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Patent US7618528 - Methods and apparatus for electromechanically and/or electrochemically ... - Google Patents
Methods and apparatuses for electromechanically and/or electrochemically-mechanically removing conductive material from a microelectronic substrate. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment includes a support member configured to releasably carry a microelectronic substrate and first and second...http://www.google.com/patents/US7618528?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7618528 - Methods and apparatus for electromechanically and/or electrochemically-mechanically removing conductive material from a microelectronic substrate
Publication number US7618528 B2
Application number US 11/616,683
Also published as CN1688411A, CN100503114C, DE60317080D1, DE60317080T2, DE60329872D1, EP1536919A1, EP1536919B1, EP1875987A2, EP1875987A3, EP1875987B1, US7220166, US7972485, US20030054729, US20070111641, US20100006428, WO2004020148A1
Publication number 11616683, 616683, US 7618528 B2, US 7618528B2, US-B2-7618528, US7618528 B2, US7618528B2
Patent Citations (100), Non-Patent Citations (29), Referenced by (1), Classifications (24), Legal Events (3)
US 7618528 B2
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U.S. Classification 205/662, 205/663, 204/199
International Classification H01L21/3063, C25F7/00, C25F3/02, H01L21/3205, C25F3/30, B24B37/04, H01L21/304, B23H5/08, B23H5/06, C25D17/00, B24B7/19, B24B51/00, B24B1/00
Cooperative Classification B23H5/08, B24B37/042, C25F7/00, C25F3/02
European Classification C25F3/02, B24B37/04B, C25F7/00, B23H5/08