “h avg ” will typically fall within the ranges of heights described above. Likewise, for varying cross-sectional dimensions, an average diameter “d avg ” can be determined for a plurality of discrete extended elements  440 . Such average diameter “d avg ” will typically fall within the ranges of diameters described above. Such amplitude and other dimensional measurements can be made by any method known in the art, such as by computer aided scanning microscopy and data processing. Therefore, an average aspect ratio “AR avg ” of the discrete extended elements  440  for a predetermined portion of the embossed top pad  410  can be expressed as h avg /d avg . 
     In one implementation, the diameter of a discrete extended element  440  is constant or decreases with increasing amplitude (amplitude increases to a maximum at closed or open distal end  444 ). The diameter, or average lateral cross-sectional dimension, of the discrete extended elements  440  can be a maximum at proximal portion and the lateral cross-sectional dimension steadily decreases to distal end  444 . In another implementation, the diameter of the discrete extended elements  440  increases with increasing amplitude. For example, the discrete extended elements  440  can have a mushroom shape. 
     The “area density” of the discrete extended elements  440 , which is the number of discrete extended elements  440  per unit area of the textured polishing surface  412 , can be optimized. In one implementation, the textured polishing surface  412  includes about 4 to about 10,000, about 95 to about 10,000, about 240 to about 10,000, about 350 to about 10,000, about 500 to about 5,000, or about 700 to about 3,000 discrete extended elements  440  per square centimeter of the textured polishing surface  412 . In general, the center-to-center spacing can be optimized for adequate retention of polishing slurry, while at the same time minimizing entrapment of particulates, such as materials removed from the polished substrate, between discrete extended elements  440 . The center-to-center spacing between adjacent discrete extended elements  440  can be about 100 micrometers to about 1,000 micrometers, about 30 micrometers to about 800 micrometers, about 150 micrometers to about 600 micrometers, or about 180 micrometers to about 500 micrometers. 
     Techniques and systems for characterizing surface roughness are well known in the art. For example, a portion of the surface can be characterized by any suitable method (e.g., by electron microscope image analysis, by atomic force microscopy, by 3D microscopy, etc.). In one implementation, the roughness analysis can be performed using a VK-X Series 3D UV Laser Scanning Microscope with 0.5 nm Z-axis resolution, produced by KEYENCE Corporation of America, located in Elmwood Park, N.J., U.S.A. The following parameters were determined by means of a surface shape measurement microscope (e.g., an ultra-deep shape measurement apparatus, product of KEYENCE Corporation of America, located in Elmwood Park, N.J., U.S.A.). 
     Characteristics of some implementations of the advanced polishing article are further described in Table 1 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
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     Embossing area (%), or the Sdr (i.e., developed interfacial area ratio) value, is an indicator of film surface roughness as specified in ISO 25178. Sdr is expressed as the percentage of additional surface area contributed by the texture as compared to an ideal plane the size of the measurement region. For example, an interface having large surface area irregularities, within a defined measurement region, has a large Sdr value, whereas the Sdr value of a completely level surface, within a measurement region of the same size, is zero. The Sdr value was measured using a laser scanning confocal microscope (e.g., KEYENCE). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an Sdr of less than 70% (e.g., less than 60%, less than 50%, or less than 40%). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an Sdr of between about 5% to about 70%, such as between about 10% to about 65%, between about 20% to about 50%, between about 20% to about 40%, between about 60% to about 65%, between about 55% to about 60%, or between about 40% to about 50%. Not to be bound by theory but it is believed that when the Sdr is 70% or less, the textured polishing surface has a surface roughness, which satisfactorily retains polishing slurry while removing an amount of desirable material, whereas when the Sdr is more than 70%, slurry retention and polishing characteristics suffer. While the phrase “embossing area” is used to describe a property of the polishing surface of the polishing pad the use of this phrase is not intended to limit the characterized surfaced properties of the described features or texture formed on a polishing surface to only features or texture that are formed by an embossing process, and thus “embossing area” can be used to describe features or texture formed by any desirable feature or texture formation method. 
     In general, embossing span, which is also referred to herein as a “feature span,” is a measure of the average distance between peaks of a roughened surface within a measurement area. In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an “embossing span” of less than 90 μm, such as less than 80 μm, or less than 70 μm, or less than 60 μm. In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an embossing span between about 5 μm and about 80 μm, such as between about 10 μm and about 70 μm, or between about 10 μm and about 60 μm, or between about 20 μm and about 40 μm. Not to be bound by theory but it is believed that when the embossing span is 80 μm or less, the textured polishing surface has an embossing span, which satisfactorily retains polishing slurry while removing an amount of desirable material, whereas when the embossing span is more than 90 μm, slurry retention and polishing characteristics suffer. As similarly discussed above, while the phrase “embossing span” or “feature span” is used to describe a property of the polishing surface of the polishing pad the use of this phrase is not intended to limit the characterized surfaced properties of the described features or texture formed on a polishing surface to only features or texture that are formed by an embossing process, and thus “embossing span” can be used to describe features or texture formed by any desirable feature or texture formation method. 
     The arithmetical mean height (Sa) is an indicator of film surface roughness as specified in ISO 25178. Sa is the extension of Ra (arithmetical mean height of a line) to a surface. Sa expresses, as an absolute value the difference in height of each point compared to the arithmetical mean of the surface. In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of less than 30 μm (e.g., less than 20 μm, less than 10 μm, or less than 5 μm). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of between about 1 μm and about 30 μm (e.g., between about 1 μm and about 20 μm, between about 1 μm and about 10 μm, between about 2 μm and about 7 μm, between about 4 μm and about 7 μm, between about 5 μm and about 7 μm, between about 4 μm and about 6 μm, or between about 5 μm and about 10 μm). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of less than about 10 μm, such as less than about 7 μm, or even less than about 5 μm. 
     The maximum peak height (Sp) is an indicator of film surface roughness as specified in ISO 25178. Maximum peak height (Sp) indicates the highest peak within the defined area. In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a maximum peak height (Sp) of less than 60 μm (e.g., less than 50 μm, less than 40 μm, or less than 30 μm). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a maximum peak height (Sp) of between about 5 μm and about 60 μm (e.g., between about 10 μm and about 50 μm, between about 20 μm and about 50 μm, between about 40 μm and about 50 μm, between about 40 μm and about 60 μm, between about 30 μm and about 50 μm, or between about 20 μm and about 40 μm). 
     The maximum pit height (Sv) is an indicator of film surface roughness as specified in ISO 25178. Maximum pit height (Sv) indicates the absolute value of the largest pit within a defined area. The maximum pit height (Sv) represents a depth of the deepest valley observed in a portion of the roughness profile curve corresponding to an evaluation length (L) along the mean line. The term “valley” means a dented portion observed in a depth profile under the mean line. In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a maximum pit height (Sv) of less than 80 μm (e.g., less than 70 μm, less than 60 μm, less than 50 μm, less than 40 μm, or less than 30 μm). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a maximum pit height (Sv) of between about 20 μm and about 80 μm (e.g., between about 30 μm and about 80 μm, between about 70 μm and about 80 μm, between about 30 μm and about 70 μm, between about 30 μm and about 50 μm, or between about 40 μm and about 50 μm). 
     Grid height, or Spk (reduced peak height) is an indicator of film surface roughness as specified in ISO 25178. Reduced peak height (Spk) is a measure of the average height of a protruding peak above the mean peak-to-peak value. In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a reduced peak height (Spk) of less than 30 μm (e.g., less than 20 μm, less than 10 μm, or less than 5 μm). In some implementations, the textured polishing surface has a reduced peak height (Spk) of between about 1 μm and about 30 μm (e.g., between about 1 μm and about 20 μm, between about 1 μm and about 10 μm, between about 4 μm and about 7 μm, between about 5 μm and about 7 μm, between about 4 μm and about 6 μm, or between about 5 μm and about 10 μm). 
     It has been found that the process results achieved by use of an advanced polishing article of the type described herein are dependent on assuring that the surface texture formed on the polishing surface has properties that fall within desired ranges of at least one or more of the measured values described above. However, it has been found that assuring that the surface texture has only one of the measured values described above within a desired range is generally not enough to adequately assure that good polishing process results can be achieved. One will appreciate that the surface properties of the advanced polishing article may need to be formed so that they fall within desired ranges of at least two or more of the parameters described above. Examples of combinations of measured values that can be used to provide desirable process results on dielectrics (e.g., oxides, nitrides, etc.) or metal (e.g., tungsten, copper, etc.) semiconductor wafers are outlined below. 
     In one implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having at least one of: an embossing area of 45% to 65%, an embossing span of 20 μm to 40 μm, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 4 μm to 7 μm, a maximum peak height (Sp) of 30 μm to 50 μm, and a maximum pit height (Sv) of 30 μm to 80 μm. 
     In another implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having an embossing span of 20 μm to 40 μm, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, and an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 4 μm to 7 μm. 
     In yet another implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having an embossing area of less than 70%, an embossing span less than 40 μm, an average peak density greater than 30 per one millimeter, and an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of less than 10 μm. 
     In yet another implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having at least one of: an embossing area of 60% to 65%, an embossing span of 20 μm to 40 μm, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 5 μm to 7 μm, a maximum peak height (Sp) of 40 μm to 60 μm, and a maximum pit height (Sv) of 70 μm to 80 μm. 
     In yet another implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having at least one of: an embossing area of 60% to 65%, an embossing span of 20 μm to 40 μm, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 4 μm to 6 μm, a maximum peak height (Sp) of 20 μm to 40 μm, and a maximum pit height (Sv) of 30 μm to 50 μm. 
     In yet another implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having at least one of: an embossing area of 55% to 60%, an embossing span of 20 μm to 40 μm, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 5 μm to 7 μm, a maximum peak height (Sp) of 40 μm to 50 μm, and a maximum pit height (Sv) of 40 μm to 50 μm. 
     In yet another implementation, the advanced polishing article has a rough polishing surface having at least one of: an embossing area of 40% to 50%, an embossing span of 20 μm to 40 μm, an average peak density of 30 to 35 per one millimeter, an arithmetical mean height (Sa) of 4 μm to 6 μm, a maximum peak height (Sp) of 40 μm to 50 μm, and a maximum pit height (Sv) of 40 μm to 50 μm. 
     Alternate Top Pad Configuration Examples 
     According to implementations described herein, the top pad  410  is relatively thin and a platen interface, such as the integral interface layer  250  shown in  FIG. 2 , is utilized to increase the mechanical integrity of the polishing article  400  and/or provide the necessary compliance to improve and/or adjust the polishing performance of the polishing article  400 . Additionally or alternatively, the hardness and/or structure of the integral interface layer  250  may provide additional compliance to the polishing article  400  during polishing. 
     In one alternate implementation, the integral interface layer  250  is disposed on the surface  414  of the top pad  410 , which is disposed within the polishing article  400 . In one implementation, the integral interface layer  250  is made of a polymeric material. In another implementation, the integral interface layer  250  is configured to include at least one layer that is similar to the first platen interface  450 , the optional second platen interface  460 , and the third platen interface  470 , and thus the redundant platen interface assembly  420  components that would be disposed on the subplate  238  ( FIG. 2 ) or platen assembly (not shown) need not be present. In one implementation, the platen interface is a multilayer platen interface. In one implementation, the platen interface has a thickness from about 0.005 inches to about 0.070 inches (e.g., from about 0.006 inches to about 0.060 inches, from about 0.010 inches to about 0.050 inches, or from about 0.030 inches to about 0.050 inches). In some implementations, the top pad  410  can subsequently be adhered to a portion of the platen interface assembly  420 . In some implementations, the top pad  410  is separate from the platen interface assembly  420 . 
       FIG. 5A  is an enlarged schematic side view of another implementation of an advanced polishing article  500 , according to one or more implementations described herein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  500  is used in place of either advanced polishing article  123  or advanced polishing article  323 . The advanced polishing article  500  includes a top pad assembly  510  having a textured polishing surface  512  and optionally, the platen interface assembly  420  is positioned below the top pad assembly  510 . The top pad assembly  510  includes a top pad layer  530  and a bottom pad layer  520 . Although the platen interface assembly  420  is depicted as being adhered to a bottom surface  514  of the bottom pad layer  520 , in some implementations where the advanced polishing article  500  is used in a web polishing system (e.g., roll-to-roll configuration shown in  FIG. 2 ) the optional platen interface assembly  420  is separate from the top pad assembly  510 , similar to the platen interface element  240  being separated from the advanced polishing article  123  depicted in  FIG. 2 . 
     In an alternate roll-to-roll implementation, the advanced polishing article  500  is formed so that the optional platen interface assembly  420  is made integral with the top pad assembly  510 , similar to integral interface layer  250  being integral with the advanced polishing article  123  depicted in  FIG. 2 . 
     The advanced polishing article  500  is similar to the advanced polishing article  400  except that the advanced polishing article  500  has a two-layer top pad assembly  510 . The top pad assembly  510  includes the top pad layer  530  and the bottom pad layer  520 . The top pad layer  530  has a textured polishing surface  512  similar to textured polishing surface  412  and includes a plurality of macro-features and grooves  532  formed in the textured polishing surface  512 . The bottom pad layer  520  is a contiguous layer. The top pad layer  530  and the bottom pad layer  520  may be adhered together by any suitable attachment methods (e.g., laminating, thermal bonding, gluing, double-sided tape, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc.). In some alternate implementations, the top pad layer  530  and the bottom pad layer  520  may be manufactured as a unitary pad that has the grooves  532  partially extending therethrough. The unitary pad can have a total thickness that is about 0.001 inches to about 0.025 inches, such as from about 0.010 inches to about 0.020 inches, or from about 0.010 inches to about 0.018 inches. In either case, the grooves  532  formed in the top pad layer  530  are at least partially defined by sidewalls  532 A that extend from the polishing surface  512 , and at least through a portion of the pad body  534 . Edges  532 B, which are formed on either side of a groove  532 , are formed at the junction of the sidewalls  532 A of the groove  532  and the polishing surface  512 . 
     The grooves  532  formed in the top pad layer  530  can function as local reservoirs for the polishing slurry during a polishing process. The grooves  532  may be formed in the top pad layer  530  using any suitable groove forming methods (e.g., laser cutting, water jet cutting, die cutting, stamping, punch press, etc.). The contiguous bottom pad layer  520  prevents liquids such as polishing slurry or water from penetrating the bottom pad layer  520 . In this configuration, the grooves  532  formed through the top pad layer  530  become local reservoirs for the polishing slurry, since the slurry is retained in the formed grooves and the polishing slurry will generally not penetrate the bottom pad layer  520 . For multiple reasons including holding down the pad during polishing and polisher cleanliness, it is undesirable for the slurry to penetrate the top pad assembly  510  through grooves  532  in the top pad layer  530  and into the platen interface assembly  420  components. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5A , the textured polishing surface  512  may also optionally further includes a plurality of macro-features  547  that each include a protruding region  548  that is at least partially surrounded by a recessed region  549 . As with the macro-features  447  formed in the polishing surface  412 , the optional macro-features  547  are significantly larger in height and lateral width than a plurality of discrete extended elements  540  formed on the polishing surface  512 , such as about two, three or four orders of magnitude larger. While  FIG. 5A  illustrates an advanced polishing article  500  that includes the macro-features  547  this configuration is not intended to limiting as to the disclosure provided herein since an advanced polishing article  500  need not contain the macro-features  547  and thus will have a generally planar polishing surface  512  that includes the plurality of discrete elements  540  formed thereon. 
       FIG. 5B  is an enlarged schematic side view of a region of the textured polishing surface  512  of the top pad layer  530  of the advanced polishing article  500  that is illustrated in  FIG. 5A . The top pad layer  530  has the textured polishing surface  512  and an opposing bottom surface  536  that define a pad body  534 . Similar to textured polishing surface  412 , the textured polishing surface  512  includes a plurality of micro-features, or discrete extended elements  540 , that define the textured polishing surface  512  of the advanced polishing article  500 . The plurality of discrete extended elements  540  can be described as having a sidewall(s)  542  defining an open proximal portion and an open or closed distal end  544 . In one implementation, the discrete extended elements  540  of the textured polishing surface  512  have an average height “h” from about 1 micron to about 50 microns (e.g., from about 1 micron to about 30 microns, from about 5 microns to about 30 microns, from about 10 microns to about 20 microns, or from about 5 microns to about 10 microns). In one implementation, the raised surface texture is formed using an embossing process. In one implementation, the texture formed by the raised surface texture is uniform or substantially uniform. 
     The top pad layer  530  typically includes synthetic materials. Non-limiting examples of suitable synthetic materials include films, such as polymeric or thermoplastic films, webs comprising sustainable polymers, and the like. Suitable precursor webs further include laminates or blends of these materials. In one implementation, the top pad layer  530  is a polymeric sheet or film. Suitable polymeric films include thermoplastic films formed from materials such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyamides (e.g., nylon), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (e.g., TEFLON), polyam ides, polyurethane, or combinations thereof. Suitable polymeric films can include blends or mixtures of polymers. In one implementation, the top pad layer  530  is a polypropylene-based sheet. In one embodiment, the top pad layer  530  essentially comprises polypropylene (PP). 
     According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, the pad body  430  or pad body  534  and/or bottom pad body  524  of the top pad  410  or top pad  510 , respectively, can be formed by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an advanced polishing article that has discrete features and geometries, formed from one or more materials that are formed from precursors, or resin precursor compositions, that contain “resin precursor components” that include, but are not restricted to functional polymers, functional oligomers, monomers, reactive diluents, flow additives, curing agents, photoinitiators, and cure synergists. The resin precursor components may also include chemically active materials and/or compounds such as functional polymers, functional oligomers, monomers, and reactive diluents that may be at least monofunctional, and may undergo polymerization when exposed to free radicals, Lewis acids, and/or electromagnetic radiation. As one example, an advanced polishing article may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. In some embodiments, the layers and/or regions of the advanced polishing pad may include a composite material structure, such as a radiation cured polymer that contains at least one filler, such as metals, semimetal oxides, carbides, nitrides and/or polymer particles. In some embodiments, the layers and/or regions of the advanced polishing pad may include a composite material structure that includes a material selected from a group consisting of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyamides (e.g., nylon) and polyurethane. In one embodiment, the advanced polishing pad includes a polymeric material that comprises greater than 50% polypropylene (PP), such as greater than 70% polypropylene (PP), or greater than 90% polypropylene (PP), or greater than 99% polypropylene (PP). In one embodiment, the advanced polishing pad essentially comprises polypropylene (PP). 
     The top pad layer  530  of the top pad assembly  510  prior to texturing will typically have a thickness “T TL ” in a range from about 0.001 inches to about 0.025 inches (e.g., from about 0.012 inches to about 0.025 inches, from about 0.015 inches to about 0.025 inches, from about 0.003 inches to about 0.017 inches, from about 0.006 inches to about 0.017 inches, or from about 0.010 inches to about 0.015 inches). Depending upon the desired properties of the top pad assembly  510 , other suitable thicknesses may be used. 
     In some implementations, the plurality of grooves  532  pass, preferably transversely or nearly transversely, entirely through the thickness “T TL ” of the pad body  534  of the top pad layer  530  of the top pad assembly  510 . However, the top pad layer  530  may employ grooves, which do not pass all of the way through the thickness “T TL ” of the top pad layer  530  but extend into the top pad layer  530  from the textured polishing surface  512  to a desired distance into the pad body  534  of the top pad layer  530 . In one implementation, the groove  532  has a depth of between about 0.003 inches to about 0.025 inches, for example, about 0.010 inches. In some implementations, a bottom surface of the grooves  532  extends from the polishing surface  512  to a depth that is less than the thickness of the pad body  534 . In some implementations, where the plurality of grooves  532  extend entirely through the thickness “T TL ” of the pad body  534  a top surface  522  of the bottom pad layer  520  defines the bottom of the grooves  532 . In one implementation, the groove  532  extends through the top pad assembly  510 , such as from the textured polishing surface  512  to the bottom surface  514 . 
     In one implementation, the groove  532  has a width between about 0.05 inches and about 0.50 inches (e.g., between about 0.10 inches to about 0.40 inches, between about 0.15 inches to about 0.30 inches, between about 0.15 inches to about 0.20 inches, or between about 0.18 inches to about 0.20 inches). In one implementation, the spacing between adjacent grooves  532  is between about 0.5 inches and about 2.5 inches (e.g., between about 1 inch to about 2 inches, between about 1 inch to about 2 inches, or between about 1 inch to about 1.5 inches). 
     The bottom pad layer  520  has a top surface  522  and the opposing bottom surface  514  that define a bottom pad body  524 . In some implementations, the top surface  522  is textured. The texture of the top surface  522  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  and textured polishing surface  512 . In some implementations, where the bottom of the grooves  532  are defined by the top surface  522  of bottom pad layer  520 . In some configurations, the top surface  522  is textured such that at least the exposed portion of the bottom pad body  524  at the bottom surface of the grooves  532  is textured. Not to be bound by theory but it is believed that texturing the region of the exposed portion of the bottom pad body  524  at the bottom surface of the grooves  532  helps retain polishing slurry in the grooves since the exposed textured portion will tend to act as an impediment to the fluid like motion of the slurry during processing, and thus “grip” the slurry. 
     The bottom pad layer  520  of the top pad assembly  510  will typically have a thickness “T TL ” in a range from about 0.001 inches to about 0.025 inches (e.g., from about 0.003 inches to about 0.017 inches, from about 0.006 inches to about 0.017 inches, or from about 0.010 inches to about 0.015 inches). Depending upon the desired properties of the top pad assembly  510 , other suitable thicknesses may be used. 
     The bottom pad layer  520  typically includes synthetic materials. Non-limiting examples of suitable synthetic materials include films, such as polymeric or thermoplastic films, webs comprising sustainable polymers, and the like. Suitable precursor webs further include laminates or blends of these materials. In one implementation, the bottom pad layer  520  is a polymeric sheet or film. Suitable polymeric films include thermoplastic films composed of materials such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (e.g., TEFLON), polyamides (e.g., nylon), polyurethane, or combinations thereof. Suitable polymeric films can include blends or mixtures of polymers. In one implementation, the bottom pad layer  520  is a polypropylene-based sheet. 
     In some implementations, the top pad layer  530  is adhered to the bottom pad layer  520  by any suitable attachment methods (e.g., laminating, gluing, double-sided tape, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc.). For example, the top surface  522  of the bottom pad layer  520  may be adhered to the bottom surface  536  of the top pad layer  530 . 
     In some implementations, the top pad assembly  510  is adhered to the platen interface assembly  420  by any suitable attachment methods (e.g., laminating, gluing, double-sided tape, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc.). For example, the first surface  452  of the first platen interface  450  may be adhered to the bottom surface  514  of the bottom pad layer  520 . 
     In some implementations, a layer of silicone on the first surface  452  of the first platen interface  450  couples the platen interface assembly  420  with the top pad assembly  510  during polishing but with the benefit of allowing the platen interface assembly  420  and the top pad assembly  510  to release from each other when not under polishing load thereby allowing the polishing pad to advance between wafers. In some implementations, the silicone is 40-50 durometer Shore A silicone, which when placed under compression, offers extremely high lateral friction effectively coupling the platen interface assembly  420  and bottom surface  514  of the top pad assembly  510  together as if they were a single article. 
     In some implementations, the first surface  452  of the first platen interface  450  is releasably adhered to the bottom surface  514  of the top pad assembly  510  by a releasable attachment layer similar to the releasable bonding layer  455  ( FIGS. 4B-4C ) as is discussed herein. In this configuration, the platen interface assembly  420  is fixedly attached, bonder or adhered to the surface of the platen assembly (not shown) disposed below the platen interface assembly  420 . 
       FIG. 6A  is a schematic top view of an advanced polishing article  600   a  having a textured polishing surface  612  with grooves  632  formed therein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  600   a  may form part of or be used in place of the advanced polishing article  123 , the advanced polishing article  323 , the advanced polishing article  400  or the advanced polishing article  500 . The textured polishing surface  612  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  and textured polishing surface  512 , as illustrated in  FIGS. 4E and 5B . The grooves  632  may have similar physical dimensions and properties as the grooves  532  of advanced polishing article  500 , as is discussed above. The pattern of grooves  632  of the advanced polishing article  600   a  includes 2-directional grooves (e.g., grooves extending in both the x-direction and the y-direction). Although an X-Y groove pattern is depicted in  FIG. 6A , the implementations described herein contemplate other groove patterns including sinusoidal, sawtooth, spiral, hexagonal, circular, and any other groove pattern that allows for the “venting” of polishing slurry trapped under the substrate  122  being polished during a polishing process. In addition, although the edges of each of the grooves  632  are depicted as straight edges, it should be understood that the implementations described herein contemplate other edge designs including one or more curved edges, circular edges, sinusoidal edges, and any other non-straight edges. Configuring the shape of the edges of the groove is beneficial to prevent the edges of the polishing article (e.g., substrate or wafer) that is being moved relative to the pad surface during polishing from colliding with an edge of a groove (e.g., trailing edge of the groove) as the article is pressed against the pad surface and is moved in a direction that is transverse (e.g., non-parallel direction) to the groove and groove edges. Not to be bound by theory but it is believed that the grooves should communicate with an area not under the substrate being polished such that excess polishing slurry under the substrate can be pushed out from under the substrate during the polishing process. 
     In some implementations, it is desirable to assure that the horizontal groove length  621  (e.g., length within the X-Y plane), the groove orientation relative to the axis of movement  625  of the substrate during polishing, the groove orientation relative to the axis (i.e., index axis  626  in  FIG. 6C ) that the advanced polishing article is indexed in a roll-to-roll pad configuration, and the groove pattern of a large percentage of grooves formed in the advanced polishing article is configured to provide a path for slurry trapped under a substrate that is being polished to escape. It is believed that providing an escape path for the slurry trapped under the moving substrate will allow the substrate to more uniformly contact the peaks of the texture formed on the surface of the advanced polishing article, since the incompressible nature of most aqueous slurry materials tends to cause the substrate to “hydroplane” across the advanced polishing article surface if an escape path for the slurry is not provided. Therefore, in some implementations, the advanced polishing article includes at least one groove that is longer than the major dimension D ( FIG. 6C ) of the substrate (e.g., diameter of a round semiconductor substrate), and in some cases the outer diameter of the retaining ring  309  that surrounds the substrate  122  during processing. In some implementations, the advanced polishing article includes two or more grooves that are oriented relative to each other so that at least a portion of each groove extends past an edge of the substrate at all times while the substrate is moved relative to the advanced polishing article. In one implementation, two or more grooves are oriented relative to each other so that the two or more grooves each extend past the edge of the substrate in opposing directions as the substrate is moved relative to the advanced polishing article during processing. 
       FIG. 6B  is a schematic top view of an advanced polishing article  600   b  having a textured polishing surface  622  with grooves  642  formed therein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  600   b  may form part of or be used in place of the advanced polishing article  123 , the advanced polishing article  323 , the advanced polishing article  400 , or the advanced polishing article  500 . The textured polishing surface  622  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  of advanced polishing article  400  and textured polishing surface  512  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  642  are similar to grooves  532  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  642  of the advanced polishing article  600   b  form a sawtooth pattern of grooves  642 . 
       FIG. 6C  is a schematic top view of a portion of a roll-to-roll type of an advanced polishing article  600   c  having a textured polishing surface  652  that includes an array of grooves  654  formed therein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  600   c  may form part of or be used in place of the advanced polishing article  123 , the advanced polishing article  323 , the advanced polishing article  400 , or the advanced polishing article  500 . The textured polishing surface  652  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  of advanced polishing article  400  and textured polishing surface  512  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  654  are similar to grooves  532  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  654  of the advanced polishing article  600   c  form a sawtooth pattern of grooves  654  that are aligned perpendicular to the index axis  626  (e.g., perpendicular to the advanced polishing article  600   c &#39;s length direction) and/or parallel to the axis of movement  625 . The grooves  654  extend along the width direction of the advanced polishing article  600   d , and are spaced apart in the index axis  626  direction. In one implementation, the grooves  654  have a groove spacing (measured center to center of adjacent grooves) greater than a width of each individual groove. In one implementation, the grooves  654  of the groove pattern have a width of between about 0.030 inches and about 0.190 inches, and a groove spacing or groove pitch (center to center of adjacent grooves) of between about 0.5 inches and about 2.5 inches. In another implementation, the width of each individual groove  654  is greater than the groove spacing between adjacent grooves. 
     As discussed above, in some implementations, it is desirable to assure that the horizontal groove length  621  (e.g., direction within the X-Y plane), the groove orientation relative to the axis of movement  625  of the substrate during polishing, the groove orientation relative to the axis that the advanced polishing article is indexed in a roll-to-roll pad configuration, and the groove pattern of a large percentage of grooves formed in the advanced polishing article is configured to provide a path for slurry trapped under a substrate that is being polished to escape. In some implementations of an advanced polishing article that is used in a roll-to-roll configuration, it is desirable to assure that the groove pattern and groove orientation relative to the axis of movement  625  of the array of formed grooves (e.g., sawtooth pattern of grooves  654 ) is such that each substrate that is processed on different portions of the roll of the advanced polishing article will see substantially the same polishing surface and number of grooves even though the polishing pad is incremented a desired distance during polishing. 
       FIG. 6D  is a schematic top view of a portion of a roll-to-roll type of an advanced polishing article  600   d  having a textured polishing surface  662  that includes an array of grooves  664  formed therein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  600   d  may form part of or be used in place of the advanced polishing article  123 , the advanced polishing article  323 , the advanced polishing article  400 , or the advanced polishing article  500 . The textured polishing surface  662  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  of advanced polishing article  400  and textured polishing surface  512  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  664  are similar to grooves  532  of advanced polishing article  500 . The array of grooves  664  of the advanced polishing article  600   d  include a sawtooth pattern of grooves  654  that are oriented parallel to the index axis  626  and perpendicular to the axis of movement  625 . The grooves  654  extend along the length direction of the advanced polishing article  600   d  (e.g., parallel to the direction of travel). In one implementation, the grooves  664  have a groove spacing (measured center to center of adjacent grooves) greater than a width of each individual groove. The groove spacing of the grooves  664  is aligned in the width direction. In one implementation, the grooves  664  of the groove pattern have a width of about 0.060 inches and a groove spacing (center to center of adjacent grooves) of about 0.5 inches. In another implementation, the width of each individual groove  664  is greater than the groove spacing between adjacent grooves. 
     In some implementations of the advanced polishing article  600   d , one or more rows of grooves  664  that are aligned along the index axis  626  are spaced apart to provide a path  670  that is parallel to the index axis  626 . In one example, as shown in  FIG. 6D , the path  670  is positioned at the center of the advanced polishing article  600   d  such that no grooves are positioned at the center of the advanced polishing article  600   d . The path  670  provides an optical pathway for the optical sensing device  220  to view the substrate  122  without obstructions from features within the advanced polishing article  600   d  (e.g., grooves, surface topography). In some implementations, this path  670  has a width that allows the inspection beam, which is provided by the optical end point detector, to only pass through a portion of the path  670 , and thus not pass through a portion of a groove, as the advanced polishing article  600   d  is incrementally indexed along the index axis  626 . In one example, this path  670  has a width of between about 1 mm to about 5 mm. In some implementations, where optical pathway is not present in the advanced polishing article, the groove spacing may be consistent across the surface of the advanced polishing article  600   d . In this case, where the optical inspection beam provided by the optical end point detector passes through regions of the advanced polishing article  600   d  and also through one or more portions of a groove as the advanced polishing article is incrementally indexed during the different phases of a polishing sequence, the controller may be programmed to index the pad a variable distance such that the inspection beam always passes through a region of the advanced polishing article  600   d  when a substrate is being polished to avoid variations in the intensity of the inspection beam due to, for example, variations in the material stack-up introduced by the presence or lack of presence of a groove. 
       FIG. 6E  is a schematic top view of a portion of a roll-to-roll type of an advanced polishing article  600   e  having a textured polishing surface  672  that includes an array of grooves  664  formed therein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  600   e  may form part of or be used in place of the advanced polishing article  123 , the advanced polishing article  323 , the advanced polishing article  400 , or the advanced polishing article  500 . The textured polishing surface  672  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  of advanced polishing article  400  and textured polishing surface  512  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  674  are similar to grooves  532  of advanced polishing article  500 . The array of grooves  674  of the advanced polishing article  600   e  form a sinusoidal pattern of grooves  674  that extend parallel to the index axis  676  and parallel to the length direction of the advanced polishing article  600   e . In some implementations, a period of the sinusoid is one to 5 times the amplitude of the sinusoid. The grooves  674  extend along the length of the advanced polishing article  600   e  (e.g., parallel to the direction of travel (e.g., direction A in  FIG. 4C )). In one implementation, the grooves  674  have a groove spacing (measured center to center of adjacent grooves) greater than a width of each individual groove. In one implementation, the grooves  674  of the groove pattern have a width of about 0.060 inches and a groove spacing (center to center of adjacent grooves) of about 0.5 inches. In another implementation, the width of each individual groove  674  is greater than the groove spacing between adjacent grooves. In some implementations, the rows of grooves at the centerline along the index axis  676  are spaced apart to have a path  680  down the center of the advanced polishing article  600   e  with no grooves. In some implementations, this path  680  has a width of between about 1 mm to about 5 mm. This path  680  provides an optical pathway for the optical sensing device  220  to view the substrate  122 . In some implementations, where optical endpoint is not used, groove spacing may be consistent across the surface of the advanced polishing article  600   e.    
       FIG. 6F  is a schematic top view of a portion of a roll-to-roll type of an advanced polishing article  600   f  having a textured polishing surface  682  that includes an array of grooves  684  formed therein.  FIG. 6G  is an exploded schematic top view of a portion of the advanced polishing article  600   f  of  FIG. 6F  according to one or more implementations described herein. In one implementation, the advanced polishing article  600   f  may form part of or be used in place of the advanced polishing article  123 , the advanced polishing article  323 , the advanced polishing article  400 , or the advanced polishing article  500 . The textured polishing surface  682  may be similar to the texture of textured polishing surface  412  of advanced polishing article  400  and textured polishing surface  512  of advanced polishing article  500 . The grooves  684  of the advanced polishing article  600   f  form a sawtooth pattern of grooves  684  that extend perpendicular to the index axis  686  and length direction. However, unlike the grooves  654  of the advanced polishing article  600   c , each edge  688  of each of the grooves  684  does not have any flat or straight edges but rather the edges  688  has one or more curved shapes. The grooves  684  are at least partially defined by sidewalls  684 A that extend from the polishing surface  682 , which are typically arranged perpendicular to the polishing surface  682  as illustrated in  FIG. 6G . The edges  688 , which are formed on either side of a groove  684 , are formed at the junction of the sidewalls  684 A of the groove  684  and the polishing surface  682 . In one configuration, the grooves  684  comprise sidewall  684 A that are each positioned adjacent to and extend from the polishing surface  682  and have a length that extends within a plane (e.g., X-Y plane  FIG. 6F ) that is parallel to the polishing surface  682 , wherein the sidewalls are non-straight and thus are curved. In some implementations, each edge  288  is described as having a sinusoidal design that is superimposed on the sawtooth pattern of grooves  654 . It has been found by the inventors that the leading edge of a substrate, which is being polished, will collide with the edge of a transversely oriented groove that have flat or straight edges, which disrupts the polishing process and can generate particles or scratches on the substrate. However, the grooves  684  that include the curved surfaces, or edges that when interpolated into an edge of the grooves appears to be curved to the edge of the substrate, will include portions of the groove that act as a “lead-in” for the leading edge of the moving substrate, and thus will prevent the leading edge of the substrate from colliding with an edge of the groove (e.g., trailing edge of the groove relative the direction of motion of the substrate during polishing) during processing. 
     In some embodiments, the grooves  684  extend along the width direction of the advanced polishing article  600   f  (e.g., perpendicular to the direction of travel). In one implementation, the grooves  684  have a groove spacing (measured center to center of adjacent grooves) greater than a width of each individual groove. In one implementation, the grooves  684  of the groove pattern have a width of about 0.060 inches and a groove spacing (center to center of adjacent grooves) of about 0.5 inches. In another implementation, the width of each individual groove  684  is greater than the groove spacing between adjacent grooves. In some implementations, the rows of grooves at the centerline along the index axis  686  are spaced apart to have a path (not shown), similar to path  680 , down the center of the advanced polishing article  600   f  with no grooves. In another embodiment, the grooves  684  are oriented so that the sawtooth pattern of grooves extends along a direction that is parallel to the index axis  686 . 
       FIG. 7A  is a flow chart depicting a method  700  of polishing using an advanced polishing article, according to one or more implementations described herein. The advanced polishing article may be any of the advanced polishing articles described herein (e.g., advanced polishing article  123 , advanced polishing article  323 , advanced polishing article  400 , or advanced polishing article  500 ). The method may be performed with any of the polishing modules depicted in  FIGS. 1-3  using any of the aforementioned advanced polishing articles. However, for clarity of discussion  FIGS. 7B-7C  illustrate a roll-to-roll configuration that can be used to perform one or more of the process steps illustrated in  FIG. 7A . 
       FIGS. 7B-7C  are schematic sectional views of a version of a platen assembly  132  of the polishing process module of  FIG. 1  in different configurational positions. The modified version of the platen assembly  132  shown in  FIGS. 7B and 7C , which is referred to herein as platen assembly  732 , is similar to the platen assembly  132  shown in  FIG. 2  and thus like components which are described above have similar reference numerals and thus will not be re-described herein. The platen assembly  732  generally includes a platen support assembly  755  and a polishing article control assembly  756  that is used to perform a polishing process on a substrate that is urged against the textured polishing surface  412  of the advanced polishing article  123  by use of a carrier head  308 . The platen support assembly  755  generally includes a platen interface support  774 , a mounting plate  772  and rotational supporting elements  773  that are used to support the platen interface element  240  and the subplate  238  of the platen interface assembly  226 . The platen interface support  774  and mounting plate  772  are similar to the subplate  238  described above, and thus are structural elements that include similar features and fluid providing elements that are coupled to the fluid management system  232 . The rotational supporting elements  773  generally include one or more bearings or similar devices that are able to support the load(s) applied by the carrier head  308  ( FIG. 7B ) to the platen support assembly  755  while allowing the platen support assembly  755  and polishing article control assembly  756  components to be rotated about a rotational axis  235  by the rotary actuator  228 . 
     The polishing article control assembly  756  generally includes a pad supporting element  758  that is configured to structurally support and retain the supply roll  254 , motor  222 , upper guide members  204  and  214 , take-up roll  252 , motor  224  and the length of the advanced polishing article  123  that is positioned in each of the rolls  252 ,  254  and that extends therebetween. As shown in  FIGS. 7B and 7C  the actuator  771  is configured to raise and lower the pad supporting element  758 , and the components that it supports, relative to the mounting plate  772 . The actuator  771  will cause the advanced polishing article  123  to then be separated from the upper surface of the platen interface element  240  to allow the advanced polishing article  123  to be indexed a desired distance by the motors  222  and  224 . As discussed above, in some configurations, the actuator  771  is configured to apply a load that is at least as large as the force required to break the adhesive bond formed between a releasable bonding layer  455  within the platen interface element  240  and a surface of the top pad (e.g., top pad  410  or top pad assembly  510 ) of the advanced polishing article  123  to allow a gap  425  to be formed. The motors  222  and  224  are each sized to generate a holding force that will prevent the advanced polishing article  123  from being unwound from the take-up roll  252  and supply roll  254  when the actuator  771  separates the top pad of the advanced polishing article  123  from the platen interface element  240  during operation  740 , which is discussed further below. 
     Referring back to  FIG. 7A , at operation  710  a substrate  122  is urged toward an advanced polishing article  123 . The polishing article  123  includes a polymeric sheet having a textured polishing surface (e.g., textured polishing surface  412  or  512 ) including, a microtexture (e.g., plurality of discrete elements) formed from the polymeric sheet and extending upward from the polishing surface. In one implementation, the microtexture is formed by a desirable formation technique (e.g., embossing). In some implementations, the polymeric sheet further includes a plurality of macro-features (e.g., grooves) formed in the polishing surface. In one implementation, as shown in  FIG. 7B , the polymeric sheet is disposed between a supply roll and a take-up roll (e.g., supply assembly  156  and take-up assembly  158  of platen assembly  132 ) and the substrate is urged toward the advanced polishing article  123  by the carrier head  308  ( FIG. 7B ). In one implementation, the polymeric sheet is disposed on a supply roll. In one implementation, the polymeric sheet comprises a length of about 20 feet to about 100 feet. 
     The substrate  122  may be a silicon-based material or any suitable insulating materials or conductive materials as needed. In one implementation, the substrate  122  may be a material such as crystalline silicon (e.g., Si&lt;100&gt; or Si&lt;111&gt;), silicon oxide, strained silicon, silicon germanium, doped or undoped polysilicon, doped or undoped silicon wafers and patterned or non-patterned wafers silicon on insulator (SOI), carbon doped silicon oxides, silicon nitride, doped silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, glass, sapphire. The substrate  122  may have various dimensions, such as 200 mm, 300 mm, 450 mm or other diameter wafers, as well as, rectangular or square panels. Unless otherwise noted, implementations and examples described herein are conducted on substrates with a 200 mm diameter, a 300 mm diameter, or a 450 mm diameter substrate. 
     A polishing slurry is delivered to the textured polishing surface. Any suitable polishing slurry compatible with the materials polished may be used. In one implementation, the polishing slurry includes at least one of oxidizers, passivation agents, pH buffers, metal complexing agents, surfactants and abrasives. In one implementation, the polishing slurry is delivered to the textured polishing surface via a fluid nozzle (e.g., fluid nozzle  154 ). In some implementations, the substrate  122  contacts the textured polishing surface after delivery of the polishing slurry. In some implementations, the substrate  122  contacts the textured polishing surface prior to delivery of the polishing slurry. In some implementations, the substrate  122  contacts the textured polishing surface during delivery of the polishing slurry. 
     The substrate  122  may be urged against the textured polishing surface with a force of less than about 10 pounds per square inch (psig) (e.g., less than about 9 psig, less than about 7 psig, less than about 5 psig, or less than about 2.5 psig). In one implementation, the force is between about 1 psig and 6 psig, for example, about 1.8 psig. 
     Next, at operation  720 , relative motion is provided between the substrate  122  and the textured polishing surface. In one implementation, the carrier head  308  is rotated at between about 50-100 revolutions per minute, for example, between about 30-60 revolutions per minute, while the textured polishing surface is rotated by use of the rotary actuator  228  at between about 50-100 revolutions per minute, for example, between about 7-35 revolutions per minute. In some implementations, where a linear polisher is used, the platen, the supply roll and the take-up roll are rotated relative to the substrate  122  about a Z-axis. 
     At operation  730 , material is removed from the surface of the substrate  122  by applying a pressure to a surface of the substrate  122 , such that the substrate  122  is urged against the surface of the polymeric sheet. The material may be a conductive material (e.g., copper), a dielectric material (e.g., oxide or nitride containing), or both a conductive material and dielectric material. The advanced polishing articles described herein have demonstrated little impact on polishing performance when slurry flow rates are below 100 ml/min, versus conventional polyurethane polishing articles that typically have slurry flow rates that range from 100-300 ml/min with 150 ml/min being very common value. 
     At operation  740 , in some implementations where a linear polishing process is used, the polymeric sheet is advanced relative to the platen interface assembly  420  before, during and/or after removing material from the substrate  122  by use of an actuator coupled to the supply roll and/or an actuator coupled to the take-up roll. In one implementation, the advancing comprises advancing the polymeric sheet an incremental difference between about 1 mm and about 5 mm relative to the platen interface assembly  420 . 
     In one embodiment of method  700 , at operation  740  the polymeric sheet is only advanced (e.g., indexed) relative to the platen before and/or after removing material from one or more substrates  122 . This version of operation  740  is generally required in cases where a releasable bonding layer  455  is disposed between and in contact with the rear surface of the polymeric sheet (e.g., top pad  410 ) and a surface of the platen interface assembly  420  due to the high shear force that is required to overcome the adhesion and/or weak adhesive properties of the materials at the interface between the surface of releasable bonding layer  455  and the polymeric sheet. Even at moderate to low adhesive bond strengths the force required to cause movement between the polymeric sheet and the platen interface assembly  420  during a polishing process, and/or while the polymeric sheet is in contact with the releasable bonding layer  455 , will either cause the thin advanced polishing article  123  to yield and/or tear and also greatly increase the size and cost of the motors  222  and  224  required to index the polymeric sheet. Therefore, during operation  740 , after the material removal process of operations  710 - 730  are completed the substrate  122  and carrier head  308  are removed from the surface of the polymeric sheet of the advanced polishing article  123  and then transferred to another processing station within the polishing module  106  ( FIG. 1 ). The portion of the polymeric sheet that is in contact with the top surface of the platen interface assembly  420  is then separated from the top surface of the platen interface assembly  420  to form a gap  425 , as illustrated in  FIG. 7C . The gap  425  is formed by causing the pad supporting element  758  to move relative to the surface of platen interface assembly  420  by use of the actuator  771 . The polymeric sheet is then advanced an incremental distance relative to the platen interface assembly  420  by use of the actuator coupled to the supply roll and/or the actuator coupled to the take-up roll. The polymeric sheet is then brought back into contact with the platen interface assembly  420  by causing the actuator  771  to reposition the pad supporting element  758 , and thus remove the gap  425 . The material removal processes of operations  710 - 730  are then completed on at least one additional substrate  122  before operation  740  is completed again. 
     In some embodiments, the fluid management system  232  is configured to at least assist in the separation of the polymeric sheet (e.g., top pad  410 ) from the releasable bonding layer  455  by delivering a gas (e.g., nitrogen) at a positive pressure to the interface of the releasable bonding layer  455  and the polymeric sheet by use of the openings  242  and channels  234  formed in the platen interface assembly  420 . In some embodiments, the fluid management system  232  is configured to cause the separation of the polymeric sheet from the releasable bonding layer  455  during operation  740 , due to the delivery of a gas to the interface of the releasable bonding layer  455  and the polymeric sheet. One will note that a failure to completely separate the polymeric sheet from the releasable bonding layer  455  will inhibit the ability of the system to index the polymeric sheet. 
     The configuration of the pad supporting element  758  and rolls  252 ,  254  of the platen assembly  732  illustrated in  FIGS. 7B-7C  have an advantage over other configurations that require the advanced polishing article  123  to be lifted or repositioned relative to the platen interface assembly  420  and also the take-up roll  252  and the supply roll  254  to generate the gap  425 , since the configuration illustrated in  FIGS. 7B-7C  does not require the advanced polishing article to be unwound from the take-up roll  252  and/or supply roll  254  and then rewound on the take-up roll  252  and/or supply roll  254  during operation  740 . The process of unwinding a portion of the advanced polishing article  123  from the take-up roll  252  and/or supply roll  254  and then rewinding the advanced polishing article  123  onto the take-up roll  252  and/or supply roll  254  during operation  740  can create uncertainty in the desired relative position of the used and unused portions of the advanced polishing article  123  relative to a desired or previously known lateral position or point on the platen interface element  240 , in the X-direction, when the polymeric sheet is brought back into contact with the platen interface assembly  420  to perform a subsequent polishing step. 
       FIG. 7D  illustrates an alternate or further modified version of the platen assembly  732  described above, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein. In this configuration, the platen interface element  240  is recessed within the platen support assembly  755  to form and/or at least partially define a recessed region  761  over which the advanced polishing article  123  is disposed.  FIGS. 7E and 7F  are schematic side cross-sectional views of the processing station illustrated in  FIG. 7D  in two different configurational positions, according to one or more implementations disclosed herein.  FIG. 7E  illustrates a configuration of the platen assembly  732  in which the act of causing the carrier head  308  to urge the substrate  122  against the polishing surface  412  of the advanced polishing article  123  during operations  720  and  730  causes a portion of the advanced polishing article  123  to be positioned within the recessed region  765  and against the upper surface of the platen interface element  240 . Therefore, in one embodiment of the platen interface element  240 , when the substrate  122  is pressed against the polishing surface  412 , the rear surface  414  of the advanced polishing article  123  is pressed against at least a portion of the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  that defines a surface of the recessed region  765 . The distance  762  that the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  is recessed below the top surface  763  of the platen support assembly  755  can be equal to about 0.010 inches to about 0.25 inches. In some implementations, the distance  762  is sized to be between about the thickness “T” of the pad body  430  and about ten times the thickness “T” of the pad body  430 . 
     In another embodiment of method  700 , at operation  740  the polymeric sheet can be advanced (e.g., indexed) relative to the alternate or modified version of the platen assembly  732  before and/or after removing material from one or more substrates  122  by use of the motors  224  and  222  attached to the take-up roll  252  and supply roll  254 , respectively. As shown in  FIG. 7F , by applying a torque to the take-up roll  252  and the supply roll  254  in opposing directions a tensile force F 3  is supplied to the advanced polishing article  123  which causes the rear surface  414  of the advanced polishing article  123  to be separated from the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  as the “slack” in the advanced polishing article  123  is removed, and thus allow the gap  425  to be formed. Once the advanced polishing article  123  is separated from the top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  the advanced polishing article  123  can then be advanced a desired distance. In some embodiments, the fluid management system  232  is configured to at least assist in the separation of the polymeric sheet (e.g., top pad  410 ) from the releasable bonding layer  455  by delivering a gas (e.g., nitrogen) at a positive pressure to the interface of the releasable bonding layer  455  and the polymeric sheet by use of an array of openings  242  ( FIG. 7D ) formed in the recessed platen interface assembly  420 . In some configurations, as shown in  FIG. 7G , a compliant elastomeric seal  759  is disposed at or near an edge  764  of the recessed region  761  of the platen support assembly  755  to allow a seal to be formed between the platen support assembly  755  and the rear surface  414  of the advanced polishing article  123 . The seal formed between the platen support assembly  755  and the rear surface  414  of the advanced polishing article  123  will allow a controllable separating pressure to be formed between the rear surface  414  of the advanced polishing article and the upper top surface  455 A of the releasable bonding layer  455  when a gas is provided to the interface of the releasable bonding layer  455  and the polymeric sheet during operation  740 . 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a plot  800  of displacement versus stress for platen interface materials that can be used in the advanced polishing article, which is measured over a number of stress cycles, according to one or more implementations described herein. The plot  800  illustrates a plurality of displacement versus stress curves  810 - 850  that were measured over a period of time for a platen interface (e.g., the white fiber component) used with an advanced polishing article. Curve  810  illustrates the displacement versus stress measured by applying a constant force from 0.2 psi to 4.5 psi, when the polishing article is new. One will note that curve  810  has a higher displacement versus stress across the testing load range from about 0.2 psi to 3.5 psi than the same pad after multiple use cycles. Curve  820 ,  830 ,  840 , and finally curve  850  illustrates the displacement versus stress measured by applying the same constant force as applied to form curve  810  using the platen interface materials, as an increased number of stress cycles are performed. In this example, one can see that as the number of cycles increases the change in the displacement versus stress measured in the platen interface material decreases. It is believed that the small relative change in the displacement versus stress curve over time found when using the platen interface material described herein can provide a significant advantage over conventional polishing articles and platen interfaces in the form of a higher process repeatability and/or reduced process drift. The example illustrated in  FIG. 8 , which includes a white fiber platen interface having a thickness of about 0.014 inches, will only include about a 33% change in deflection versus stress at an application stress of about 2.75 psi over the life of the platen interface material. It is believed that this will be a significant difference for platen interfaces used in conventional polishing articles (e.g., Dow® IC1010™ pad) that may have orders of magnitude difference in the percent change over the life of conventional polishing articles. 
       FIG. 9  illustrates another plot  900  of displacement versus stress for a platen interface material that can be used in the advanced polishing article according to one or more implementations described herein versus a material used in currently available conventional polishing articles. Trace  910  represents displacement as a function of stress for a material used in a commercially available polishing article. Trace  920  represents displacement as a function of stress of a white fiber platen interface that can be used with the advanced polishing articles described herein. The deflection of the polishing article stack of IC1010 with a foam containing platen interface deflects about 187.5 microns at about 2.75 psi and the advanced polishing article deflects about 112.5 microns, or about a 186% change in deflection at the loading condition. It is believed that the reduced deflection versus stress is a significant difference from a conventional polishing articles (e.g., Dow® IC1010™ pad), and may help improve the stability of the overall CMP polishing process. The CMP polishing process results when using the “stiffer” advanced polishing article is unexpected since it goes against conventional theories that try to make the polishing article laterally compliant to resolve dishing and long order planarity issues commonly found when polishing oxide and metal layers formed on semiconductor substrates today. 
     Therefore, some of the benefits of the present disclosure include a reduction in defects measured on wafers post CMP. The defects measured on wafers post CMP are negatively impacted by pad conditioning debris and possibly by material from the diamond disk (less frequently). The advanced polishing articles described herein do not require abrasive diamond disk conditioning yielding a corresponding reduction in wafer defects. In addition, use of the advanced polishing articles described herein lead to a reduction in the amount of polishing slurry used during the polishing process. On typical polyurethane polishing articles, concentric rings are cut into the polishing article surface on an approximately 3 millimeter pitch. These grooves retain slurry and capture pad debris from pad conditioning. When the conventional polishing pad is rinsed, the rinse water flushes the debris from the pad grooves. However, some water remains in the grooves, which may contribute to an initial dilution of the polishing slurry as the next wafer polishing step initiates. In one implementation described herein, the advanced polishing article is a single layer polymeric sheet that has no grooves and thus no pad debris and no potential for slurry dilution from residual water. In another implementation, the advanced polishing article is formed from at least one or more polymeric sheets that have one or more grooves, an overall thickness between about 0.001 inches to about 0.020 inches, and a polishing surface texture that has an average height “h” from about 1 micron to about 50 microns, such as about 5 to 10 microns. In one implementation described herein, the advanced polishing article has a double layer top pad having holes in the top layer of the double layer pad. 
     Additional benefits of some implementations of the present disclosure include improved endpoint detection. In some polishing processes, endpoint detection is used to measure properties based on changes in the surface of the substrate during polishing. Currently, these endpoint techniques use complex optical endpoint concepts for process control. Since current stacked polyurethane polishing articles are inherently opaque, these endpoint techniques typically monitor the surface of the substrate during polishing through a transparent window or windows installed in the polyurethane polishing article surface. In some implementations of the present disclosure, the polymeric material of the advanced polishing article is optically transparent allowing optical monitoring of the surface of the substrate during polishing using current endpoint hardware. In some implementations, the surface of the polymeric sheet has embossed regions and non-embossed regions specifically for the optical endpoint hardware to monitor the surface of the substrate during polishing. 
     When introducing elements of the present disclosure or exemplary aspects or implementation(s) thereof, the articles “a,” “an,” “the” and “said” are intended to mean that there are one or more of the elements. 
     The terms “comprising,” “including” and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements other than the listed elements. 
     While the foregoing is directed to implementations of the present invention, other and further implementations of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow.